Dear Friends and Neighbors,

There are still plenty of seats left for this Saturday evening's musicology event at the Barn House. The Clemmons Family Farm is honored to present Middlebury College Professor Dr. Damascus Kafumbe as our next guest speaker in our Humanities Speaker Series, "To Sing of Common Things: Exploring Love, Family, Identity, Politics and Daily Life in African and African American Literature, Music and Performance”. Ethnomusicologist Damascus Kafumbe presents some of the work from his forthcoming book, "Tuning the Kingdom: Kawuugulu Music, Politics, and Storytelling in Buganda," which is based on his research on and experiences with the role of musical practice and storytelling in shaping Ugandan political structures and processes. A skilled composer and musician, Professor Kafumbe will also demonstrate some of the use of traditional musical instruments, songs, and dances that influence political life in the country.

Thanks to the generous support of the Vermont Humanities Council, this engaging educational and interactive event is free. Admission is limited to a maximum of 35 people. Sign up here: http://bit.ly/EthnomusicologyontheFarm And watch Professor Damascus's breathtakingly beautiful playing of the African traditional harp at the Barn House here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcLtr_app4U&feature=youtu.be

Warm regards,

Lydia, Jack and Lydia

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