School or Classroom Programs – Page 2 – Blue Ridge National Heritage Area

Cary Fridley

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

Fiddler Marion Boatwright has said of traditional mountain music that, “It’s been floating around these...

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...

Dancer, dance instructor, and old-time musician Rebecca Keeter has travelled the world studying and participating...

Born and raised in Europe, brothers Jens and Uwe Kruger started singing and playing instruments...

Husband and wife, John Cloyd Miller and Natalya Zoe Weinstein, form the duo Zoe &...

William Ritter finds fascination in the traditional music and foodways, particularly from his area in...

Pretty Little Goat Stringband plays grassroots music featuring a band of singers and instrumentalists from...

“This is where I feel like I belong; this is where my heart is,” says...

Banjo player, Chris Johnson, was one of the first young and enthusiastic Junior Appalachian Musicians...

“Tinsmithing is my passion,” says Michael Felk, who practices the artwork with a deep understanding...