The first EBMA Youth Scholarships for 2016 have been announced. They go to 15-year- old Evan Lyons from Ireland and Tabitha Agnew, 17 , from the United Kingdom.
Each youth submitted applications and samples of their music which were assessed by the EBMA Board who then made the awards.
The Share America Foundation, Inc. announced its 2015 scholarship winner recently at the Ringgold Depot in Ringgold, Ga.
Guitarist Garrett Holder, 18, of Ringgold, Ga. was selected as the recipient of the 2015 scholarship.
Fiddler, Emerald Butler, of Sale Creek, TN was selected as the third Share America Foundation's 2014 Pearl and Floyd Franks Scholarship winner.
"I feel extremely blessed, and I am very thankful for this scholarship" Ms. Butler said. "I think it is fantastic that I can receive a scholarship because of my music, and for my music." She is currently attending Chattanooga State University.
The Share America Foundation, Inc. announced its first 2014 scholarship winner recently at the Ringgold Depot in Ringgold, Ga.
The events help fund the organization’s Pearl and Floyd Franks Scholarship.
Would you love to attend FAR-West but just don’t seem to have the funds available at this time?
If so then you may be a candidate for a scholarship award through the Howard Larman Memorial Scholarship Fund.
The scholarship is designed to help musicians attend and promote themselves at FAR-West, the Folk Alliance International West-Coast music conference.
Pete Wernick announces two youngsters from western North Carolina as scholarship winners for his Bluegrass Jam Camp in Boomer, NC:
Liam Purcell, 10, of Deep Gap and Kinsey Green, 14, of Boone are both multi-instrumentalists, immersed in bluegrass through families who value this tradition. Pete says, “It's good to see local kids learning the local music, and we're very glad to be able offer them this additional opportunity.”
Pete Wernick Announces 2013 Banjo Camp Scholarship Winner
The Stelling Banjo Scholarship to Pete (“Dr. Banjo”) Wernick’s Advanced Banjo Camp has been awarded to 26 year-old multi-instrumentalist Jacob Panic, of Baltimore, MD.
Already a talented banjo player, singer, and songwriter, Jacob aspires to a career in bluegrass music and has recorded an album of original songs on which he plays all the instruments.
Tyler Martelli, 18, of Hixson, Tenn. graduated from Hixson High School and plans to attend University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
“Until I was a freshman, I played electric guitar listening to Rock and Roll,” he said. “Then a friend of mine invited me one night to the Mountain Opry on Signal Mountain. This was my first encounter with bluegrass music.
“I began to regularly sing and perform there and fell in love with the Appalachian style music,” he said.
Pete Wernick Announces Banjo Camp Scholarship Winners
Pete (“Dr. Banjo”) Wernick will host two scholarship winners at his January 2012 Advanced Banjo Camp. Jim Gabehart of Hinton, West Virginia, will attend thanks to the generosity of Stelling Banjo Works, and Jordan Alleman of Portland, Oregon is the recipient of donations received at last January’s annual Banjo Camp concert. Jim and his wife lead a band that plays throughout the east, and Jordan, 18, will start studies at Berklee College of Music in the fall.
The Cumberland River Band and The Cumberland River Academy of Bluegrass and Appalachian Music are proud to announce the The organization and the band have partnered in creating the"Sonny Dean Scholarship." The scholarship is named after band member Jamie Dean’s father, Sonny Dean, who was a significant musical influence and mentor to Jamie along with CUMBERLAND RIVER band members, Joey Jones, Dustin Middleton and Jamie Stewart while growing up in Harlan, KY. The band recently added new member Brad Gulley to the line-up. Additional information on this scholarship will be announced soon.
For more information on The Cumberland River Academy, please visit their website.
Two scholarships for Pete Wernick’s January 2012 Advanced Banjo Camp are still available, with an approaching December 5th application deadline.
One $1,000 scholarship covers almost all expenses for an out-of-state attendee and is being offered through the generosity of Stelling Banjos. The Advanced Camp runs January 16-21 in Boulder, Colorado.