Eastern Illinois University (Charleston, IL 61920-3099)
Allen K. Lanham (Project Director: March 2012 to present)
LB-50084-12
Small Grants to Libraries: America's Music
Public Programs
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Totals:
$2,500 (approved)
$2,500 (awarded)
Grant period:
8/1/2012 – 12/31/2013
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America's Music: A Film History of Our Popular Music from Blues to Bluegrass to Broadway
America's Music is a six-week public program featuring documentary film screenings and scholar-led discussions of twentieth-century American popular music. The grantee will present six programs these uniquely American musical traditions: blues and gospel, Broadway, jazz, bluegrass and country, rock and mambo and hip hop. It will also encourage scholar-let discussion about the documentary fils and the project' major humanities themes.
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