Earlier this week we wrote about the 13 students who graduated last week from East Tennessee State University with either a bachelor's degree or a minor concentration from the Bluegrass, Old Time & Country Must Studies program. Today we have a music video based on a studio recording from one of the program's elite ensembles, [...]
Along with May flowers, we are in the time of college commencements, when proud parents and happy graduates spend hours in lengthy ceremonies to mark their official entrance into the world of adulthood. Many of the observances are a bit muted this year as COVID restrictions hang on in some areas, but it is always [...]
Each semester, students in the Bluegrass, Old Time & Country Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University are required to engage in ensemble performances as part of their course work. Players and singers are grouped according to their level of skill and experience, and are tasked with putting together a live set, with the [...]
East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, perhaps the first major state school to offer a degree in Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies, has announced a new concentration. Starting with the Fall 2021 semester, students within the Bluegrass, Old Time and Country Music Studies program will have the option of choosing minors in [...]
The IBMA Foundation, the charitable and educational arm of the International Bluegrass Music Association, has been actively involved all week in the 2020 all virtual World of Bluegrass conference. Their activities will continue through the weekend, with what will be a fascinating panel discussion on Friday, and a special showcase of bluegrass bands representing major [...]
The IBMA Foundation has announced today a new scholarship for IBMA members who are studying songwriting in college, or plan to be in the coming semesters. It is endowed by Rick Lang, a prolific bluegrass songwriter who has received a Grammy nomination for his songs, and who currently serves as chair of the IBMA Songwriter [...]
The WVU Bluegrass Band has released a debut single from their upcoming album, expected in the fall. It's a song titled Rhopalocera, written and sung by Music Therapy student Emily Lehr. The Band is a student group within the Music Department at the University of West Virginia, under the direction of Dr. Travis Stimeling, Musicology [...]
East Tennessee State University in Johnson City has offered a degree program in Bluegrass, Old Time, Celtic, and Country Music Studies for several years now. For maybe two decades before granting the degree, the program existed as a study focus at the university, and trained many top artists who have gone on to notable careers [...]
The Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country Music Studies Program at East Tennessee State University is requesting applications for adjunct instructors for many of the instruments taught in the program. Like most universities, the school supplements its full-time faculty with adjuncts who may teach only one or two days each week, primarily offering private lessons, traditional classes, [...]
It seems each year we learn of more post secondary institutions who are offering classes and degrees in bluegrass and old time music. Not only do these programs help prepare students to function in our industry, they also help expose the music to a wider audience, increase its credibility in the academic world, and provide [...]
Earlier this week we wrote about the 13 students who graduated last week from East Tennessee State University with either a bachelor's degree or a minor concentration from the Bluegrass, Old Time & Country Must Studies program. Today we have a music video based on a studio recording from one of the program's elite ensembles, [...] 
Along with May flowers, we are in the time of college commencements, when proud parents and happy graduates spend hours in lengthy ceremonies to mark their official entrance into the world of adulthood. Many of the observances are a bit muted this year as COVID restrictions hang on in some areas, but it is always [...] 
East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, perhaps the first major state school to offer a degree in Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies, has announced a new concentration. Starting with the Fall 2021 semester, students within the Bluegrass, Old Time and Country Music Studies program will have the option of choosing minors in [...] 
The IBMA Foundation, the charitable and educational arm of the International Bluegrass Music Association, has been actively involved all week in the 2020 all virtual World of Bluegrass conference. Their activities will continue through the weekend, with what will be a fascinating panel discussion on Friday, and a special showcase of bluegrass bands representing major [...] 
The IBMA Foundation has announced today a new scholarship for IBMA members who are studying songwriting in college, or plan to be in the coming semesters. It is endowed by Rick Lang, a prolific bluegrass songwriter who has received a Grammy nomination for his songs, and who currently serves as chair of the IBMA Songwriter [...] 
The WVU Bluegrass Band has released a debut single from their upcoming album, expected in the fall. It's a song titled Rhopalocera, written and sung by Music Therapy student Emily Lehr. The Band is a student group within the Music Department at the University of West Virginia, under the direction of Dr. Travis Stimeling, Musicology [...] 
East Tennessee State University in Johnson City has offered a degree program in Bluegrass, Old Time, Celtic, and Country Music Studies for several years now. For maybe two decades before granting the degree, the program existed as a study focus at the university, and trained many top artists who have gone on to notable careers [...] 
The Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country Music Studies Program at East Tennessee State University is requesting applications for adjunct instructors for many of the instruments taught in the program. Like most universities, the school supplements its full-time faculty with adjuncts who may teach only one or two days each week, primarily offering private lessons, traditional classes, [...] 
It seems each year we learn of more post secondary institutions who are offering classes and degrees in bluegrass and old time music. Not only do these programs help prepare students to function in our industry, they also help expose the music to a wider audience, increase its credibility in the academic world, and provide [...] 