Library hosts 'Music Around the World'

NEBRASKA CITY – Speaker David Marsh will present the program “Music from Around the World” at the Morton-James Public Library on April 6.

The 7 p.m. presentation features over a dozen instruments in a multi-cultural expose of the impact immigrants have had on American culture.

Here is the library's press release

Nebraska City – Speaker David Marsh will present a program Music from Around the World on April 06, 2023 at 7:00 PM at Morton-James Public Library Kimmel Gallery 923 1st Corso.

This presentation is made possible by Humanities Nebraska, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment and the Morton-James Public Library’s Harry and Grace Moller Endowment.

With over a dozen instruments and stories about each, Mr. Marsh entertains with music from around the world. This multi-cultural program is a musical expose of the influence that immigrants from around the world have had on our American culture. Audiences learn about the creativity of the “folk” who developed the instruments and musical styles, the role music has played in traditional cultures and the musical influences various cultures have had on one another in America.

Music from Around the World is one of approximately 300 programs offered through the Humanities Nebraska Speakers Bureau. The more than 165 available speakers include acclaimed scholars, writers, musicians, storytellers and folklorists on topics ranging from pioneer heritage to ethics and law to international and multicultural issues, making it the largest humanities speakers bureau in the nation.

Speakers are available to any non-profit organization in Nebraska. Each program lasts 30 minutes to an hour, plus a question-and-answer period.

For information detailing the available speakers and guidelines for booking them, please access our website at www.humanitiesnebraska.org (Speakers section) or contact Humanities Nebraska at 215 Centennial Mall South, Suite 330, Lincoln, NE 68508, phone (402) 474-2131, fax (402) 474-4852 or e-mail [email protected]