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Guitarist David Ruch will perform at St. Lawrence University in Canton

Posted 1/16/17

CANTON -- St. Lawrence University will host guitarist Dave Ruch at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, in Gunnison Memorial Chapel. The event is free and open to the public. From the earliest days of …

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Guitarist David Ruch will perform at St. Lawrence University in Canton

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CANTON -- St. Lawrence University will host guitarist Dave Ruch at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, in Gunnison Memorial Chapel. The event is free and open to the public.

From the earliest days of settlement in this remote section of New York, and even prior to that with travelling groups of Mohawks and other Native American hunters, music has sustained the people of the North Country.

French-Canadian loggers and trappers, Yankee settlers from New England, waves of British Isles and Irish immigrants coming directly across or down from Atlantic Canada, rural New Yorkers in search of work, and escaped and freed slaves each contributed to a rich store of self-made music which began in the mid-19th century and continues to this day.

As project director for the adirondackmusic.org website and music director/producer/concert host and performer for the Emmy-winning “Songs to Keep: Treasures of an Adirondack Folk Collector” project, Ruch has spent thousands of hours researching Adirondack music traditions, listening to old field recordings, and visiting with living links to this legacy.

He will perform Adirondack music and stories.

For more information, contact the Department of Music at 229-5166 and visit www.stlawu.edu/music for information on St. Lawrence performance venues, parking and handicapped access.