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
Bluegrass In College
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13 graduate from ETSU Bluegrass program
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
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ETSU Bluegrass livestream from The Down Home
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
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ETSU adds minor in Old Time, Scottish, and Irish music
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
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IBMA Foundation academic panels and college bands at WOB
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
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Rick Lang Songwriter Scholarship announced for IBMA members
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
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Rhopalocera – new single from WVU Bluegrass Band
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
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Gospel bluegrass focus starting at ETSU
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
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Adjunct instructors sought for ETSU bluegrass program
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
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Berea College seeks Bluegrass Music Ensemble Conductor/Director
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