Announcing: Passing the Pick and Bow Program This Summer

The Ralph Stanley Museum & Traditional Mountain Music Center will offer free music lessons to students ages 10 to 18 as part of its annual Passing the Pick and Bow program. Classes this summer begin on Monday, July 7th and will last until Friday, August 8th. Lessons will be available in the towns of Clintwood and Clinchco and include clawhammer-style banjo, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, dulcimer, and singing for beginning and intermediate musicians. Stop by the Museum & Center today for your application!

The Passing the Pick and Bow program is able to offer these music classes free of charge for Dickenson County students thanks to the generous support of the Columbus Phipps Foundation, but adults are also invited to participate. To cover instructor costs, adults will be charged a small fee of $5 per lesson.

The Passing the Pick and Bow program in Dickenson County began in 2006 as a collaborative project between the Ralph Stanley Museum &Traditional Mountain Music Center and Appalshop of Whitesburg, Kentucky. With the support of funds from the Phipps Foundation and the Appalachian Regional Commission, the program is now in its third season.

Be sure to pick up your application form today to enroll in a first-class training program that is taught by talented local musicians and is based on musical styles found right here in southwestern Virginia!

For more information, contact the Ralph Stanley Museum & Traditional Mountain Music Center at (276) 926-8550 or aaron@ralphstanleymuseum.com.

The Ralph Stanley Museum & Traditional Mountain Music Center is a private, nonprofit, 501(c)3 corporation. All proceeds from programs and services help to support general operating costs and special programs.