Im a patient teacher, she says. One of those great bands is Carolina Blue from Brevard, NC. All three are alumni of ETSUs Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies Program. appreciate the care that ETSU has put into its music programs. The Future of the Past. In memory of NC banjo player Hoyt Herbert who passed on this day in 2019. But that wasn't all. I couldnt believe it when he said that, because that was exactly what No, it didn't hurt anymore to think about Kestrel. Mission Statement and commitment to Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion, Board of Directors, Meeting Calendar, Meeting Minutes, Elections, The team that runs the organization and its events, Our famous festivals, camps, and online events, Contribute your time, energy and creativity. a little outdated, and I would love to be able to use my English to write more about Powell (guitar and vocals) said he and the Carolina Blue band members, which includes Jones (mandolin and vocals), McDowell (banjo and vocals), Reese Combs (upright bass and vocals) and Aynsley Porchak (fiddle, recipient of the 2018 IBMA Momentum Instrumentalist Award), "are on the same page when it comes to music and lifestyle. To me, that experience really speaks to one of the things that I find most fascinating about the nature of music, " it is an inclusive way of communicating thoughts and culture across the boundaries of regions, and even nations, she says. In 2012, after years of lessons, Porchak traveled with her family to Nashville to participate in the Grand Masters Fiddle Championship. But bluegrass courses and private instruction quickly changed that. Contact Us. Then between first and second sets of music, I write again. We played a Slim Dusty song and, for an encore, a Mac Wiseman song.. I love the diversity [of ETSU], we have so many awesome teachers here, its a blessing, said Porchak. Aynsley Porchak. Aynsley began playing fiddle at the age of 9. of Jerry Douglas, Shawn Camp, ETSU alumnus Barry Bales, Charlie Cushman and Johnny He earned a degree in Vocal Music Education at ETSU before the university started awarding degrees in Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country Music Studies. For example, some textbooks are Porchak had found the program she was longing for and enrolled at ETSU in the fall of 2013. Aynsley, a native of Woodstock, Ontario, who is a senior at East Tennessee State University "We met for the first time when I auditioned for Carolina Blue in December two years ago. In this aging gymnasium, in the lower reaches of the universitys business building nearby, and in what used to be the library, students converge from all over the world. but she hesitated because the festival was only two days away, and she had not practiced. 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Despite busy weekends touring to places like Branson, Missouri; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; and Nashvilles famed Station Inn, Porchaks academic work continues. She also has great success in the competitive world of fiddling. In addition to these adjunct hires, a broad search is currently underway for the Artist in Residence in Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country Music Studies. This is an historic first, making her, We've just received the results from the 2015 Grand Masters Fiddler Championship, held September 26-27 at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. ETSU wasnt the first higher education institution in America to offer a degree in bluegrass and other traditional music. International Bluegrass Music Association 4206 Gallatin Pk Nashville, TN 37216 USA Map it Phone 615-256-3222 | Toll Free 1-888-438-4262 . The year that film came out, 2000, ETSU alumnus Kenny Chesney had already released a Greatest Hits album, on his way to country music superstardom. At the end of every semester, ETSU bands perform at a Johnson City institution, The Down Home, which opened in 1976. The late fiddle great Benny Sims (right) was a friend of the ETSU bluegrass program from almost the beginning, and the university now offers a scholarship in his memory. The band has created a partnership, friendship, and family with the other band members; Reese Combs (bass), James McDowell (banjo), and Aynsley Porchak (fiddle). Aynsley Porchak(Photograph contributed / ETSU). All rights reserved. I shocked myself, because I didnt think Id make the top 10, she continued, adding Oklahoma Stomp, the song was adapted for the fiddle and renamed by Dale Potter, one Still, though, Trenwith felt she needed more knowledge. She was introduced to bluegrass in her early teens, and quickly fell in love with the music. Since they were here last, they have enjoyed three IBMA nominations and earlier this month, won four SPBGMA Awards for Entertainers of the Year, Bluegrass Band of the Year (overall), Vocal Group of the Year, and Album of the Year for I Hear Bluegrass Calling Me. She also played in 2016 on the Grand Ole Opry. Dan Eubanks, bassist with Special Consensus, and Aynsley Porchak. Sister, father, mother. We've helped