by bluegrassfound | Jun 29, 2021 | News
The IBMA Foundation is proud to announce that the following board members have been elected by IBMA to return for a second three-year term, ending June 30, 2024: Fred Bartenstein Kissy Black Sam Blumenthal Alan Tompkins. The new executive director of IBMA, Pat Morris,...
by bluegrassfound | Jun 29, 2021 | News
One short year ago, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, a group email conversation among Leadership Bluegrass alumni led to an idea voiced by James Reams, followed by a challenge issued by Foundation chair Fred Bartenstein to create a fund that would proactively...
by bluegrassfound | May 31, 2021 | News
With the increasing percentage of people vaccinated and less restrictive CDC and state guidelines, more of us are happily venturing out again to live bluegrass music concerts, jam sessions and festivals. I’ve been to two in the past month, in North Carolina and...
by bluegrassfound | May 31, 2021 | News
The drawing for the grand prize of the Strings for Dreams Bluegrass Raffle was live-streamed at noon ET on Friday, May 14, on the IBMA Foundation Facebook page. Nick Khadder, a mandolin player from Alameda, California, is the lucky recipient of the last available...
by bluegrassfound | May 31, 2021 | News
Please stay tuned to ibma.org and bluegrassfoundation.org for details to be announced this summer about IBMA’s World of Bluegrass events in Raleigh, NC, September 28 – October 2, which we expect to be a combination of in-person and virtual events in 2021. IBMA...
by bluegrassfound | May 31, 2021 | News
We recently received the following letter (excerpted below) from Wendy Tyner, the Director of Philanthropy/Publicity for the Wintergrass Bluegrass Festival, which received a $2,500 grant for youth educational activities in 2021. “Thanks to the IBMA Foundation’s...
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