When the students are done with their degrees, they get to have in their hands a product they can use for promotion, Boner says. August 28, 2017 | by John Lawless. L-R: Jack Tottle, Raymond McLain, and Dan Boner. Music program at East Tennessee State University. My jaw dropped, because Id already In addition to awarding bachelors, masters, and graduate certificates, ETSU bestowed doctor of education (Ed.D. Find a band near you or share your band info with the world! Including individual instruction courses, total headcount in the program now exceeds 200. Aynsley Porchak plays Fiddle Patch, which, she says, is everything that I like For more information about ETSUs blue grass roots or interested in playing for yourself, contact the music department at 423-439-4270. Named simply The Tennessee Bluegrass Band, this quintet features some of the brightest lights among our music's youth, What happens when you take all the super talented and artistic musicians in the world, and shut them all in for a year with next to no live performance opportunities? The Tennessee Bluegrass Band is shining a light on the importance of traditional bluegrass. This year's judges for the competition are Aynsley Porchak, Brad Riley, and Justin Branum. 24 / 7 Technical Support . Lots of cool memories, and good prospects for the future. Ursula K. Le Guin. . to grow, give back, and be the best I can. TENNESSEE BLUEGRASS BAND From east Tennessee. She was introduced to bluegrass through the music of Kenny Baker and Bobby Hicks, and quickly fell in love with the music. But the program had its beginning back in 1982 when Dartmouth-educated mandolin player Jack Tottle first started teaching courses in the music of the region through the universitys Center for Appalachian Studies and Services. She is also an experienced contest fiddler, winning the Grand Master Fiddler Championship in 2015 in Nashville, and in 2017 the Canadian Grand Master Fiddle Champion, making her the first person to win both competitions.Visit https://neomha.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/CarryOn_ResourceGuide_Episode-6_AynsleyPorchak.pdf for a resource guide to accompany this program. She is a connoisseur of tea. We asked them to share a bit about how they got their start and we hope you enjoy their "love story" as much as we do. Opening Act-The Mosley Brothers. 2022, Lincoln Mash (guitar) and Tyler Griffith (bass) joined the band. But it was good ear training, listening to what people were singing and trying to match it on guitar.. In 2017, Porchak won the Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Championship, making her the only person in history, thus far, to have captured both titles. While touring, I write in the RV, she tells me. Through a woman who had come from Asheville, North Carolina, to New Zealand to study dairy farming, she found out about ETSUs offerings in bluegrass and traditional music. He could play all the instruments and showed me a lot on the fiddle, such as rhythmic bowing styles.. She also played in 2016 on the Grand Ole Opry. There is a great deal of music going on at any given time within the small focus of Sam Wilson Hall and Brooks Memorial Gym, and the numerous students within . Aynsley Porchak(Photograph contributed / ETSU). October 13, 1932 - February 8, 2021, Thomas Donald Hensley passed away on February 8, 2021 in Erwin, Tennessee. in my area. Aynsley spends her time off the road as a private fiddle instructor, session musician, and author. I don't think there's anything wrong with pullin pop into the genre with covers like this. about bluegrass. Originally a western swing tune for the steel guitar called The From a little girl, my teachers always talked about competition, said Porchak. My Profile At a banjo pickers convention in New Zealand, Trenwith and her band met American folk singer Mike Seeger. Aynsley Porchak, a Grand Master Fiddle Champion and ETSU student majoring in Bluegrass, Old Time, Country and Celtic Music as well as English, made her Grand Ole Opry performance debut on Sept. 3, 2016. Ive enjoyed getting to know Dan these past several years working at festivals across the country. It doesn't always work out that way, but when it does, it's generally, Aynsley Porchak, a recent graduate of the ETSU Bluegrass, Country & Old Time Music program has won the Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Championship, just one year after winning the US competition last year. 2, Turnberry introduces Free Strings curriculum program with Annie Savage, Bluegrass Camp Germany cancelled for 2023, Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press at Bluegrass Wednesday Nights, Open Bluegrass Jam // Cinderlands Warehouse (Pittsburgh), Wernick Method Bluegrass Jam Class with Joel Denman Durango, CO, Open Bluegrass Jam // Cork Harbour Pub (Pittsburgh), Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Dave Wright & the Midnight Ramblers from Down Under, Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Bononia Grass plays with an Italian flavor, Russ Hooper: 74 years in bluegrass music and still gigging, Jason Fraley returns to Deeper Shade of Blue for one last show. Her friends joke that she pays rent at the library. After attending numerous contests and concerts, I started lessons at age 9, and I never looked back, she said. Country Current (above), the premier country and bluegrass group of the U.S. Navy. Spicher, and they took him to lunch. Congratulations to James Mcdowell and Aynsley Porchak on getting engaged yesterday. Since they were here last, they have enjoyed three IBMA nominations and earlier this month, won four SPBGMA Awards for Entertainers of the Year, Bluegrass Band of the Year (overall), Vocal Group of the Year, and Album of the Year for I Hear Bluegrass Calling Me. On each day four back-to-back classes in bluegrass banjo and four back-to-back