The 2019 Banjo Gathering was hosted by Arts@ODU in Norfolk, Virginia.
The 22nd Annual Banjo Gathering, on October 24-27, 2019 featured three days of presentations, exhibitions, a concert, and a banjo marketplace for studying, buying, selling, and trading historical and vintage banjos, banjo parts, and related items, as well as banjos from some of today’s finest instrument makers. Since 1998, the Banjo Gathering has been the platform for banjo collectors, researchers, instrument builders, and musicians to share new scholarship and findings about the banjo as a historical, cultural, and design object.
The Banjo Gathering was be hosted by Arts@ODU, on the campus of Old Dominion University (ODU) in Norfolk, Virginia. Norfolk is an important 400-year-old port city in the heart of the Hampton Roads region and home to the largest naval base in the world. ODU boasts more than 24,000 students across eight colleges, the largest of which is the College of Arts and Letters, which maintains Arts@ODU, the University’s arts organization offering a rich array of visual, performing, and literary arts featuring internationally celebrated guests and innovative works by faculty and students.
The Banjo Gathering was be hosted by Arts@ODU, on the campus of Old Dominion University (ODU) in Norfolk, Virginia. Norfolk is an important 400-year-old port city in the heart of the Hampton Roads region and home to the largest naval base in the world. ODU boasts more than 24,000 students across eight colleges, the largest of which is the College of Arts and Letters, which maintains Arts@ODU, the University’s arts organization offering a rich array of visual, performing, and literary arts featuring internationally celebrated guests and innovative works by faculty and students.
Schedule
Thursday
2:00 - 5:00 pm: Welcome, Organizer Announcements, Introductions, and Mixer at ODU Galleries
6:00 - 8:00 pm: “The Banjo Lesson” Banjo Gathering Reception hosted by the Hampton University Museum
9:00 - 11:00 pm: Social, ODU Galleries
6:00 - 8:00 pm: “The Banjo Lesson” Banjo Gathering Reception hosted by the Hampton University Museum
9:00 - 11:00 pm: Social, ODU Galleries
Friday
9:00 - 9:45 am: Robert A Green - Parke Hunter and the Introduction of American Music to England
10:00 - 10:45 am: Lew Stern - Weapons of Choice: Dwight Diller and Tommy Thompson, Two Musicians and their Banjos
11:00 - 11:45 am: Lee Bidgood - Czech Luthiers, Banjos & Borders
Noon - 2:00 pm: LUNCH
2:00 - 2:45 pm: Ken Perlman - A Fateful Letter from Eli Kaufman: How the Melodic Clawhammer Movement Rediscovered “Lost" Minstrel-Era Techniques
3:00 - 3:45 pm: John Hoft - Stayin' Alive! Wm. L. Lange and his 1930's Lange-Tone Flange
4:00 - 4:45 pm: Contemporary Banjo Makers and Their Inspirations with Richard Jones-Bamman (moderator), Richard Newman, Chuck Waldman & Will Seeders Mosheim
5:00 - 7:00 pm: DINNER
7:30 -10:00 pm: Concert at the Goode Theater
10:00 - 10:45 am: Lew Stern - Weapons of Choice: Dwight Diller and Tommy Thompson, Two Musicians and their Banjos
11:00 - 11:45 am: Lee Bidgood - Czech Luthiers, Banjos & Borders
Noon - 2:00 pm: LUNCH
2:00 - 2:45 pm: Ken Perlman - A Fateful Letter from Eli Kaufman: How the Melodic Clawhammer Movement Rediscovered “Lost" Minstrel-Era Techniques
3:00 - 3:45 pm: John Hoft - Stayin' Alive! Wm. L. Lange and his 1930's Lange-Tone Flange
4:00 - 4:45 pm: Contemporary Banjo Makers and Their Inspirations with Richard Jones-Bamman (moderator), Richard Newman, Chuck Waldman & Will Seeders Mosheim
5:00 - 7:00 pm: DINNER
7:30 -10:00 pm: Concert at the Goode Theater
Saturday
9:00 - 9:45 am: Michael Ananian - Banjo Inspirations for the Artist
10:00 - 10:45 am: Christian Stanfield - The Banjo Heard ‘Round The World: Commercial 78rpm Banjo Recordings From Points Around The Globe, 1920 - 1950
11:00 - 11:45 am: Kristina Gaddy - This Machine Kills Fascists: How the Banjo Inspired Nazi Resistance
Noon - 2:00pm: LUNCH
2:00 - 2:45 pm: Jeanne McDougall - The Banjo in Song History in Vast Early America
3:00 - 3:45 pm: Peter Szego – Parallel Play: The Early Development of the Guitar and Banjo in America
4:00 - 4:45 pm: Traditional Banjo Makers and Their Inspirations with Richard Jones-Bamman (moderator), Kevin Enoch, & Jim Hartel
5:00 - 7:00 pm: DINNER
7:00 - 7:45 pm: Larry Marcus - A Collector's View of Primitive Folk Banjos
8:00 - 8:45 pm: Bob Zentz - Putting the FOLK in Norfolk: Bob Zentz and the “Ramblin’ Conrad” Story
9:00 - 11:00 pm: Social, ODU Galleries
10:00 - 10:45 am: Christian Stanfield - The Banjo Heard ‘Round The World: Commercial 78rpm Banjo Recordings From Points Around The Globe, 1920 - 1950
11:00 - 11:45 am: Kristina Gaddy - This Machine Kills Fascists: How the Banjo Inspired Nazi Resistance
Noon - 2:00pm: LUNCH
2:00 - 2:45 pm: Jeanne McDougall - The Banjo in Song History in Vast Early America
3:00 - 3:45 pm: Peter Szego – Parallel Play: The Early Development of the Guitar and Banjo in America
4:00 - 4:45 pm: Traditional Banjo Makers and Their Inspirations with Richard Jones-Bamman (moderator), Kevin Enoch, & Jim Hartel
5:00 - 7:00 pm: DINNER
7:00 - 7:45 pm: Larry Marcus - A Collector's View of Primitive Folk Banjos
8:00 - 8:45 pm: Bob Zentz - Putting the FOLK in Norfolk: Bob Zentz and the “Ramblin’ Conrad” Story
9:00 - 11:00 pm: Social, ODU Galleries
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