by bluegrassfound | Sep 3, 2025 | News
2024-25 Fiscal Year Finance and Program Report: They say, “It’s all about the numbers,” and the IBMA Foundation numbers for the past fiscal year were pretty great! But more important are the names and faces, programs, stories, and wonderful bluegrass music behind each...
by bluegrassfound | Sep 3, 2025 | News
Congratulations to Nathaniel Mitchell, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Theory at Delaware University, the 2025 recipient of the Rosenberg Bluegrass Scholar Award, sponsored this year by Paolo Dettwiler, a longtime supporter of the IBMA Foundation from...
by bluegrassfound | Sep 3, 2025 | News
On September 19-20 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Kids on Bluegrass, Junior Appalachian Musician groups, and 12 IBMA Foundation Bluegrass College Showcase Bands will be featured on the Youth Stage outside the gated area of IBMA Bluegrass LIVE!, as well as on Stage 3...
by bluegrassfound | Sep 3, 2025 | News
An IBMA Foundation project grant was awarded earlier this year to start a new Junior Appalachian Musicians (J.A.M.) program for students in Arthurdale, West Virginia, in Preston County. J.A.M. is an after-school program for children in grades 4 – 8 that introduces...
by bluegrassfound | Sep 3, 2025 | News
Here’s a video report from Peter Trakimowicz, who attended the Blue Ridge Banjo Camp in Brevard, North Carolina, with help from the Fletcher Bright Memorial Grant for Young Musicians and the Bill Breen Bluegrass Education Fund. “I had a great time and learned so...
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