JC
Jason Crocker
  • Music
  • Class of 2018
  • Coventry, CT

Jason Crocker Presents at COPLAC in Mansfield

2017 Oct 23

A group of student researchers from Eastern Connecticut State University recently presented at the annual northeast conference for the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC). From Oct. 13-14, Eastern was one of eight colleges to participate in the symposium, this year located at Mansfield University in Pennsylvania.

Among the students was Jason Crocker '18 who partook in a group musical performance (with other Eastern students) titled "Korean Samul Nori." Crocker resides in Vernon and majors in music.

Samul nori is a genre of Korean traditional music that first came about in the late 1970s. The root of Samul nori is a folk music tradition known as p'ungmul or nongak (farmers' music). It is typically performed by trained musicians in a more virtuosic manner using only four percussive instruments from the p'ungmul tradition.

COPLAC is a consortium of 30 public liberal arts colleges and universities spanning 28 states and one Canadian province. Established in 1987, it serves to promote the value of a public liberal arts education.