May 3, 2025
INSPIRED BY VALLEY — Guitarist and music instructor Aaron Carey will give a free program from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. May 18 at the Brooke County Historical Museum, located at 704 Charles St. in Wellsburg. His latest release focuses on the exploration of the Ohio River and its tributaries. — Contributed
WELLSBURG — A local musician will offer a look and sound of music history during a free program scheduled to take place from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. May 18 at the Brooke County Historical Museum and Culture Center.
Aaron Carey, a guitarist and music instructor at Bethany College and West Liberty University, will discuss “800 Years of Music for Classical Guitar.”
Carey will perform selections from the 13th century to modern day, according to organizers.
Light refreshments will be served at the museum, located at 704 Charles St. in Wellsburg.
Carey has taught music for more than 30 years, including serving as a lecturer for the West Virginia Humanities Council and discussing the topic on National Public Radio’s “Inside Appalachia.”
His interest in the music of the Appalachian region and its indigenous people inspired him to create music for his group, Nechochwen.
Nechochwen’s music has been released on the Swedish label, Nordvis Produktion. Its latest release, “spelewithiipi,” focuses on the exploration of the Ohio River and its tributaries.
Carey has performed at Fire in the Mountains, a music festival held in the Teton Wilderness in Wyoming. and at festivals throughout the Eastern U.S., Upper Midwest and Texas.
He has collaborated with musicians and filmmakers from Sweden, Greece and California, and recently served as a consultant for the critically-acclaimed documentary, “King Coal.”
The museum is kicking off its 50th year of operations.
Its many displays include re-creations of dining rooms and other rooms from various eras, the interior of a one-room schoolhouse and the county jail cell where the Brooke County sheriff once temporarily housed prisoners.
The museum has an entire room that has been designated to a variety of glass items that were produced in one of more than a dozen glass factories within Brooke County.
There is a display counter containing products once sold by the former “five-and-dime” store — where the museum is now housed.
Regular hours are 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Sunday in April through October.
Visits can be arranged for other times by calling (304) 737-4060.
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