2020-11-02

Morgan Morrison

Morgan Morrison (Harpers Ferry, West Virginia) 

Morgan Morrison is a musician based in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Morgan comes from a family of professional musicians across diverse genres. She began studying the music of Virginia in her teens in various music festivals across the state, but her musical interests span many genres across the world. She plays guitar, bouzouki, and sings. Morgan is a band member and principal manager of the band Furnace Mountain, and performs extensively in the United States and internationally. She teaches mandolin and guitar to local students. Morgan also coordinates more than 200 volunteers for the annual River & Roots Festival and Watermelon Park Festival in Clarke County, and is the Program Director of Barns of Rose Hill, a nonprofit performing arts venue and community center located in historic downtown Berryville, Virginia. 

Interviewed by Tamar Sella, 11/02/2020.

Tamar Sella

Music; United States; Covid-19 Pandemic

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Musicians in America during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Society for Ethnomusicology