Owensboro, Kentucky, February 6 th , 2023 – On February 11 th , 2023, the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum begins its spring session of bluegrass music lessons. Led by Education Director Randy Lanham, lessons will be held every other Saturday culminating in a performance at ROMP Festival on June 24 th .
With music education at the core of its mission, the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum offers the lessons to beginners with no experience to advanced players who learn to play in a band setting. Through grant opportunities and funding from the Kentucky Arts Council and the Micheal E. Horn Family Foundation, the lessons are heavily discounted in an effort to make the music more accessible to anyone who wants to learn to play.
Group lessons are currently offered for banjo, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, and band classes. “My first time to touch a fiddle was at a Saturday lesson at the Bluegrass Museum,” commented student, Gracen Fletcher.
“These lessons gave me an affordable opportunity to test an instrument to ensure it was the right fit for my personality. In addition, the Saturday lessons gave me the opportunity to perform music at public venues.”
Lanham commented, “This being the 20th year of me teaching lessons and ROMP’s 20th year, I’m excited about our spring lessons. A performance on stage at ROMP is always so fun but marking the 20th year will be epic!
Since we launched the Bluegrass Music Academy last fall, we are focused more on teaching students the same songs, the same way, so students can play together, forming more bands and groups that go into the community and play. Music with a mission is our slogan and that’s exactly what we want to do, equip people to play together and serve together.”
Beginning February 11th , the lessons will be offered every other Saturday through June 24th . The group classes last approximately 45 minutes and are limited to 25 students each. Each class is led by an experienced instructor with assistants to facilitate learning. The registration fee for the entire session is $95 with each additional family member discounted to $55 each. For those who complete the program and perform at ROMP, each student will receive a t-shirt and complimentary tickets for the student and three guests for Saturday at the festival. The Hall of Fame has instruments on loan available for a refundable deposit of $50 per instrument, available while supplies last.
Registration is open online at bluegrasshall.org or by calling the Hall of Fame at 270-926-7891.