Graf to present old time fiddling program at LLCC

"So Many Tunes, So Little Time: The ABCs of Old Time Fiddling"
part of the Lincoln Land Community College Recital Series

Presented by UIS Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology Sharon Graf
with Mark Mathewson on guitar and mandolin & Todd Cranson on tuba

4 p.m., Sunday, January 27, in the Trutter Center on LLCC's main campus

Free and open to the public.

• enjoy selections of traditional dance tunes
• learn more about larger issues related to folk music such as race, class, gender, and community aesthetics
• gain a new appreciation of music in everyday life

Graf, the 2004 Illinois State Old-Time Fiddle Champion, regularly participates in the National Old Time Fiddlers' Contest and is the author of a soon-to-be-published book on the subject.

Mark McDonald, producer/host of PBS WSEC/WQEC/WMEC Illinois Stories interviewed Graf and filmed the trio for this program. The segment will air on WSEC/WQEC/WMEC at 7 p.m. Thursday, January 24; at 4 p.m. Sunday January 27; and at 6:30 p.m. Monday, January 28. Check your local program guide.