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A Musical Meeting
At the end of 1969 Usher Abell stepped down as Chair of the Department of Music at the University of South Dakota (USD), a position he held since 1952. Abell was a well-respected, talented violinist, director of the USD orchestra, and teacher of string instruments promoting music education locally and nationally. Usher Abell, Agnes Ringley, […]
Kyle Gruhn
Sep 26, 20241 min read
Celebrating Anniversaries of Two Vermillion Museums in 2023: The National Music Museum and the W. H. Over Museum
Although both the W. H. Over Museum and the National Music Museum (NMM) have distinctly different items they collect and the NMM is part of the University of South Dakota (USD), whereas the W. H. Over Museum resides on the USD campus, but is not part of USD, at one time both called the Carnegie […]
Kyle Gruhn
Sep 26, 20223 min read
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