Meet
Martha Pellerin
Musician and community
organizer in the Franco-
American
community
Martha Pellerin grew up in Barre
in a house
full of music. When she saw
her cultural traditions slowly disappearing
into mainstream American culture—
even within the Franco-American
community—she
became an active proponent of collecting and performing
the music of
her childhood and connecting newer generations of Franco-Americans
to
their cultural heritage.
To begin your conversation, choose
a question below and push the button to begin.
As a child, what was it like to live in two cultures?
What
do you hope to achieve with your music?
Dedicated to the memory of Martha Pellerin.
Music courtesy of the Pellerin Drury family.
Interview conducted by the Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury.
Copyright 2006, Vermont Historical
Society. All rights reserved.
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