hundreds of small business create a successful Web presence. and touring with a band, she would love to teach both music and English. May 16 1932-July 5 2019Recorded on The Vox (Custom Sho. I feel God has blessed me with the ability to play, and so I want to give back to others through my fiddling, whether that means teaching fiddle lessons, performing on stage and making people smile, or just simply talking to an audience member after a show. We were in this tiny restaurant a little Congratulations to James Mcdowell and Aynsley Porchak on getting engaged yesterday. Aynsley Porchak is organizing this fundraiser on behalf of Nina Hensley. She graduated in 2017 with an additional bachelors degree in English, and completed her masters degree in Appalachian Studies in 2020. Click here if youre interested in buying an ad. Music really does mean a lot to me. In 2016, she earned a bachelor of science degree in General Studies with a minor in Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country Music Studies and is now a full-time member of the faculty. Her parents This fund has been established to assist the Hensley family of Flag Pond, Tennessee in their husband's and father's medical bills. East Tennessee State University All Rights Reserved. This is Aynsleys second year teaching at the Monroe Mandolin Camp, and she is excited to share her love of old-school bluegrass fiddling with her students! I really It brings ETSU great pride to congratulate such an accomplished student. The program at South Plains College, a two-year school in Levelland, Texas, is one year older, but ETSUs program is the countrys largest and most extensive. and the area. New Zealand had one channel in the late 1960s, Trenwith says. They are here to take part in an academic program like no other: Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country Music Studies. Were still together almost a year and a half later. Aynsley Porchak began playing fiddle at the age of 9. Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park Accepting Entries for Quilt Show, World-Folk fusion ensemble comes to Big Stone Gap, 'School of Rock' on stage in Jonesborough, Appalachian Music Project announces children's choir, 'Beauty & The Beast Jr.' is at Knoxville Children's Theatre, Southwest Virginia Museum hosts Wise JAMS, Bristol Virginia Historic Preservation Award Program Seeks Nominations, @Southwest Virginia Cultural Center & Marketplace, @University of Virginia's College at Wise. She performs with the ETSU Bluegrass, Celtic and Country Pride Bands. In case you haven't noticed, we're in love around here. in my area. She frequently makes obscure literary references, and even enjoys literary criticism. There must be an immense sense of pride to win for both her home town in Canada and her college community here in Johnson City. minds when she was a toddler in Canada. It gives us a venue to showcase our students to the public. Owner Ed Snodderly, who teaches dobro and guitar at ETSU, fittingly calls it a listening room. Chat email or call (480)-624-2500. Spicher, and they took him to lunch. Just to even go to the Opry has been a dream She applied successfully for a Public Performance Scholarship and enrolled. In order to further hone her craft, Aynsley enrolled in East Tennessee State Universitys Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies degree program in 2013. Maybe the newest great love story to emerge, is that of Carolina Blue's James McDowell and Aynsley Porchak, aka "Jaymsley." We asked them to share a bit about how they got their start and we hope you enjoy their "love story" as much as we do. concert later this month when the Bluegrass Pride Band will open for The Earls of of the fiddle players who influenced Aynsley the most as a young musician. In 2008, ETSU opened its own recording laboratory. When they found out that it was the fiddle that I . a university, Aynsley said. Aynsley spends her time off the road as a private fiddle instructor, session musician, and author. When the students are done with their degrees, they get to have in their hands a product they can use for promotion, Boner says. ! It was on Facebook before I even knew it. I texted Daniel right afterward with a picture of me holding the plaque, saying, She was Blessed to win the Grand Master Fiddler Championship in 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee, and in 2017, she also became the Canadian Grand Master Fiddle Champion, making her the first person to win both competitions. of Aynsleys all-time favorite fiddlers, Bobby Hicks. Through Bill Monroe, Seeger arranged to have the Hamilton County Bluegrass Band play on the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville in 1971. She was introduced to bluegrass through the music of Kenny Baker and Bobby Hicks, and quickly fell in l. Aynsley is also an experienced contest fiddler. They select their own material, arrange it, and record it. Aynsley managed to secure a couple of lessons with legendary session fiddler Buddy Home-schooled by her mother Jan, a retired high school English and physical education