Susan C. Cook is a music historian whose published work and current research includes American musical repertories of all kinds. She is particularly interested in the social contexts of art, musical and dance practices as well as the regional practices of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin has a remarkable musical past, one that shows the individual and collective power of its native and emigrant peoples, and its regional, national and international connections and relationships. is talk presents snapshots from the state’s historical and current soundscapes identifying the circumstances under which musical practices were made, remembered, and changed.
