Black Banjo and Fiddle Fellowship
2025-02-28 16:00:00
2025-02-28 17:00:00
America/Los_Angeles
Black Banjo and Fiddle Fellowship
The Black Banjo & Fiddle Fellowship (BBFF) is a program of the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music. The performance will feature musicians Joe Zavaan Johnson and Patrice Strahan.
Tarea Hall Pittman South Branch -
Friday, February 28
4:00pm - 5:00pm
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2025-02-28 16:00:00
2025-02-28 17:00:00
America/Los_Angeles
Black Banjo and Fiddle Fellowship
The Black Banjo & Fiddle Fellowship (BBFF) is a program of the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music. The performance will feature musicians Joe Zavaan Johnson and Patrice Strahan.
Tarea Hall Pittman South Branch -
The Black Banjo & Fiddle Fellowship (BBFF) is a program of the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music. The performance will feature musicians Joe Zavaan Johnson and Patrice Strahan.
he BBFF project aims to repatriate old-time music in African American communities and illuminate the Black experience in creating old-time music. BBFF is a two-year paid fellowship program that trains Black musicians in old-time music and its rich history. To repair the historical and cultural ruptures that erased the Black origins of banjo and fiddle music and to ensure that the tradition is sustained in Black communities, the BBFF is also a teacher-training program. It will train apprentices to teach the music, ensuring that it can be passed down from generation to generation.
AGE GROUP: | Families | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Cultural & Heritage |
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