Erynn
Marshall (April - June 2006) primarily explored
eastern Kentucky fiddle styles and song traditions following
on similar research conducted in West Virginia begun
in 1998. She is from British Columbia and is a fiddler,
ethnomusicologist and author of the book Music
in the Air Somewhere: The Shifting Borders of West Virginia's
Fiddle and Song Traditions, recently published
by the West Virginia University Press. Erynn’s
work at Berea included transcriptions of fiddle tunes
by Hiram Stamper, J.P. Fraley, Santford Kelly and others.
She also interviewed members of the Stamper family and
made a number of field recordings including a heretofore
undocumented Old Regular Baptist congregation in Lincoln
County. Her fieldwork involved meeting many resident
musicians and visiting local, traditional music gatherings
in Rockcastle, Garrard, Knox, Pike, Knott and Rowan counties
as well as the Berea area. With banjoist Chris Coole
she brought her residency to a close June 20th with an
on campus concert that included several of the fiddle
pieces and tunings she studied while at Berea. Further
information about Erynn's fellowship research is available
on a separate
web page.
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