J. D. Crowe Banjo Scholarship launched in February

J. D. Crowe Banjo Scholarship launched in February

On February 15, the IBMA Foundation announced the launch of the J. D. Crowe Banjo Scholarship. Longtime friend and fellow Kentucky bluegrass musician Arthur Hancock III made the initial $20,000 donation to create the fund and endow the scholarship for the benefit of...
Fletcher Bright Memorial Grant for Young Musicians

Fletcher Bright Memorial Grant for Young Musicians

The IBMA Foundation is proud to host the Fletcher Bright Memorial Grant for Young Musicians. The Bright family of Chattanooga, Tennessee; Thomas J. Brown of Dalton, Georgia; and Barbara Martin Stephens of Madison, Tennessee made combined gifts of $29,000 in 2020 to...
Pisgah Banjo raffle closes March 6

Pisgah Banjo raffle closes March 6

Time is running out to purchase a ticket for a chance to win a very unique and historically significant custom banjo from the Pisgah Banjo Company! Raffle tickets for the March 6 live-streamed drawing on the Pisgah Banjo Company Facebook page are $20 each, and all...

A message from Nancy Cardwell

The first two months of 2022 have been challenging. A third extremely contagious strain of COVID 19 wore us all out, but case numbers are finally on the decline. Cold sheets of ice and snowstorms came back to cover the frozen, white landscape, even as the first...