Artist: Powers Run Schoolhouse Band

The Powers Run Schoolhouse Band traces the history of our region’s rich traditional musical heritage. Using banjo, dulcimer, fiddle, percussion, and voices, Jeff Berman, Sue Powers and Jan Hamilton-Sota present an interactive program of music, songs and stories highlighting the diverse cultural landscape that contributed to the music of the western Pennsylvania. Students will identify the origins of traditional Appalachian music, why the music is still relevant today, and participate in the interactive learning process of oral-traditions, that was the basis for communicating and perpetuating the form. From its roots to its branches, the group explores where the music’s inspiration sprang from and how it has influenced contemporary music.

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Grades: K - 12

Site Requirements:

4 microphones with flexible stands, access to electrical outlets

Audience Limit:

500

Prices:

PA ACADEMIC STANDARDS:

Reading, Writing, Speaking & Listening: 1.6, 1.8

Geography: 7.1, 7.4

History: 8.2 - 8.3

Arts & Humanities: 9.1 - 9.4

Health, Safety & PE: 10.4 - 10.5

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