'Folk Music' class starts Jan. 12 at Casper College
Saturday, January 9, 2010 7:48 AM MST
A new class at Casper College will look at the literature and history and provide a musical analysis of folk music.
"Folk Music" will be held on Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. The first class will begin on Tuesday, Jan. 12.
Cross-listed as ENGL 2490-01 and MUSC 2490-01, Folk Music will be team-taught by Casper College instructors Jay Graham and Pat Patton.
According to Graham and Patton, students "will study folk music in English n its poetry, its form, its music, and its place in historical periods from the Middle Ages to the 21st century."
"Folk lyrics and tunes in the tradition, singer-songwriters, important soloists and groups, types and topics of songs, including highlights of the folk movement of the 1950s and 1960s will be studied. Analyses of poetry and music and their interrelation in the communication of meaning will be included as well," said Patton.
"In addition to lecturing, we will use recordings of folk musicians past and present, and will also perform "live" in class," noted Graham.