OLLI Shares - AU - The Instruments of Folk and Roots Music

Dates: January 14 - March 4, 2025

Meets: Tu from 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM

Location: Zoom Online Session

No Fee: $0.00


Please note: This course requires membership in OLLI Membership Dues 2024-2025 and 2025 OLLI Winter Term.

This class explores the origins and evolution of American folk and roots music, including African-American folk music, its commercial separation from Anglo-American folk music, and the folk music of Alabama. It also covers the structure and composition of traditional folk, roots, and blues music as well as the impact of various folk, roots, and blues musicians on contemporary music and culture. If you would like more information, please email [email protected].

Mike Reinke is a retired Auburn University faculty member who taught in the School of Pharmacy for 22 years and received several teaching awards. He has been teaching in the OLLI at AU program since 2016.

 

Fee: $0.00
Hours:6.00

Zoom Online Session

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