OBERLIN STAGE LEFT: An Evening with Rhiannon Giddens

Oberlin Stage Left presents an evening with Grammy winner, MacArthur Fellowship Genius Grant recipient, Artistic Director of Silkroad, banjo and fiddle player extraordinaire, and Oberlin Conservatory vocal studies alumna, Rhiannon Giddens '00! Exclusive to Oberlin Stage Left, join us for a performance by Giddens and multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi. Professor Jan Miyake hosts a pre-concert conversation about all things banjo and what led to the development of Giddens' immense social consciousness. *57:54 - Rhiannon mentions "lilting". For those new to the vocal technique, lilting is a form of traditional singing, common in Ireland and Scotland. It goes under many names and is sometimes referred to as "mouth music", "diddling", "jigging", "chin music" or "cheek music", "puirt à beul" or "canntaireachd" in Scottish Gaelic, or "portaireacht bhéil" (port a'bhéil, "mouth-singing") in Irish. Oberlin Stage Left: www.oberlin.edu/conservatory/stage-left #OberlinConservatory #OberlinStageLeft #OberlinVirtualVisit