Raise your hand if you are the parent or grandparent of a youngster who received their first violin over the holidays. Perhaps you are even the ones who gave the gift. There is often a feeling of helplessness that accompanies such
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Banjo Summit launches in Colorado
Colorado banjoist Jake Schepps will be no stranger to Bluegrass Today readers, as both a noted player and a correspondent/reviewer. Though he came up in the bluegrass world, Jake's interests have since expanded to include modern classical music on the five
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Suzuki method for mandolin coming to Virginia
The Suzuki Method, well-entrenched among western musicians and educators, was developed roughly 50 years ago by Japanese violinist Shinichi Suzuki. It uses principles to teach music to young children similar to those that are common in most cultures to teach them
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Béla Fleck’s inaugural Blue Ridge Banjo Camp
Banjo legend Béla Fleck has announced his first-ever banjo workshop weekend, the Blue Ridge Banjo Camp, to be held August 15-19th, 2018 at the Brevard Music Center in Brevard, NC. Assisting will be Tony Trischka, Kristin Scott Benson, and Mike Munford. Applications must be
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Mojo teams up with TrueFire for rhythm guitar video
Noted Nashville guitarist and educator Stephen Mougin, known to friends as Mojo, has struck a deal with online instructional company TrueFire to produce an overview course called Bluegrass Rhythm Evolution. Their system is based on a free application that allows online
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New TuneFox app for banjo, mandolin, and guitar
The most recent upgrade to the Tunefox app not only offers significant improvements to the operation of the tablature offerings, but it is now also available for mandolin and guitar as well as banjo. Tunefox is available as a free download
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The Bluegrass Symposium being held in conjunction with Wide Open Bluegrass
The Bluegrass Symposium, which debuted this morning in Raleigh, has academically-minded bluegrass fans buzzing as it got underway today in room 304 of the Marriott Convention Center. Throughout the next 24 hours, some of our industry’s sharpest minds will be
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Glenville State accepts donation of bluegrass materials
Dave Elkington and Megan Darby at Glenville State College The bluegrass music department at Glenville State College in West Virginia was the recent recipient of a collection of audio CDs, books, and periodicals for the use of their students. Dave Elkinton and
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Grassers volunteer to help make Clemson Bluegrass Ensemble a success
Andrew Crawford, Ryan Wilson, Shawn Lane, Patton Wages, and Tyler Williams (front) at Clemson University With classes set to start next Friday (August 25), Ryan Wilson is looking forward to launching the first ever Bluegrass Ensemble in the Music Department at
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In A Far Away Place – Mountain Music Ambassadors in China
This article is a contribution from Raymond W. McLain, Director of the Kentucky Center for Traditional Music at Morehead State University. When Sarah Wood stepped up to the microphone in Qingdao, China and sang, In A Far Away Place, the resounding