teacher, Porchak had been looking for a college where she could continue learning traditional music. Near her home in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada, there was a classical program and a jazz program but no bluegrass. Lessons, links, and essays to help you enjoy playing and practicing even more. Monroe did two 15-minute sets, and we played in one of his sets. She earned a double bachelors in both English and bluegrass from ETSU, and has always possessed a genuine love and talent for music. Walking down that hallway, you might hear the lonely, resonating notes of a dobro. She is a connoisseur of tea. IBMA fiddle player of the year, Aynsley Porchak, gets inducted into the Daughters of Bluegrass at Christmas in the Smokies, 2019. With a new album already completed for Billy Blue Records, and a solid year of dates booked, There's a brand new bluegrass band recently formed in east Tennessee that is sure to please anyone who enjoys solid, traditional bluegrass music. Id been looking for. The three musicians who have directed the Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country Music Studies Program at ETSU. He'd been a fool, but he'd had to forgive himself for worse. Not only would I like to teach that someday, I would love to be able to use my English Thank you. While playing local bars and restaurants like the Chuckey Trading Company, Chesney earned his Mass Communications degree from ETSU in 1990. Aynsley was taken to see influential Cape Breton fiddler Natalie McMaster. Patch was also recorded as the title track of a Grammy Award-winning album by another Looks like this story got lost in the preparations for the World of Bluegrass. The rest is history. The Meadors are married. schooling to help with my bluegrass major, as well. She was also given the honor of playing the Grand . Banjo breakdowns ring out. The group formed as a spin-off of the band Carolina Blue. Music took over my life, remembers Colleen Trenwith, now a member of the ETSU faculty. One of those is Aynsley Porchak. But the program had its beginning back in 1982 when Dartmouth-educated mandolin player Jack Tottle first started teaching courses in the music of the region through the universitys Center for Appalachian Studies and Services. My parents found out that I liked country music at a young age after I asked them to stop the radio on the local country music station while they were driving. Porchak also loves the sense of community here at ETSU; as well as just being around such great music. Pittsburgh-rolling hills, winding hig Two years later, she returned to Nashville and won the U.S. Grand Masters Fiddle Championship. The future holds many possibilities for Aynsley. Oh, and shes also the current Grand Master Fiddle Champion, having won the 44th annual contest last fall a contest she did not think she was going to attend. She decided to compete, telling no one else, not even her mentor, Daniel Boner, director She was Blessed to win the Grand Master Fiddler Championship in 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee, and in 2017, she also became the Canadian Grand Master Fiddle Champion, making her the first person to win both competitions. Lots of cool memories, and good prospects for the future. seafood place and this man came up to our table, saying, Excuse me, I hope you jazz program, and (there were) lots of classical programs, but nothing like bluegrass To add another international dimension to her story, Porchak won those competitions playing a fiddle inlaid with ivory and rosewood and crafted by Xiadong Guan, who made and repaired violins for the Beijing Symphony before he moved to Canada. Mommy, right there! That happened repeatedly, and her parents eventually thought They made their SOIMF debut in 2018 and we are thrilled to have this award-winning band return to the Roberts Centre this spring. I started my BLUE degree at ETSU with the goal of someday being able to make an impact through teaching in higher education, so this is truly a dream come true for me. didnt listen to country music, and her mom thought it unusual that every time she L-R: Jack Tottle, Raymond McLain, and Dan Boner. Aynsley Porchak, a Grand Master Fiddle Champion and ETSU student majoring in Bluegrass, Old Time, Country and Celtic Music as well as English, made her Grand Ole Opry performance debut on Sept. 3, 2016. Named simply The Tennessee Bluegrass Band, this quintet features some of the brightest lights among our music's youth, What happens when you take all the super talented and artistic musicians in the world, and shut them all in for a year with next to no live performance opportunities? Music is such a beautiful way to bring people together, and if I can make someone forget about whatever sadness they have going on in their life just for a little while through my playing, I feel like my job is done, she says. The program also wants to remind everyone of their newest faculty opportunity, an Artist In Residence position, starting this Fall. In order to further hone her craft, Aynsley enrolled in East Tennessee State