In-Person Book Group Meeting
Monday, November 17 | 7:00-9:00 p.m. | Berkeley

WHERE:
1509 LeRoy Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94708

FEATURING:
A Chance to Harmonize: How FDR’s Hidden Music Unit Sought to Save America from the Great Depression -- One Song at a Time by Sheryl Kaskowitz

Local author Sheryl Kaskowitz earned a BA in music from Oberlin in 1995 and a PhD in ethnomusicology from Harvard in 2011. Her website links to recordings of songs mentioned in the book.

“A scholar of American music reveals the rich history of the New Deal’s Music Unit, a cultural initiative aimed at preserving American folk music and fostering camaraderie in rural America during the 1930s.”
—New York Times Book Review

“A deeply sympathetic account of how ordinary Americans, at the worst of times, sought solace and strength in music, and a clarion call for the intangible power of art.” —Melissa L. Sevigny

“The first full-length study of one of the New Deal’s most ambitious cultural initiatives.” —Wall Street Journal

HOSTED BY:
Mike Bank ’54 & Adrianne Fine Bank ’54: (510) 841-8817
Marta Tobey ’70: (510) 684-7231

Please bring a dessert or snack to share potluck style.

REGISTRATION:
No registration is required for this event. Please contact the hosts with any questions.