Event

Finding Inspiration in Folk Music to Create Original Works

Date, time, location

Date

Friday, September 12, 2025

Time

3:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Location

Birenbaum Innovation and Performance Space

10 E. College St.
Oberlin, OH 44074

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Additional details

Cost

Free admission, no tickets required

Clay Ross, American Patchwork Quartet guitarist/ vocalist, leads a songwriting workshop in The Birenbaum on finding inspiration in folk music to create original works.

Clay Ross is a multi-Grammy award-winning guitarist/ vocalist and the founder of the Billboard chart-topping band Ranky Tanky. A native of South Carolina, Ross moved to NYC in 2002 and has since collaborated with artists as diverse as Gregory Porter, Snarky Puppy, and Bobby McFerrin. Winning multiple grants through the U.S. State Department, he has toured worldwide as a Cultural Ambassador.

This session is part of the American Roots Residency program, made possible by the Ed Helms American Roots Residency Fund.

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American Patchwork Quartet will be performing in Finney Chapel on Saturday, Sept. 13 at 7:30pm, part of the 25-26 Artist Recital Series. Tickets required.