Old-time music in Mars Hill

Mars Hill College hosted Blue Ridge Old-Time Music Week the second week of June. The annual weeklong event provided amateur and accomplished musicians an opportunity to learn more about traditional Blue Ridge Mountain music through workshops, classes, concerts and jam sessions.

Some of the available classes included varying levels of banjo, fiddle, mandolin, upright bass, guitar and dulcimer as well as lessons in singing, rhythm and storytelling.


Mars Hill College submitted the following pictures.


Instructor Joe Newberry teaches an intermediate banjo class during Blue Ridge Old Time Music Week at Mars Hill College June 8-13








Afternoon jam sessions add to the fun at Blue Ridge Old Time Music Week at Mars Hill College June 8-13.