The Bluegrass, Old Time and Country Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University has announced the hiring of two touring professionals in the bluegrass world to positions on their faculty. Dan Eubanks, bassist with Special Consensus, and Aynsley Porchak,
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Artist in Residence position announced for ETSU Bluegrass
The Appalachian Studies Department at East Tennessee State University has announced an Artist in Residence position in their Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country Music Studies program. This position is for a bluegrass performing artist with outstanding professional attainments, creative accomplishments, and recognition in the
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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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Dr. Richard Blaustein passes
East Tennessee State University Professor Emeritus Richard Blaustein, a fine old time fiddler, banjo player, and prolific scholar, has passed away after a protracted illness. He was professor of sociology and anthropology at the university and served as the director
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Sonny Osborne on Life In Music tonight
The one and only Sonny Osborne will be the live guest tonight on the Life in Music Summer Guest Artist Series, presented by the ETSU Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country Music Studies program. Hosted by program Director Dan Boner, and facilitated by
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ETSU Bluegrass offers summer session online
The Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University has announced an online summer series of courses beginning over this next few months. These are available for both students already enrolled in the program who are
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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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College grassers take music to the schools for the Hall of Fame
Students in bluegrass programs from two different states traveled to Kentucky this month to participate in the Bluegrass in the Schools initiative for the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum. East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, TN and Glenville
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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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ETSU adds prominent grassers to their faculty
The Department of Bluegrass, Old-Time and Country Music Studies at East Tennessee State University has announced the addition of two new faculty members familiar to the bluegrass and old time community. Jon Weisberger will come on board as an adjunct, serving