On route to obtaining the doctorate in Choral Conducting at Yale, he wrote a thesis on Georgia's shape-note tune book, The Sacred Harp . Recognized for the character of his voice and command of the folk idiom, Mr. Darsey is also a humorist and interlaces his programs with southern wit. Benefits Trinity Community Ministries Order a cassette recording of this concert. It is a commonplace that men think like men and women like women and ne'er the twain shall meet. Mr. Darsey will sing folk songs from the vantage of each gender, exploring the vicissitudes of love - courtship, deceit, tragedy, fidelity and happy union, thereby sharing something of what folk music has to teach us on matters of love.
Folk music is perhaps the most truthful form of human expression.
These words and music, springing from the collective experience of common people, arise in hieroglyphics far wiser than could be written by any individual. Please let us know of your interest in our concerts .