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Songs We Carry: Exploring Music, Memory, and Family Stories

Forum @ The Library

Date

Sep 08 2026

Time

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Location

Durham County Library

300 North Roxboro Street, Durham, North Carolina

Songs we carry

An interactive workshop with Professor Sophia Enríquez

 

What songs carry memories of the people and places that have shaped us? In this interactive workshop, participants will reflect on songs connected to family, home, heritage, or tradition and create a small collage-style memento that brings together music, memory, images, and words. Together, we’ll explore the ways songs can hold stories, connect generations, and become part of the everyday archives we carry with us.

Led by Duke music professor Dr. Sophia Enriquez, part of “Forum @ the Library”  - a monthly series featuring Duke faculty sharing their work in an interactive format, hosted by the Durham County Library (DCL) in partnership with the Forum for Scholars and Publics at the Franklin Humanities Institute.

Free and open to the public.

This program will be held in the Main Children's Programming Room at the Durham County Library Main Library. While accompanied children are welcome, we especially encourage adults and older teens to join us for this memory-focused workshop.

Registration required at the DCL event page and the button below.

Speakers

Sophia Enríquez

Duke University

Sophia M. Enríquez (she/her/ella) is an ethnomusicologist, folklorist, and community-engaged scholar whose work explores Latino musical life, migration, and regional culture across Appalachia and the U.S. South. She is Assistant Professor of Music and Latino/a Studies in the Global South at Duke University. She earned her PhD in ethnomusicology from…...

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Songs we carry

An interactive workshop with Professor Sophia Enríquez

 

What songs carry memories of the people and places that have shaped us? In this interactive workshop, participants will reflect on songs connected to family, home, heritage, or tradition and create a small collage-style memento that brings together music, memory, images, and words. Together, we’ll explore the ways songs can hold stories, connect generations, and become part of the everyday archives we carry with us.

Led by Duke music professor Dr. Sophia Enriquez, part of “Forum @ the Library”  - a monthly series featuring Duke faculty sharing their work in an interactive format, hosted by the Durham County Library (DCL) in partnership with the Forum for Scholars and Publics at the Franklin Humanities Institute.

Free and open to the public.

This program will be held in the Main Children's Programming Room at the Durham County Library Main Library. While accompanied children are welcome, we especially encourage adults and older teens to join us for this memory-focused workshop.

Registration required at the DCL event page and the button below.

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