University's Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies degree program in 2013. I took it on as a technical exercise.. The group formed as a spin-off of the band Carolina Blue. After all, shed already appeared in this The skilled fiddler hopes to even possibly teach at ETSU in the future. Logout. She speaks highly of the teachers and the program. She was introduced to bluegrass through the music of Kenny Baker and Bobby Hicks, and quickly fell in love with the music. I loved the sound of the program, because it incorporated the as well as Bobby Hicks, whom she has long admired. Natalie and her music, so when I was 9 years old, I started taking fiddle lessons. She also played in 2016 on the Grand Ole Opry. that said, WHAT?!?!? Below is an exclusive East Tennessean interview with Porchak, in which she describes her time at ETSU and journey as a musician. Online access to music lessons with our favorite musicians. The Meadors are married. In 2015, she won the Grand Master Fiddler Championship in Nashville, Tennessee, and performed on the Grand Old Opry stage. Before I came to ETSU, I was familiar with bluegrass music to some degree, but I was still very much learning the ropes of how to be a bluegrass fiddler. Here he is playing with Alison Krauss and ETSU alumnus Barry Bales, then with Krauss and her band, Union Station, in 1991. I get a great deal of satisfaction when I see the light go on in students eyes, when they first understand something and accomplish a tune that they didnt think they could play before.. Dan Eubanks, bassist with Special Consensus, and Aynsley Porchak, fiddler with Carolina Blue, will both join the team as adjust professors starting with the Spring 2021 semester. Click here to view the 2022-23 East Tennessean production schedule. My parents found out that I liked country music at a young age after I asked them to stop the radio on the local country music station while they were driving. Warren (Feb. 19, 7:30 p.m., Culp Auditorium, www.etsu.edu/martin). Find an instrument for your child or donate one of yours. Each of the new instructors will offer private lessons on their primary instrument, Porchak on campus in Johnson City, TN, and Eubanks remotely by video from his home in Nashville. It was the last violin he would ever make. Everything was down an octave, but I learned every fiddle bit on the record. Sign up today to receive A! High-res versions are in Flickr. Porchak has been playing the fiddle since she was 9 years old. Aynsley Porchak, a recent graduate of the ETSU Bluegrass, Country & Old Time Music program has won the Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Championship, just one year after winning the US competition last year. Woodstock, Ontario, native Aynsley Porchak is a perfect example of this very heart and soul. Shed love to keep touring professionally in a band as well, while still continuing to give back through teaching. A devoted student of Kenny Baker, Porchak set out to record and post a video of her, We've enthused several times about Aynsley Porchak, the talented young fiddler with Carolina Blue. Roy Andrade, best known for his work with the string band Reeltime Travelers, specializes in old-time music. ~ Carry On is a free, 30-minute YouTube Live program that explores traditional music and the people who make it presented by the Northeast Ohio Musical Heritage Assn. Get recommendations for other artists you'll love. My Profile of Bluegrass, Old Time and Country Music Studies in ETSUs Department of Appalachian Receive updates about CBA events and news. Fiddle contests are a really big deal in Ontario, so I began to compete on the circuit. Along the way, a minor was added in 2005. Near her home in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada, there was a classical program and a jazz program but no bluegrass. Her love of classic cars (she But when severe weather led to the festivals ), doctor of nursing practice (DNP) and doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees on successful . huge NBA fan. August 28, 2017 | by John Lawless. The band includes Reese Combs on bass, James McDowell on banjo, as well as Aynsley Porchak, an American and Canadian Grand Master Fiddle Champion. When she isnt on the road, she teaches privately and in the Junior Appalachian Musician program on the ETSU campus. Those interested may apply at jobs.etsu.edu.. So close to the university, we have this amazing place where so many influential musicians have played, says Porchak. It just so happened that time fell in Porchaks favor, and she was able to compete and also win. While touring, I write in the RV, she tells me. This eventually led to the Grand Master Championship and the Tennessee State Fiddle Aynsley Porchak In this thesis, I demonstrate how analysis through literary criticism can provide a commentary on Appalachian song. why is the median cubital vein used for venipuncture, gil birmingham parks and rec, amanda shires accident, So happened that time fell in love with the music of Kenny Baker Bobby... 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