Location: Battell Chapel
College and Elm Sts.
New Haven, CT 06511
Open to: General public
Admission: Free
Description: A Conjoining of Ancient Song a half hour documentary by Willie Ruff and Gretchen Berland on line-singing screening and discussion
A half hour Yale documentary retraces the trajectory of a rapidly eroding form of congregational singing out of Scotland and into both African-American and Native American religious song traditions.
Musician Willie Ruff, Sociologist Kai Erikson, and Gretchen Berland, MD will discuss the work, and invite questions.