Category: Resources

Education Is The Topic For Thursday March 18 IBMA Leadership Bluegrass Online Class

The FREE Leadership Bluegrass Online Series: Navigating the Digital Jungle will continue on Thursday, March 18 at 10:00am Pacific Time. This week’s topic is The Business of Education: Four Tips to Becoming More Effective & Profitable, which will be followed by a performance from German bluegrass band Johnny & The Yooahoos!
Thursday’s panel features our own Evie Ladin (Oakland, Leadership Bluegrass Class of 2020), plus IBMA Mentor of the Year Annie Savage and Leadership Bluegrass Class of 2020 graduates Ben Wright and Dave Howard.
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The series is FREE and open to the public; no registration is required. Livestreams will take place on IBMA’s Facebook page each Thursday in March at 10:00am Pacific Time. All sessions will remain on Facebook for on-demand viewing and be uploaded to YouTube the following Monday. Info: ibma.org/leadership-bluegrass.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society is a longtime organizational member of the IBMA.

Online Lessons Are Available By Northern California Bluegrass Musicians

Northern California Bluegrass Musicians who have signed up to be listed in the NCBS Directory are available to give Online Lessons during the panedemic.

Interested students can check the directory and arrange lessons with their favorite musicians (the price is between teacher and student). The convenient Directory is listed under Resources in the index on the left side of this website. This is a way for bluegrass students & fans to support area musicians during the Coronavirus Pandemic. 

Musicians can sign up to offer lessons at <webmaster@ncbs.us>.

Report & Research Stolen Bluegrass Instruments On This NCBS Website

The NCBS National Bluegrass Stolen & Missing Instrument Page is on this website. This is a FREE Service for both theft victims and used instrument buyers that provides a central reporting location for the recovery of stolen or lost bluegrass instruments.

Musicians should immediately SELF POST information about stolen instruments. Instrument buyers should CHECK the page prior to purchase of any used instrument. The page is searchable and links can be added to connect additional information about the instrument.

FREE Leadership Bluegrass Online Series Begins With Thursday March 4 10:00am Program

The FREE Leadership Bluegrass Online Series: Navigating the Digital Jungle will begin on Thursday, March 4 at 10:00am Pacific Time. The presenters for the opening discussion, The Show Must Go On: Producing Events in Uncertain Times, will include Lee Stivers (LB Class of 2016), Joe Lurgio, Patrice O’Neill (LB Class of 2016), and Ko Cha’ Ta “Seth” Young. Following the panel, the Korean bluegrass band Country Gongbang will perform.
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The series is FREE and open to the public; no registration required. Livestreams will take place on IBMA’s Facebook page each Thursday in March at 10:00pm Pacific Time. All sessions will remain on Facebook for on-demand viewing and be uploaded to YouTube the following Monday. Info: ibma.org/leadership-bluegrass.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society is a longtime organizational member of the IBMA.

Online Banjo Raffle To Benefit IBMA Foundation Arnold Shultz Funds Ends On Sunday February 28

In honor of February — Black History Month, you can support the IBMA Foundation Arnold Shultz Fund that supports bluegrass participation by people of color. The NCBS is a longtime organizational member of the International Bluegrass Music Association, which is affiliated with the Foundation.

The Pisgah Banjo Company of Asheville, North Carolina is holding a special banjo raffle this month to benefit the Arnold Shultz Fund.

Raffle ticket sales will END ON Sunday, February 28.

Information and tickets:

Arnold Shultz Fund Banjo Raffle Tickets $20 each – Pisgah Banjo Co (pisgahbanjos.com).

Northern California Bluegrass Musicians Offer Online Lessons During The Pandemic

Northern California Bluegrass Musicians who have signed up to be listed in the NCBS Directory are available to give Online Lessons during the panedemic. Interested students can check the directory and arrange lessons with their favorite musicians (the price is between teacher and student).

The convenient Directory is listed under Resources in the index on the left side of this website.

This is a way for bluegrass students & fans to support area musicians during the Coronavirus Pandemic. Musicians can sign up to offer lessons at <webmaster@ncbs.us>.

Pisgah Banjo Company Banjo Raffle To Benefit Arnold Shultz Fund Ends This Week

In honor of February — Black History Month, you can support the IBMA Foundation Arnold Shultz Fund that supports bluegrass participation by people of color. The NCBS is a longtime organizational member of the International Bluegrass Music Association, which is affiliated with the Foundation.

The Pisgah Banjo Company of North Carolina is holding a special banjo raffle this month to benefit the Arnold Shultz Fund. 900 (of an estimated 1000) tickets have been sold so far, and ticket sales will end February 28.

Information and tickets:

Arnold Shultz Fund Banjo Raffle Tickets $20 each – Pisgah Banjo Co (pisgahbanjos.com).