{"id":13442,"date":"2018-09-04T09:41:24","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T15:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/?p=13442"},"modified":"2018-09-04T09:41:24","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T15:41:24","slug":"1964-1968-years-that-changed-cc-and-the-world-told-through-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/2018\/09\/1964-1968-years-that-changed-cc-and-the-world-told-through-music\/","title":{"rendered":"1964-1968 \u201cYears that changed CC and the world, told through music&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Pre-Homecoming Symposium, Oct. 10-11, 2018<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Homecoming at Colorado College is always special, but this year, there\u2019s another reason to return to campus. Preceding Homecoming festivities, the Class of 1968 will host for all members of the CC community a two-day, mini-symposium devoted to the music and movements that defined the 1960s. It\u2019s hard to remember those times without recalling the songs and demonstrations that were part and parcel of those tumultuous years in American social and political history. We\u2019ll use the music of 1964-68 to examine the era\u2019s impact on CC and celebrate the CC faculty and administrators who so long ago championed CC\u2019s annual all-college symposiums.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Highlights include:<\/b>\u201c<b>Soundtrack for a Revolution<\/b>,\u201d a documentary film introduced by producer and CC Assistant Professor Dylan Nelson. \u201cSoundtrack for a Revolution\u201d tells the story of the American civil rights movement through its powerful music \u2014 the freedom songs protesters sang on picket lines, in mass meetings, and in jail cells as they fought for justice and equality. It features new performances of the freedom songs by top artists; archival footage; and interviews with civil rights foot soldiers and leaders. Freedom songs evolved from slave chants, from the labor movement, and especially from the Black church. Music enabled Blacks to sing words they could not say, and it was crucial in helping the protesters as they faced down brutal aggression with dignity and non-violence. The infectious energy of the songs swept people up and empowered them to fight for their rights. This film celebrates the vitality of this music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Author and lecturer <b>Richie Unterberger <\/b>(three sessions): \u201c1, 2, 3, What Are We Fighting For?\u00a0Rock, Soul &amp; the War in Vietnam\u201d; \u201cPeople Get Ready: The Civil Rights Movement and Soul Music\u201d; and \u201cGirl Groups, Soul Queens, and Psychedelic Sirens: Women in 1960s Rock and Soul Music.\u201d Unterberger will discuss the impact of music on many of the era\u2019s social and cultural movements. His books, \u201cTurn! Turn! Turn!: The 1960s Folk-Rock Revolution,\u201d and its sequel, \u201cEight Miles High: Folk-Rock\u2019s Flight from Haight-Ashbury to Woodstock,\u201d cover the birth and growth of folk-rock. The innovations of giants such as the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Simon &amp; Garfunkel, the Lovin\u2019 Spoonful, and Bob Dylan are covered as are the contributions of lesser-known heroes, from Tim Buckley, Fred Neil, and Ian &amp; Sylvia to the labels, producers, session musicians, managers, and fans that helped make the music happen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Craig Werner \u201973<\/b>: \u201c<b>For What It\u2019s Worth: The Soundtrack of the Sixties.<\/b>\u201d Werner teaches Afro-American Studies and American cultural history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominating committee and a documentary contributor, his teaching awards include the Chancellor\u2019s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and the English Graduate Student Association\u2019s Teaching Excellence Award. His book, \u201cWe Gotta Get Out of This Place: The Soundtrack of The Vietnam War,\u201d was <i>Rolling Stone<\/i>\u2019s 2015 Book of the Year. Before he joined CC\u2019s first Block Plan cohort, he played in the Colorado Springs rock band Armageddon and covered Tiger football and hockey for the <i>Colorado Springs Sun<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201c<b>Free to Rock<\/b>,\u201d a film produced by <b>Nick Binkley \u201968<\/b>. <\/span>\u201cFree To Rock\u201d is a multi-award-winning documentary film directed by four-time Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Jim Brown and narrated by Kiefer Sutherland. It captures the dramatic \u2014 and at times even humorous \u2014 story of how rock and roll was feared and repressed by the Soviet authorities, making it all the more popular and the ultimate symbol of freedom across Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ourcc.coloradocollege.edu\/60smusicsymposium\">More details, including the schedule of events, speakers, and films \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pre-Homecoming Symposium, Oct. 10-11, 2018 Homecoming at Colorado College is always special, but this year, there\u2019s another reason to return to campus. Preceding Homecoming festivities, the Class of 1968 will host for all members of the CC community a two-day, mini-symposium devoted to the music and movements that defined the 1960s. 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