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Celebrate American History Through Folksong with Derek Piotr – C.H. Booth Library Historical Programs

Name: Celebrate American History Through Folksong with Derek Piotr – C.H. Booth Library Historical Programs
Start: 2026-07-13T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2026-07-13T20:30:00-04:00
Location: C. H. Booth Library

July 13 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

The Derek Piotr Fieldwork Archive contains over 1,500 audio recordings made from March 2020 onward, and preserves diverse representations of folklife; ballads, hymns, tales, poems, children’s songs, and interviews among them. The focus of this collection is on the “non-singer”: someone with no background in musical performance who can nevertheless relate a song or folkloric memory. In this lecture, Derek will walk you through the process of journeying everywhere from Iceland to Appalachia to record these songs from non-musicians, as well as the organization and development of the Archive as a web-based repository. Click here to register.

Monday, July 13, at 6:30 pm
C.H. Booth Library
Meeting Room