Mar. 21 - May 9: Face the Music with Joe Seamons

Mar. 21 – May 9: Face the Music with Joe Seamons

Eight Tuesdays, March 21 – May 9

5:00 PM – 6:30 PM on Zoom (link provided after registration)

For ages 16 and up. Financial assistance may be available; please email school@dustystrings.com.

Registration deadline: Wednesday, March 15. After you register, you will receive an email from the teacher within a few days prior to the start of the class. It will contain the Zoom link to attend and any other notes from the teacher.

American music contains powerful lessons for understanding and addressing systemic oppression in our country. Focusing on the stories of marginalized musicians, each week of this class explores the lessons of a different artist and their music. Participants take part in guided discussions designed to recognize bias in one’s community and society, as well as effective strategies for confronting issues of race and social justice in personal and professional life.

Co-facilitators Joe Seamons and Briar both grew up in tiny Pacific Northwest communities where their fathers worked in local paper mills. They met in 2014 at the Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival, where they began to bond over a shared love of Bessie Smith, dancing, and banjos. In 2016, the duo, now a couple, began performing jazz, blues, and folk songs while co-leading The Rhapsody Project, a community that explores and celebrates music and heritage through an anti-racist lens. Learn more at therhapsodyproject.org.