Monroe Mandolin Camp, the brainchild of master bluegrass mandolin stylist Mike Compton, will host its week-long 2022 event in Abingdon, VA. Next year's will likewise be held in Virginia, which will mark the Camp's tenth anniversary. While retaining its name, and
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Tenders of the Flame: Celebrating Women at the Heart of Bluegrass
This article is contribution from Theresa Seiders in celebration of International Women's Day on Match 8. It is part of the Monroe Mandolin Camp's commitment to the preservation and promotion of traditional bluegrass music, through building connection, understanding, and community among
Scholarship applications open for Monroe Mandolin Camp
More good news for the 2021 bluegrass season... The Monroe Mandolin Camp is planning on holding this year's event in person, at the DuBose Conference Center in Monteagle, TN as has been their custom. Last year the camp had to be
Bill Monroe in the Time of COVID – 2020 Monroe Mandolin Camp online
This report on the first ever virtual Monroe Mandolin Camp is a contribution from Theresa Seiders, a voice-over artist and audio editor in Columbus, Ohio. Oh... and a serious student and lover of the mandolin. It's a chilly pre-fall morning in central
Mini-Mon Camp at The Station Inn this April
Mandolin Cafe and the Monroe Mandolin Camp have scheduled a two day, weekend mini-camp for mandolins only, billed as a Mini-Mon Camp. It will be held April 4-5 at Nashville's Station Inn, and no... it won't feature a diminutive Bill Monroe
Monroe Mandolin Camp adds new Ambassador program
The Monroe Mandolin Camp, a multi-discipline bluegrass instructional camp dedicated to the music left to us by Bill Monroe, has announced an in-house mentorship program for new students during their 7th annual weekend of workshops in 2020. New attendees will each
Monroe Mandolin Camps adds mini-camps for 2019
The Monroe Mandolin Camp, hosted the past five years by Mike Compton and Heidi Herzog, will also hold a series of Mini-Mon-Camp retreats in 2019 at various locations around the US. When they started, the focus was on presenting the music
Video scholarship competitions for Monroe Mandolin Camp
Despite the highly descriptive name, The Monroe Mandolin Camp is not just for students of the mandolin style pioneered by the Father of Bluegrass. The five-day workshop includes instruction on banjo, fiddle, guitar, and bass as well as Big Mon's