New bluegrass coloring book from Jam Pak Bluegrass

New bluegrass coloring book from Jam Pak Bluegrass

Check out the new bluegrass coloring book designed by the young musicians in the Jam Pak Bluegrass program in Chandler, Arizona, at this link. Jam Pak director, Anni Beach welcomes anyone interested to print off pages of the coloring book and use them with their...
Grant report from Michigan

Grant report from Michigan

Nora Tennant received a grant from the Fletcher Bright Memorial Grant for Young Musicians and the Bill Breen Bluegrass Youth Education Fund last year, which helped pay for fiddle lessons and ensemble coaching at the Michigan Academy of Folk Music. “I’m so thankful to...
Grant report from Kentucky

Grant report from Kentucky

The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys presented an energetic and educational bluegrass program for 450 students at Vine Grove Elementary in Vine Grove, Kentucky on September 25. The band combined high-energy music with engaging storytelling as they introduced students to the history...
Grant report from Alaska

Grant report from Alaska

Dancing with the Spirit director Belle Mickelson writes, “My son Mike, Rion Schmidt (a banjo player from the Prince William Sound Native community), Josephine Malemute (Koyukon Athabascan guitar player), and I were just at Point Hope, Alaska January 3-10. The kids,...
Wernick Jam Camp scholarship available

Wernick Jam Camp scholarship available

August 23-28, Albany, New York The IBMA Foundation is pleased to announce that Bluegrass Hall of Famer Pete “Dr. Banjo” Wernick is offering a scholarship to his Silver Bay Bluegrass Camp August 23-28, 2026, as a donation to the Foundation. In its thirteenth year, the...