Traditional Music of the Catskills
and Hudson River Valley
with Bob Lusk, folk musician and music historian
This course will cover traditional regional and historic music of the Catskills and Hudson Valley. No musical experience is required, but experienced musicians and singers will have a chance to increase their repertoire with "Home Grown" music from our area.
We will study the major local collections of music including area colonial songs from the Allison family, songs of Henry Backus "The Saugerties Bard" from the 1850's and songs and dances from Camp Woodland in the 1950's. Examples will include songs of the railroaders, quarrymen, lumberjack's, steamboat captains, and apple growers. We will also include 20th Century songs by folksong writers such as Grant Rogers, Les Rice, William Geckle, Ken Gonyea, Mark Fried, Rick Nestler and Pete Seeger.
The course will conclude with an optional 5th session performance at the Catskill Woodland Camp.
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Wed. Evenings: 7pm-8:30pm
July 9th thru 30th
At the Phoenicia Railway Station
Cost: $40 for 4 classes
(10% of the cost goes to the Empire State Railway Museum!)
To register, call: (845) 338-8587
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