Folk music will be an essential part of what enables diversity in our future. Folk music is a bridge to learning about other cultures, developing relationships with other cultures, and exploring cultural traditions.
Folk music is about tradition. Even as cultures and technologies change, tradition remains.
August 19, 2026—7:00pm to 8:30pm
Overview
The future will depend on musical expression, primarily folk music. Folk music propels cultural identities. The music will evolve to incorporate new techonologies and adapt to cultural changes.
In this presentation, Scott will use a combination of story, pre-recorded tracks, and live musical performance to demonstrate how musical idioms can represent culture. They will show us how tradition influences new paradigms and how new relationships are formed within folk music's musical expressions.
About the Presenter
Scott Keever (they/them) is an award-winning fingerstyle guitarist and composer from Minneapolis, MN who combines an American roots sound with styles as far ranging as Celtic, Balkan and jazz. As well as being a solo performer, they play guitar, Bulgarian tambura and Turkish oud for Orkestar Bez Ime (OBI), an award-winning Twin Cities band that specializes in Balkan dance music.
Scott has also been a long-time musician and performer for the local Minnesota theater scene, having worked with Brave New Workshop, Flying Foot Forum, Ethnic Dance Theater, O'Shea Dance Company and Table Salt Productions. They are also a private music educator - they teaches guitar, piano, bass, mandolin and ukulele and are a faculty member of Laurel School of Music in St. Paul and The Music Lab in South Minneapolis