“CELEBRATING BILL MONROE, THE FATHER OF BLUEGRASS MUSIC IN THE CLASSROOM” Teacher Workshop Sept. 9 in Nashville
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and IBMA are collaborating on a teacher workshop Sept. 9 at the museum in
Nashville from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.Hosted the week of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Father of Bluegrass Music, the workshop will focus on Monroe and practical ways for elementary and middle school educators to share bluegrass music with their students.
Administrators, curriculum specialists, and college students majoring in education are also welcome.
The schedule will include an introduction to the Foundation for Bluegrass Music’sDiscover Bluegrass DVD and the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Shapes, Sound Holes, and Strings program; a banjo lesson; a clogging lesson; live instrument demonstrations; and a participatory workshop on bluegrass harmony singing.
We’ll also be sharing info on resources available from the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, Ky.
Bluegrass in the Schools committee chair Dr. Tom Kopp (Miami University, Oxford, Ohio) will be one of our presenters, along with Marcia Campbell of the Grand Ole Opry Square Dancers, Barry and Holly Tashian, Nancy Cardwell from IBMA and Nathalie Lavine from the Museum.
There is no fee for the teacher workshop. To register, please call (615) 416-2088 or email Nathalie Lavine at nlavine@countrymusichalloffame.org
The workshop is funded in part by a grant from the Foundation for Bluegrass Music.
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