classes in old-time banjo will be held, and there is a stellar set of instructors, including Greg Cahill and Jeff Scroggins on the bluegrass side. Aynsley Porchak wins Canadian Grand Masters. The Bluegrass, Old Time and Country Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University has announced the hiring of two touring professionals in the bluegrass world to positions on their faculty. Id been looking for. ~ Carry On is a free, 30-minute YouTube Live program that explores traditional music and the people who make it presented by the Northeast Ohio Musical Heritage Assn. 16 years old, I went to Weiser, Idaho, for the National Old Time Fiddlers Contest, He had grown up among a group of West Virginia expatriates who had moved north to find jobs in the glass industry. One year, while she and her parents were in Nashville for the Grand Master contest, Nearby a bass fiddle vibrates the floor. I love the fact that dont mind, but Mr. Spicher, Ive just got to tell you, Im such a fan of your music, In 2008, ETSU opened its own recording laboratory. concert later this month when the Bluegrass Pride Band will open for The Earls of schooling to help with my bluegrass major, as well. . 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Leicester, a Grammy Award-winning, all-star Flatt and Scruggs cover band comprised Aynsley spends her time off the road as a private fiddle instructor, session musician, and author. Pennsylvania brothers Jacob and Joey Mosley grew up tagging along with their father, Jeffrey, to bluegrass festivals in southern Pennsylvania and northern Maryland. Ted Hensley was admitted to the Johnson City Medical Center on February 3rd with six esophageal varices pouring blood into his system. Aynsley began playing fiddle at the age of 9. of mine, and the idea of playing there it hasnt sunk in yet.. When Carolina Blue co-founder Bobby Powell left the group, he took the name Carolina Blue with him and the remaining members formed a new band. ETSU student Aynsley Porchak (right) is the only person ever to win both the American and Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Championships. basics of how to play the music, and I could make connections and be basically at Formed in 2020 by Aynsley Porchak (fiddle), Lincoln Hensley (banjo), John Meador (guitar), Gracie Meador (bass) and Tim Laughlin (mandolin). Aynsley is also an experienced contest fiddler. Oklahoma Stomp, the song was adapted for the fiddle and renamed by Dale Potter, one "We met for the first time when I auditioned for Carolina Blue in December two years ago. with internationally known, award-winning musicians like Ricky Skaggs and Sam Bush, Valentines Day has us thinking about all the great love stories in Bluegrass: Kenny & Amanda Smith, Darin & Brooke Aldridge, Paul & Kelsi Harrigill, Little Roy and Mike Terryyou get the drift. It just so happened that time fell in Porchaks favor, and she was able to compete and also win. 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While literary analysis of both sacred and secular song lyrics is an approach that is largely overlooked in this region's traditional music, it nonetheless provides insightful perspective on the art form itself. This recent graduate of the bluegrass program at East Tennessee State University is an Ontario native, and a professional performer, who won both the US and, The dream for every college student - and every parent back home mailing the checks - is to find a job in their field right after graduation. So close to the university, we have this amazing place where so many influential musicians have played, says Porchak. This week's (and last weekend's) adventures were one for the books!! but she hesitated because the festival was only two days away, and she had not practiced. He is proud to see his cousins, Carl and J.P. Sauceman and their Green Valley Boys, pictured on the mural in Brooks Gym. He showed up at Timmy and Lakins one day and after wringing his hat in his hands for the first fifteen minutes of our talk, he eventually told me that he couldnt wait any longer to let me know his feelings. She was introduced to bluegrass in her early teens, and quickly fell in love with the music. A violin in Porchaks possession that is too precious for public performance belonged to her great-grandfather, Cazmir Porzak, who left Poland in 1913 when he was 16 with only the clothes he was wearing and his treasured instrument. I still have the program, Trenwith says. I get a great deal of satisfaction when I see the light go on in students eyes, when they first understand something and accomplish a tune that they didnt think they could play before.. A devoted student of Kenny Baker, Porchak set out to record and post a video of her, We've enthused several times about Aynsley Porchak, the talented young fiddler with Carolina Blue. Its power seems inescapable. huge NBA fan. . The Meadors are married. Basically, my goals are to be a blessing to others, to get as good as I possibly East Tennessee State University conferred over 2,100 degrees and certificates during a Virtual Commencement Ceremony held May 9. They made their SOIMF debut in 2018 and we are thrilled to have this award-winning band return to the Roberts Centre this spring. John had served as primary author and editor for The Bluegrass Blog from its launch in 2006 until being folded into Bluegrass Today in September of 2011. Madly, crazy in love withBLUEGRASS!! As Johnson City lies at the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, the perfect location of the Tri-Cities allows bluegrass music to expand its deep roots, yet true bluegrass is not determined by the location; but rather, the heart of the artist. Both the American and Canadian Grand Masters fiddle Championships in Porchaks favor, and Justin Branum her... 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