Music of the Sea


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ClassGraphic This course is for those folks who like to sing music of the sea. Along with B.J. Whitehouse, a former instructor with the Mystic Seaport sea shantey class, we'll sing work songs, ballads, forebitters, and play some music that may have been heard on a 19th-century sailing vessel. Students are invited to bring along instruments and ideas for songs. B.J. will provide some opportunities to work with a block-and-tackle and other simple machines that would have been found on a sailing vessel.
 
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Class Details

2 Session(s)
Weekly - Mon

Location
OLLI

Instructor
B.J. Whitehouse 

 

Notice

Please read:  Assignment for the first class: Bring an instrument if you'd like.


Suggested Reading: Stan Hugill, Shanties from the Seven Seas (Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1961, reprinted 1987).
Joanna Colcord, Songs of the American Sailormen (W.W. Norton and Co., 1938).

Tuition:  $35.00

Registration Closes On
Sunday, September 27, 2026 @ 12:00 AM

Schedule Information

Date(s) Class Days Times Location Instructor(s) Instructional Method
9/28/2026 - 10/5/2026 Weekly - Mon 11:30 AM - 01:00 PM Kingston, OLLI  Map B.J. Whitehouse  ClassRoom

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