Teaching the Bardic Tradition as a Bard

Mar 5, 2019

1:00pm – 1:20pm CT

Recording: Teaching the Bardic Tradition as a Bard, Mar 5, 2019

In this 20 minute talk, I hope to explain how to make ancient texts come alive in new ways. I sing, play the harp, and compose music to the words of such epics as the Odyssey, the Iliad, and Beowulf. These works arise from the oral tradition, and a bard, or harp-playing musical storyteller, originally transmitted these tales through song. I play these songs for my students, using the tools of a bard to teach the bardic tradition. I will do so during this presentation.

Programming descriptions are generated by participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SXSW.

Programming descriptions are generated by participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SXSW.

Deborah Stokol

Brentwood School