Applications for project grants awarded by the IBMA Foundation are due December 1, 2021. The Foundation awards around $14,000 in project grants annually to nonprofit organizations with a 501(c)(3) status or qualified governmental agencies such as public schools and...

As the new executive director of IBMA, Pat Morris also becomes the newest member of the IBMA Foundation board of directors. An excerpt from a fine article written by Derek Halsey about Morris for the September issue of Bluegrass Unlimited follows. Be sure to pick up a...

Be sure to join us Friday and Saturday, Oct. 1 and 2 at the Youth Stage in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, for the IBMA Foundation’s annual Bluegrass College Band Showcase. We are honored to spotlight emerging bluegrass talent from a diverse group of colleges and...

A message from Nancy Cardwell The lyrics to two songs—one old and one new--come to mind this month as I sit down to finish up the September 2021 issue of The Cornerstone: Ola Belle Reed’s “I’ve Endured” and Tim O’Brien’s “He Walked On.” Along with temps in the high...

The IBMA Bluegrass College Scholarship is awarded to a student who plans to be involved in the bluegrass music industry on a professional level in the future and who shows evidence of talent in a bluegrass-related field. Autumn Moore is this year’s recipient. A...