Educational Programs – Blue Ridge National Heritage Area

Aaron Ratcliffe

Aaron Ratcliffe plays and teaches old-time music on a number of instruments, and he is...

Elena Diana Miller, a traditional folk musician and storyteller, grew up in the hills of...

Susan Pepper, a ballad singer, multi-instrumentalist and educator, has been immersed in western North Carolina’s...

Gary Trivette grew up playing bluegrass and gospel in a musical family, and he has...

The Burnett Sisters Band includes four sisters who grew up in Boone, North Carolina, learning...

As a solo performer accompanied by his guitar, Richard Hurley writes and sings songs inspired...

With decades of performing and recording experience as a string band banjo, guitar and ukulele...

Blacksmiths David and Caleb Burress draw learning and inspiration from their family’s heritage of craftsmanship,...

Brandy Clements and David Klingler are the proprietors of Silver River Center for Chair Caning...

A prominent member of Asheville’s traditional music scene since moving to Western North Carolina in...

Old-time musician Emily Schaad plays strong and rhythmic fiddle, clawhammer banjo, and solid back-up guitar,...

Chris Testerman plays old-time music and builds fiddles, dulcimers, and other stringed instruments. Chris grew...