Fall 2026 OLLI Digital Catalog

HISTORY OF ROCK AND ROLL: ACOUSTICALLY (CP210)

CP – Performing Arts Participation

Participants in this course will be able to listen, sing along or play an instrument brought from home. Instructor provides a chronological list of songs, including keys, that we will play each week. Participants can suggest additional songs as we move through our list. If we have enough players, we will rotate performance leaders. Discussions about the songs will occur between performances. We will start on “Route 66” written by Bobby Troup in 1946.

This offering meets for a total of 5 session(s).

INSTRUCTOR: Jack Bartley

BARTLEY, JACK — Ph.D., ecology, University of Delaware. A UD professor for 22 years, served as director of the Associate in Arts Program and the Delaware Teachers Institute. A former resident of Hawaii, led UD’s Hawaii domestic study abroad program in ecology and cultural studies for 15 years.

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