Thursday, February 5, 2009

A Multimedia Tribute to the Mississippi Blues

The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science Presents A Multimedia Tribute to the Mississippi Blues.

The project was the culmination of the students’ study of the historical significance of the Delta’s role in the development of indigenous American music as a reaction to the social conditions of the time. The primary goal of this collaboration was to expand each student’s know-ledge of the music and history of the Delta while encouraging parents and community leaders to take an active role in the educational process. Many of our students had never traveled to the Delta or explored the Delta’s musical, historical, or cultural contributions to our nation and the world. The enthusiastic response they received to this project has resulted in additional Spring concerts throughout the state.

The Blues and Mississippi are synonymous to music lovers everywhere. The repertoire of any Blues or rock band is full of songs, guitar licks, and vocal inflections borrowed from Mississippi bluesmen. Robert Johnson, Charley Patton, Son House, and John Hurt were some of the early Mississippians who influenced the movement. A couple of generations later, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, and many others were still making Mississippi Blues and sending it out all over the world. The MSMS Stage Band and Choir toured the Mississippi Delta during November, 2008, presenting Sights and Sounds of Mississippi, a poignant multi-media concert which they prepared in collaboration with their fellow history students.

 

 

 

 

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