Program Description
Crafting Florida Songs with Zora and Greek Troubadours
In this engaging discussion and performance, composer, musicologist, and Florida State University professor Panayotis League explores how his research on Greek island music and Zora Neale Hurston’s ethnographic fieldwork have shaped his songwriting. He examines how traditions carried to Florida continue to influence cultural expression today, sharing stories and songs from mentors in Tarpon Springs, along with excerpts from Zora’s work and his own music and poetry.
This program is part of the Florida Reflections: Conversations on Florida's Contribution to the American Tale Series. A part of the America 250 Celebration. Find out more at https://floridahumanities.org/florida-reflections/.
Florida Reflections was developed by Florida Humanities and is part of By the People: Conversations Beyond 250–a series of community-driven programs created by humanities councils in collaboration with local partners. The initiative was developed by the Federation of State Humanities Councils and the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. Funding is provided in part through the Thomas M. & Irene B. Kirbo Charitable Foundation, the Gulf Coast Community Foundation and the Community Foundation for Brevard. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or its partners.