This program features works from the great Romantic piano composers: Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Chopin, Schumann, Spanish composer Lecuono, and others. Kathryn, in her lively and humor-filled fashion, will talk about the lives of the composers and this historical period of the greatest music ever written for the piano.

From its construction in 1914 until a catastrophic fire in 1984, the Opera House was the center of community life and lifelong education in Lead, South Dakota. The Historic Opera House Society is dedicated to its restoration, use, and preservation for future generations, in the belief that it is the cornerstone for the preservation, renewal, and development of our community.
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The society’s focus is on fundraising to acquire funds as necessary to complete the restoration of the theater and recreation center building to bring back “The Jewel of the Black Hills” to its original 1914 glory. While these efforts continue, the Society makes use of the facility to the extent possible to generate revenue and advance its mission.