Catalog ID:
OH-0081
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Scope & Content:
Musician Ralph Williams is interviewed about the time he spent as an instructor at the Bridgeport Cultural Arts Center, a community learning center dedicated to offering children and adults instruction in a variety of artistic media such as painting and drawing, photography, music, dance, sculpture, writing and much more. A.B.C.D (Action for Bridgeport Community Development) spearheaded the formation of the Center and procured funding for its programs.
Mr. Williams specializes in jazz percussion, but taught his students musical genres from many parts of the world. He discusses the many great musicians he brought to the Arts Center, his recording career, and the importance of arts instruction for its young students.
The Arts Center served as an important vehicle for self- expression and learning in the Bridgeport community and mirrored trends in the Black Arts movement taking place on a national level. Ralph served as an instructor of music at the Arts Center and discusses the numerous other musicians he brought into the Center as instructors or students.
Mr. Williams specializes in jazz percussion, but taught his students musical genres from many parts of the world. He discusses the many great musicians he brought to the Arts Center, his recording career, and the importance of arts instruction for its young students.
The Arts Center served as an important vehicle for self- expression and learning in the Bridgeport community and mirrored trends in the Black Arts movement taking place on a national level. Ralph served as an instructor of music at the Arts Center and discusses the numerous other musicians he brought into the Center as instructors or students.
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Williams, Ralph
Williams, Ralph