OHC Presents in 2011

New Harmonies:

Celebrating American Roots Music

Tony Ellis and the Musicians of Braeburn

Starting in March, 2011, The Ohio Humanities Council is sponsoring a 10-month tour of New Harmonies:  Celebrating American Roots Music, an exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum on Main Street.   OHC will partner with eight community organizations to present programs featuring Ohio musical traditions.  Please check back often for updates about talented musicians who are part of Ohio’s rich and varied music history. New Harmonies was developed in 2007 by the Smithsonian especially for small institutions and rural audiences that typically do not have access to traveling exhibits.

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Pictured above: Tony Ellis, Circleville bluegrass musician and fiddler, jamming with guitarist Howard Sacks of Kenyon College at the National Folk Festival in the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area on September 23, 1984.  Both Mr. Ellis and Mr. Sacks have since received recognition as Ohio Heritage Fellowship Award winners, a special program sponsored by the Ohio Arts Council.  Howard and his wife Judy Sacks are also serving as state scholars for the upcoming tour of the New Harmonies roots music exhibit in 2011.

Altogether, New Harmonies will visit eight Ohio communities next year:

* Quaker Heritage Center of Wilmington    (March 14 - April 14)

* Athens County Historical Society and Museum (April 18 - May 18)

* Springfield Arts Council, Springfield (May 22 - June 22)

* Pump House Center for the Arts, Chillicothe (July 1 - August 1)

* Kent State University Geauga, Burton (August 6 - September 6)

* Auglaize County Historical Society, Wapakoneta (September 11 - October 11)

* Rural Life Center/Mount Vernon Public Library (October 16 - November 16)

*Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor (November 22 - December 31)