{"id":5412,"date":"2026-10-06T22:07:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T22:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/?p=5412"},"modified":"2026-10-06T22:08:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T22:08:52","slug":"join-dom-flemons-for-historic-banjo-performance-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/2026\/10\/06\/join-dom-flemons-for-historic-banjo-performance-discussion\/","title":{"rendered":"Join Dom Flemons for Historic Banjo Performance Discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5413\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5413\" style=\"width: 548px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5413\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2026\/10\/Dom-Flemons-Presentation-Oct-6-2026-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"548\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2026\/10\/Dom-Flemons-Presentation-Oct-6-2026-small.jpg 1242w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2026\/10\/Dom-Flemons-Presentation-Oct-6-2026-small-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2026\/10\/Dom-Flemons-Presentation-Oct-6-2026-small-1024x495.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2026\/10\/Dom-Flemons-Presentation-Oct-6-2026-small-768x371.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5413\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photographs by Scott Schwartz of Dom Flemons performing at the Rose Bowl for October 14, 2023 Folk &amp; Roots Festival, and three Samuel Stewart banjos from 1894 to 1920.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>America\u2019s Banjo Legacy with Dom Flemons<\/strong><br \/>\nMusic and Performing Arts Library<br \/>\nOctober 7, 2026<br \/>\n5:00-6:30<\/p>\n<p>Dom Flemons, one of the country\u2019s leading banjo scholars and performing artists, will provide a spell-binding performance discussion about America\u2019s rich black banjo legacies to help kick off this year\u2019s Folk and Roots Festival.\u00a0 He is a musician based in the Chicago area and famously known as \u201cThe American Songster\u00ae\u201d because his repertoire covers over one hundred years of American roots music \u2013 everything from country, folk, and bluegrass to Americana and the blues.<\/p>\n<p>His performance discussion will also highlight some of the Sousa Archives historic banjos from its Old Town School of Folk Music Banjo Exhibition Records and Samuel Swaim <span class=\"highlight0 bold\">Stewart<\/span> Banjo Collection which may include an 1895 American Princess banjo, an 1894 Presentation Banjeurine, and a 1920 Majestic 6-string banjo.\u00a0 In addition three other historic banjos from the Center&#8217;s collections will be on display in the exhibit, &#8220;America&#8217;s 5-string Banjo Legacy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This program is sponsored by the University of Illinois Library\u2019s Sousa Archives and Center for American Music and the Music and Performing Arts Library.\u00a0 For further information contact Scott Schwartz at <a href=\"mailto:schwrtzs@illinois.edu\">schwrtzs@illinois.edu<\/a> or Kate Lambaria at <a href=\"mailto:lambari1@illinois.edu\">lambari1@illinois.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>America\u2019s Banjo Legacy with Dom Flemons Music and Performing Arts Library October 7, 2026 5:00-6:30 Dom Flemons, one of the country\u2019s leading banjo scholars and performing artists, will provide a spell-binding performance discussion about America\u2019s rich black banjo legacies to help kick off this year\u2019s Folk and Roots Festival.\u00a0 He is a musician based in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5412"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5416,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5412\/revisions\/5416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}