We will share music that taps into escape, understanding, and transformation. Audience participation encouraged - singing, insights, dialogue!
Celebrate People’s Music! Pete Seeger said, "some music can help us escape our troubles; some music can help us understand our troubles, and some music can help us do something about our troubles." In a Short History of People's Music, we will share music that taps into escape, understanding, and transformation. We’ll talk about what Pete called "the folk process." Audience participation encouraged - singing, insights, dialogue!
Part 1: Years 1840 to 1940, and will include: field songs, dance songs, freedom songs, railroad songs, protest songs, union songs, e.g., Joe Hill, Industrial Workers of the World, Florence Reese. (Part 2 takes place at Whetstone on 4/28/24.)
Doug Morris (Ph.D., Penn State) teaches in the world of critical pedagogy at West Chester University. He is a former jazz guitarist, a singer, a composer, and a performer of "people's songs." Dr. Morris has written about Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen, and others in the tradition of "people's music”.
AGE GROUP: | Families | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Families | Community Event |
