Songs of the Civil War Era Oct. 27

Story posted October 22, 2009

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Josephine Cameron '98 will give a talk and musical performance titled "Songs of the Civil War Era" at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, October 27, 2009, in Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall. The concert is open to the public and admission is free.

Cameron will discuss the new "American music" that began to take shape during the Civil War Era and how this music both reflected and informed attitudes toward African Americans. She will perform songs and spirituals from the battlefield, the home front, the cotton fields, and the Underground Railroad.

Her newest album, American Songs volume 2, a collaboration with Nashville composer Carter Little '98, builds on Cameron's growing catalog of traditional American folk music. Her musical setting of Sterling A. Brown's poem "Long Track Blues" was recently included in the New York Times bestseller, Hip Hop Speaks to Children, a book/CD set edited by Nikki Giovanni.

Josephine Cameron holds an MFA from University of Notre Dame and teaches creative workshops for children. She teaches a set of workshops called Songwriting for Kids, using traditional American folk songs to teach the basics of songwriting.

Cameron's talk is sponsored by the Department of History.

For more information call 207-725-3291.

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