Why Sing Campaign Songs? Music, Popular Democracy and the Election of 1840: A Constitution Week Concert and Lecture

Tuesday, Sept. 17, as part of Georgia College & State University’s annual “Constitution Week,” a lively production of political campaign music and a lecture will be presented at 6 p.m. at Georgia's Old Governor’s Mansion. The concert, “All Hail for Music on the Trail: A program featuring music from U.S. Presidential Campaigns, 1840-1964,” will feature campaign songs such as “The Red, White, and Blue,” “Wake Ye Numbers!” and “Hello Lyndon.” The lecture, “Why Sing Campaign Songs? Music, Popular Democracy and the Election of 1840,” will be presented by Dr. Billy Coleman, associate director of the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy. Trax on the Trail, a website co-founded by faculty member Dr. Dana Gorzelany-Mostak and the Constitution Week Committee are hosting this event which will feature voice faculty members Dr. Youngmi Kim, Ms. Camilla Packroff, Dr. Chris Hendley and Dr. Bradley Sowell, the Max Noah Singers, under the direction of Dr. Jennifer Flory and Dr. Craig Callender who will accompany on guitar. This concert will also be livestreamed at facebook.com/GCMusicDepartment.