Inquiring Mind Programs linked to the New Harmonies exhibit

For the 2006-2007 Inquiring Mind season, Humanities Washington solicited programs designed to accompany our upcoming traveling exhibit, New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music, a traveling Smithsonian exhibit which will tour the state in 2007.
The following speakers have prepared programs which will build on the themes presented in the New Harmonies exhibit.

Hank Cramer


Bound for the Northwest: Songs of Settlers and Sailors    


Celtic to Cowboy: Root Music of the American West    

Allan Hirsch


American Legends in Story and Song    

Vincent T. Hutchinson


Concert of African American Spirituals    


Songs and Stories to Reconcile By    

Brian Pertl


American Roots Music: A Sonic Adventure of Continental Proportions    


Banjos, Diddley Bows and Musical Saws:
The Secret Lives of America’s Folk Musical Instruments    

John Salicco


From Banjos to Blues: An American Musical Experience