Changing America with Folk Music

Many Americans believe folk music communicates purer value than music created by commercial interests. History of folk music will be explored and the efforts to change the
country with folk music will be examined by Associate Professor Richard Will while he demonstrates songs on his fiddle and guitar. Join us for an interactive lecture on folk
music.

October 4 , 2007 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Old Town Event Center 403 S. Loudoun Street Winchester, VA Directions		Event Sponsor

About the Speaker

Richard Will
Associate Professor in the McIntire Department of Music

Professor Will's interests include 18th-century music, Beethoven, and American rock, country, and bluegrass music.  He has published articles and reviews as well as The Characteristic Symphony in the Age of Haydn and Beethoven (Cambridge University Press, 2002).  In his spare time he plays classical violin and bluegrass fiddle.