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Bluegrass in the Schools Implementation Manual
 This manual is a resource for teachers seeking specific information about bluegrass music to present to students, and also for artists interested in developing educational bluegrass programs. The Implementation Manual includes information on the history of bluegrass music and a presentation outline, along with funding ideas, and a list of written, video and program resources. This manual is also a resource for teachers seeking specific information about bluegrass music, to present in the classroom.
Click here to download the Bluegrass in the Schools Implementation Manual. This manual is no longer available in print and is only available in this format.
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Discover Bluegrass: Exploring American Roots Music
***For Educational Use in schools, associations, libraries, youth groups, bluegrass events, libraries, with home schooling families and on educational/public television
Prices:
$5/each (for 1 or 2 DVDs, includes shipping)
$3/each plus actual shipping cost for orders of 3 or more DVDs
To order:
Call Nancy Cardwell at IBMA (888) 438-4262, email nancyc@ibma.org, or order online.
Discover Bluegrass introduces young (and young at heart) viewers to an original, joyful and uniquely American genre of acoustic roots music. Six instructional units, each roughly 10 minutes in length, explore the history and evolution of bluegrass music, starting with its old-time music roots and continuing through contemporary styles. Demonstrations include a look at the unique vocal harmony structure used in bluegrass music, along with info on the instruments used and their roles within a band. Individual lesson plans for each unit are included, designed to address educational performance standards. Hosted by rising bluegrass stars Sierra Hull and Ryan Holladay, Discover Bluegrass presents the genre from a youthful perspective, complete with live interviews, performance footage, historic photos and songs from bluegrass music’s biggest stars—past, current and future!
VHS versions of this film will be available soon.
Length of entire film: 67 minutes
Target age level: 8-13, grades 3-8
Contents:
I. The Roots of Bluegrass (10:28)
II. Early Bluegrass (11:33)
III. The Growth & Expansion of Bluegrass Music (11:30)
IV. Singing in Bluegrass Music (8:36)
V. Bluegrass Instruments (12:18)
VI. Bluegrass Music Today (11:00)
Hosts: Sierra Hull & Ryan Holladay
Featuring interviews & performance footage from The Andals; Sam Bush; The Chapmans; J.D. Crowe & the New South; Jerry Douglas; Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & the Foggy Mountain Boys; Bela Fleck; The Del McCoury Band with Vince Gill; The David Grisman Quintet; Hot Rize; Alison Krauss + Union Station; The Malpass Family; Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys; Jim & Jesse McReynolds; Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys; Muleskinner; Nickel Creek; Old & In the Gray; The Osborne Brothers; The Peasall Sisters; The Reeltime Travelers; Don Reno; Peter Rowan; The Seldom Scene; The Shankmans; Ricky Skaggs; The Special Consensus; Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys; Rhonda Vincent & the Rage and more!
Produced by: Greg Cahill & Nancy Cardwell
Written & Directed by: Steve Parry & Eric Farnaus, Image , Chicago, Ill.
Original Script written by: Jack Tottle
Lesson Plans: Tom Kopp, Ph.D.
(In the DVD version, you can download and print lesson plans for all six units!)
Major funding provided by the membership of IBMA, Bluegrass Unlimited, the International Bluegrass Music Museum, the California Bluegrass Association, the Northern Indiana Bluegrass Association and the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association.
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Mini-Grant Matching Funds
The IBMA Bluegrass in the Schools Committee, funded in part by a Bluegrass VISA Credit Card Program, offers supplemental funding grants up to $100/ event, for educational, in school bluegrass music programs. Please include artist program presentation materials (a lesson plan) with your completed application.
Click here to apply for a Bluegrass in the Schools mini-grant.
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