Complex sentence: Music for the production was directed by the WPA Federal Music Project's North Carolina director, Eric Stapleton, and was drawn primarily from old English hymns, ballads, and folk songs the settlers might have carried over with them.
Split into simpler sentences: Music for the production was directed by Eric Stapleton, director of North Carolina's WPA Federal Music Project. It was drawn primarily from old English hymns, ballads, and folk songs which the settlers likely carried with them.