by bluegrassfound | Oct 20, 2020 | News
Foundation board member Sam Blumenthal, of Charlotte, North Carolina, is featured in our donor spotlight this month. Q: How did you get involved with bluegrass music? A. I have always been a music person. I always loved the Beatles (who I believe were a “once in a...
by bluegrassfound | Aug 26, 2020 | News
The IBMA Foundation is pleased to announce Megan Cody, Clara Guilmette, Jessica Lang, Anne Jarrell, and Bailey Stephenson as the first recipients of the Sally Ann Forrester College Scholarship for female bluegrass musicians and Heather Alley as the first Rick Lang...
by bluegrassfound | Aug 26, 2020 | News
The Rosenberg Scholar Award will not be awarded in 2020, due to the cancellation of academic conferences nationwide. Our greatest hope is that COVID-19 curves will flatten, deaths from the virus will become rare to non-existent, an effective vaccination will be...
by bluegrassfound | Aug 26, 2020 | News
The Arnold Shultz Fund, established by the IBMA Foundation to encourage participation in bluegrass music by people of color, has raised more than $30,000 in less than two months thanks to enthusiastic support from the bluegrass community, including a major unsolicited...
by bluegrassfound | Jul 11, 2020 | News
The IBMA Foundation has proudly supported the following programs with Project Grants: 2025: Arthurdale Heritage, grant to start a new J.A.M. (Junior Appalachian Musicians) program for students in Preston County, West Virginia. (Arthurdale, WV) Chamber of Commerce,...
by bluegrassfound | Jun 22, 2020 | News
The Neil Rosenberg Bluegrass Scholar Award annual submission deadline is June 30. An annual award is presented to the developing academic scholar who presents the best paper accepted by a juried academic conference on an aspect of bluegrass music. The recipient will...
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