Getting started
First instruments, early influences, teachers, and the moments that made music part of everyday life.
Oklahoma Voices
The stories behind a musical life.
People, places, and experiences, remembered in musicians’ own words.
The Project
Real people. Lifelong music.
The Oklahoma Voices oral history project is being developed to preserve Oklahoma musicians’ experiences, memories, and stories.
The project will invite musicians to reflect on how they began, the people they played with, the places they performed, and what music has meant in their lives.
Making music together
Rehearsals, performances, friendships, and the communities formed through shared music.
A lifetime of memories
Turning points, meaningful performances, challenges, and stories worth passing on.
When will interviews be available?
A publication date has not yet been announced. Completed interviews will appear here when they are ready to share.
Stories in their own words.
Listen and watch
Approved recordings will let visitors hear musicians tell their stories directly.
Read and follow
Readable transcripts, captions, and chapters will help visitors find a moment or follow a complete interview.
Explore the context
Related places, ensembles, photographs, and sources will connect a remembered experience with supporting history.
The history around a remembered experience.
Explore the photographs →Photographs preserve names, places and moments. Follow each image into its source account and the wider musical history.
