October 26, 2022

Concert: Paul Brock Band (High Powered Music from Ireland)

November 7, 2022 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm EST

Join us for a free concert with four of Ireland’s leading traditional musicians.

The Paul Brock Band is fronted by one of Ireland’s most celebrated traditional musicians: Paul Brock on button accordion and melodeon. The band also features acclaimed pianist, composer and arranger Denis Carey as well as fiddler/dancer/bodhran player Jake James and multi-instrumentalist Brenda Dowling. Lori M. Gallagher wrote “The genuine warmth of each member of the Paul Brock Band, both on and off the stage, makes their concert a one-of-a-kind experience for all. The joy that radiates from the band during every piece makes one’s spirit soar.”

Details

Date:: November 7, 2022
Time:: 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm ESTw
Cost:: Free
Event Category:: Music
Event Tags:: Concert

Organizer

: Music Department
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This event is open to:

Everyone

Gray Auditorium, Presser Hall

190 Chestnut St
Berea, KY 40404 United States + Google Map

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August 8, 2022

Japanese Taiko Drums: Past, Present, and Potential Future

September 7, 2022 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm EDT

Berea College professor of Japanese and faculty sponsor of the Berea Japanese Taiko & Culture Club, Nathan Patton, and his students will share the Japanese musical and dance form known as taiko and discuss its past, present, and potential future.

Details

Date:: September 7, 2022
Time:: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm EDTw
Cost:: Free
Event Categories:: Lecture/Reading/Talk, Music
Event Tags:: Asian Studies, Concert
Website:: https://www.berea.edu/ast/

Organizer

: Asian Studies Department
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This event is open to:

Everyone

Woods-Penn Commons

Woods-Penniman Building
Berea, KY 40404 + Google Map

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April 11, 2022

Ballad Night

April 22, 2022 @ 7:30 pm

Sule Greg Wilson, founding member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, will perform at Ballad Night at Berea College on Friday, April 22 at 7:30 P.M. in Gray Auditorium, Presser Hall. The evening is hosted by the Berea College Folk-Roots Ensemble.

Mr. Wilson will present a half-hour set of African-American ballads which will be followed by a ballad round robin. The evening is free and open to the general public. All audience members must be masked as per college policy due to the ongoing covid 19 pandemic.

With fifty plus years as a community musician, inter-cultural healer, and storyteller, Súle Greg Wilson, mines tradition for the power and wisdom within. He has shared at bembés, block parties, boardrooms, ceildhs, festivals, horas, jooks, shouts, and symposia.

Born and raised in Washington, DC, with university time in Ohio and New York City, Súle received his Masters in History/Archival Management from NYU; served as Director for the Smithsonian Institution’s Afro-American Index Project (precursor to the NMAAHC), from 1991 to 1994; and co-led 2005’s historic Black Banjo Gathering. Súle has careered as an archivist (New York Stock Exchange, Schomburg Center, World Bank, Pueblo Grande Museum) and an educator (New York, Phoenix, Tempe Public Schools; Maricopa County Community Colleges; Arizona State University).

Wilson’s work as a composer, writer, and performing artist has graced stage and screen, print and the street, taking him from Antrim to Kumasi, Newport to Bahia, Juneau to Hermosillo.He has produced numerous Folk and World albums, and his award-winning book, The Drummer’s Path: Moving the Spirit with Ritual and Traditional Drumming, is an international standard in the field.

Details

Date:: April 22, 2022
Time:: 7:30 pm EDTw
Event Category:: Music
Event Tags:: Concert
Website:: https://livestream.com/bereacollege/balladnight

Organizer

: Music Department
Website:: View Organizer Website

This event is open to:

Everyone

Gray Auditorium, Presser Hall

190 Chestnut St
Berea, KY 40404 United States + Google Map

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