CCFF Presents: "Folk Music in Film" A Workshop with Tim Eriksen
Sat, Apr 05
|Lansing
10:30 AM doors, 11 AM event start A co-production of Capital City Film Festival, Ten Pound Fiddle and The Robin Theatre! Join us for a shape-note singing workshop and review of folk music in film with renowned artist and musicologist, Tim Eriksen! More info at the link!
Time & Location
Apr 05, 2025, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
About The Event
10:30 AM doors, 11 AM event start
Coffee and donuts provided by 517 Coffee Co. & Groovy Donuts!
A co-production of Capital City Film Festival, Ten Pound Fiddle and The Robin Theatre! Free to attend, RSVP recommended to ensure a seat!
Join us for a shape-note singing workshop and review of folk music in film with renowned artist and musicologist, Tim Eriksen!
Tim Eriksen is acclaimed for transforming American tradition with his startling interpretations of old ballads, love songs, shape-note gospel and dance tunes from New England and Southern Appalachia.
The Sacred Harp tunebook, first published in 1844 in Georgia, is at the heart of one of America’s most vital homegrown musical practices. Within its pages, “Amazing Grace” meets the toe-tapping “fuging tunes” of early New England, all harmonized for four-part social singing and written in a unique and practical notation system. Tim Eriksen has been teaching this music around…
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This event is free to attend, but we recommend that you RSVP to ensure a seat. Donations to CCF are welcome, but not required!
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