Dates set for March 8-10, 2012, Deadline to apply: Nov. 15, 2011
Every year IBMA's Leadership Bluegrass program brings together a cross section of music industry professionals to take an intensive look into the future challenges and opportunities our music faces, and our next class is slated for Thursday, - Saturday, March 8-10, 2012, in Nashville, Tennessee. Those interested in participating are encouraged to apply for a limited number of openings.
“Most unbelievable amount of useful information in the shortest amount of time! Well planned…. My head is exploding!” – Jerry Salley, songwriter
“There is no better, more thorough and intense way to get an overview of bluegrass as a music and an industry, and the way it fits into both our culture and the entertainment history as a whole.” –Larry Nager, journalist
“I thought I might get bored at Leadership Bluegrass and be rewarded like a Girl Scout on my name tag at the next World of Bluegrass. I cannot express how wrong I was, and how valuable and essential this experience and these people will be for my career and life.” – Emilee Warner, Crash Avenue
“I knew it would be good, but it’s so much better than good!” – Mary Tyler Doub, Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival
“It is like getting an MBA in Bluegrass. And just like getting that degree, the learning process has just begun.” – Richard Spratt, educator/event producer
“Even if you think there’s nothing more for you to learn (or people around you think you already know everything), you will find the opposite is true!” – Angelika Torrie, European Bluegrass Music Association/ Bluegrass Europe magazine
Click here to apply for LBG 2012.
PURPOSE
Leadership Bluegrass is a music industry leadership development program designed to build commitment, motivate talents, instill enthusiasm and build relationships that can help address the future
challenges and opportunities for bluegrass music.
Leadership Bluegrass:
- Pulls together a cross section of people with exhibited or potential leadership qualities into a network of learning and communication.
- Is an educational program focused on the bluegrass music industry, as well as a training ground
for developing and building the skills of leaders. Indeed, most of the class members are already
established or on their way as bluegrass leaders and activists. - Seeks to better prepare a pool of leadership talent to fill ongoing leadership needs in various professions within the bluegrass music industry. One of our goals is that alumni will come out of
the program with a broad-based understanding of the total needs of the bluegrass music industry,
which will be beneficial when determining goals for the specific organization or group they
choose to work with in the future.
The program is operated, managed and affiliated with the International Bluegrass Music Association. One of IBMA’s
primary objectives is to offer educational opportunities to people in the music industry. The organization serves as a
forum for advancing new ideas, addressing problems and offering networking opportunities that foster communication
among the various disciplines that must work together to create bluegrass music. IBMA will continue to offer seminars,
crash courses and mentoring sessions at its annual convention. However, Leadership Bluegrass was designed to encourage and recognize educational achievement on a more advanced level, as well as to help strengthen the organization’s
leadership pool. The program offers a structured agenda that can accomplish a well-rounded perspective for participants, offering information on many resources available to professionals.
OBJECTIVES
Leadership Bluegrass seeks to instill enthusiasm, motivation and leadership qualities by exploring the music and its place
in the larger world of entertainment through:
- A systematic study of the business of bluegrass music, our institutions and organizations-our strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities and challenges - Exposure to a wide variety of current music industry leaders
- The encouragement of independent thinking, fresh perspectives and approaches
- A look at the history of the genre, along with visionary goals for the future
- High quality interactive sessions for participants that forge strong relationships and networking opportunities
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