Northern California Bluegrass Society President Michael Hall has been named to the IBMA Foundation Board Of Directors, the philanthropic organization affiliated with the International Bluegrass Music Association. The foundation was formerly known as The Foundation For Bluegrass Music.
Hall has been active with various IBMA projects for the the past three decades in addition to his local work for the NCBS.
The other members of the board are: Fred Bartenstein, Fred Bartenstein & Associates; Kissy Black, President, Lotos Nile Consultants; Sam Blumenthal, The Blumenthal Foundation; Richie Brown, Founder, Boston Bluegrass Union, Harvard University; Becky Buller, Becky Buller Band; Peter D’Addario, St. Louis Cardinals; Tom Kopp, Emeritus Professor, Miami University of Ohio; Ruth McLain, Morehead State University Bluegrass Program, McLain Family Band; Peter Salovey, President, Yale University & Bandleader, The Professors of Bluegrass; Alan Tompkins, President, Bluegrass Heritage Foundation; and Wendy Tyner, Wintergrass Festival.
2019 grants by the Foundation include an award to the California Bluegrass Association for its Japan project at Grass Valley in June (“Fostering Closer Ties with Japanese Pickers and Fans”) and to the San Diego Bluegrass Society for its “Summergrass Kids Camp” in August at Vista.
In past years, awards have included a grant to the Northern California Bluegrass Society for its “NCBS Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund” and a college scholarship that enabled Palo Alto’s Molly Tuttle to attend the Berkelee College of Music.
The foundation accepts IRC Section 501(c)(3) tax-advantaged donations to support worthy bluegrass projects nationwide.
