REVELS in partnership with arsenalARTS presents REVELS REPERTORY COMPANY in
Voices from the Mountain
Saturday, April 9, 2010 @ 7:30 pm
Pre-performance talk @ 7:00 pm
Arsenal Center for the Arts
321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA 02472
This original musical theater production by Chris Jorie and Patrick Swanson explores the life and work of one of America’s first “songcatchers.” (A songcatcher collects songs from people in remote areas, who have been cut off from modern influences.)
Olive Dame Campbell, born in Medford, Massachusetts in 1882, visited Appalachia with her husband in 1907, after graduating from Tufts University. Struck by the soulful singing of an English ballad by a young girl, she set out to collect the music of the people in the region.
The music had come over with early immigrants from English, Scotland and Ireland. Published by Campbell and Cecil Sharp in 1919, the songs became the inspiration for the American folk song revival of the 1960’s and continue to be sung around campfires across America today. The music includes ancient ballads, folk songs, fiddle and banjo tunes, and play party games. Great family entertainment!
Tickets : $20 adults / $12 children 11 and under
Buy online or call 617-972-8300 x 31
Groups of 10 + Call 617-972-8300 x 22 or email acasso@revels.org
