A World of Bluegrass message from Nancy Cardwell

A World of Bluegrass message from Nancy Cardwell

It’s September. In my part of the world, central North Carolina, the weather begins to be tolerable again, and early mornings entice us with a hint of crisp autumn air. We’re looking forward with much anticipation to the unveiling of the fall season, when the trees...
Project grant report from String Band Summit 2023

Project grant report from String Band Summit 2023

By Lee Bidgood The second annual String Band Summit was held by East Tennessee State University’s program in Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Roots Music Studies (BLUE) and Department of Appalachian Studies. The event took place February 9-12, 2023, in the Culp Center on...

Foundation awards five college scholarships

The IBMA Foundation is proud to announce the following recipients of college scholarships for the fall 2023 semester. Lucy Howe Becker originally from Lexington, Kentucky, and now living in Morehead, Kentucky, is the 2023 recipient of both the Sally Ann Forrester...

Consider a gift of life insurance

Help the IBMA Foundation thrive with a gift of life insurance. If you have a life insurance policy that has outlasted its original purpose, consider making a gift of your policy to the Foundation. You will not only support a cause you care about, but also enjoy...

Cade Botts wins Rosenberg Bluegrass Scholar Award

Congratulations to Cade Botts, the 2023 recipient of the IBMA Foundation’s Neil Rosenberg Bluegrass Scholar Award. Botts will be graduating in August with a master’s degree in music theory from the University of Tennessee – Knoxville, and his thesis is titled...

Fletcher Bright Memorial Grant reports from Tennessee

From Jessica Lang (a guitar playing/stongwriter college student at Belmont University I want to send my sincere thanks to the IBMA Foundation for providing grant funds so I could study at Kaufman Kamp June 11-17. I was able to study with Steve Kaufman, Beppe Gambetta,...