Published 50 years ago this year, Studs Terkel’s seminal book Working (The New Press) is, then and now, a compelling look into the world of jobs and the people who do them.
Relevant Tones celebrated this landmark with a unique evening of new music commissioned by ACM and inspired by Studs alongside a fascinating conversation about how work has changed since his time and where it might be going next.
Speaking guests:
Dr. Anna Tavis (Humans at Work, Kogan Page)
Erik Loomis (A History of America in Ten Strikes, The New Press)
Tod Lippy (Esopus Foundation, Ltd)
Hosted by Seth Boustead
Music Performed by:
Black Oak Ensemble
Alicia Walter
MUSIC (Pieces commissioned by Access Contemporary Music)
I Give Them Music by Shanan Estreicher
Hi-Ho by Natasha Bogojevic
Hardly Working by Seth Boustead
Work Cycle by Alicia Walter
Thanks to the Estate of Studs Terkel and The New Press.