UO ART MUSEUM TO SPONSOR AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC PROGRAM
Nov. 4, 1998
Contact Christie McDonald (541) 346-0765 or John R. Crosiar 346-3135
EUGENEA lively presentation of American folk music combining musical performance with stories and commentary will be featured Wednesday, Nov. 18, during the weekly MusEvenings! program set from 58 p.m. at the University of Oregon Museum of Art, 1430 Johnson Lane.
Champion fiddler Linda Danielson and singer/guitarist Dianne Dugaw, a UO folklore professor, will present " Whered You Come From, Whered You Go?: Folk Songs and Fiddle Tunes in America" at 6 p.m. The public is invited and admission is free.
"Whered You Come From, Whered You Go?" explores the rich mosaic of musical folk culture produced in rural America. The program features a kaleidoscope of traditional tunesold American and British ballads, cowboy songs, blues, folk hymns and spirituals.
The program is sponsored by the UO Museum of Art and is made possible by the Oregon Council for the Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
For more information about the program, call Lisa Abia-Smith, (541) 346-0966.
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