by bluegrassfound | Feb 3, 2025 | News
The IBMA Foundation recently awarded $25,000 in project grants to 15 bluegrass programs in eight states plus Switzerland, the Czech Republic, and China. The number of applications was up this year at 37, compared to 21 in 2024. “A diverse list of recipients for...
by bluegrassfound | Jan 1, 2025 | News
In 2022, the Montgomery Museum of Art & History in Christiansburg, Virginia, which serves the entire New River Valley and Virginia’s Appalachia region, presented a highly successful concert at the Moss Arts Center in Blacksburg, Virginia. That concert, “50 Years...
by bluegrassfound | Jan 1, 2025 | News
I am so excited to show you how our lovely banjo came out. My banjo’s name is Ho’okini and she was created with mahogany wood, has a curly maple tone ring, and an African black wood fingerboard with mother of pearl inlays. The headstock is ebony wood, and she has a...
by bluegrassfound | Jan 1, 2025 | News
With your help, our friends at WoodSongs Old Time Radio Hour are organizing an instrument drive to collect and deliver over 1,000 free instruments to bluegrass and old-time musicians who have lost everything during Hurricane Helene. If you own a playable instrument in...
by bluegrassfound | Jan 1, 2025 | News
Our hearty thanks is extended to the members of Blue Highway, luthier Rufus Thames; the staff of Blue Highway Fest; the city of Big Stone Gap, Virginia; and raffle ticket purchasers for a donation of $2,007 to the IBMA Foundation raised by a guitar raffle at the...
by bluegrassfound | Jan 1, 2025 | News
By Nancy Cardwell Thanks to a substantial donation last year from Jim and Kathy Kortge of Fenton, Michigan, the new Gloria Belle Memorial Scholarship will launch in 2025, with the first recipient to be announced in July. The scholarship, created by IBMA Foundation...
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