Augusta Heritage Center - Augusta Heritage Center offers intensive workshops in traditional music, dance, craft & folklore. Keeping heritage alive by celebrating folklife & folk arts of many regions and cultures.

Spring Music Week

2012 Spring Music Week’s coordinator Jody Marshall brings together a wonderful staff of many of today’s finest players and teachers. For mountain dulcimer, instructors include Maddie MacNeil, Thomasina Levy, and Bing Futch. Hammered dulcimer instructors this spring include Karen Ashbrook, Jody Marshall, and Randy Marchany & Wes Chappell. In addition, classes are offered in acoustic guitar (Neal Walters), fiddle (Gerry Milnes), and autoharp (Karen Mueller).

Spring Music Week

2012 Spring Music Week’s coordinator Jody Marshall brings together a wonderful staff of many of today’s finest players and teachers. For mountain dulcimer, instructors include Maddie MacNeil, Thomasina Levy, and Bing Futch. Hammered dulcimer instructors this spring include Karen Ashbrook, Jody Marshall, and Randy Marchany & Wes Chappell. In addition, classes are offered in acoustic guitar (Neal Walters), fiddle (Gerry Milnes), and autoharp (Karen Mueller).

Blues Week

Blues Week, in its 28th year at Augusta this year, unites aspiring students with some of the finest blues musicians in the world to celebrate a classic form of American roots music. Blues Week coordinator Rich DelGrosso has brought together an exciting roster of master musicians/teachers. A variety of styles and techniques will be taught in blues guitar, mandolin, fiddle, bass, harmonica, piano, vocals, history, and more. Evening activities include concerts, informal sessions, nightly jams, dances, and a Wednesday night “Blues Week Party.” Click now to learn more!

Blues Week

Blues Week, in its 28th year at Augusta this year, unites aspiring students with some of the finest blues musicians in the world to celebrate a classic form of American roots music. Blues Week coordinator Rich DelGrosso has brought together an exciting roster of master musicians/teachers. A variety of styles and techniques will be taught in blues guitar, mandolin, fiddle, bass, harmonica, piano, vocals, history, and more. Evening activities include concerts, informal sessions, nightly jams, dances, and a Wednesday night “Blues Week Party.” Click now to learn more!

Early Country Music Week

Early Country Music is about life, so it’s no wonder the songs ring so true. It borrows from folk, popular, and religious sources, and yet it is distinctly different. It’s easily remembered, loves to tell a story, and usually includes “3 Chords and The Truth.” During this week at Augusta, we will have the opportunity to explore this true American treasure of music with some of the most dedicated instructors in the country music scene today.

Early Country Music Week

Early Country Music is about life, so it’s no wonder the songs ring so true. It borrows from folk, popular, and religious sources, and yet it is distinctly different. It’s easily remembered, loves to tell a story, and usually includes “3 Chords and The Truth.” During this week at Augusta, we will have the opportunity to explore this true American treasure of music with some of the most dedicated instructors in the country music scene today.

Craft & Folklore

From its beginnings as a traditional Appalachian craft and folklore program, the Augusta Heritage Center has grown to include many regional and ethnic traditions. Craft, food and folklore classes run concurrently with theme weeks filled with music and dance workshops, concerts and special presentations covering the history, literature and language of many disciplines.

Appalachian Studies at D&E

The Appalachian Studies program seeks to promote awareness about the cultural and environmental heritage of the Appalachian region within the context of the modern world. This interdisciplinary program represents the commitment of Davis & Elkins College to the region that is its home. Students in the program will be provided with historical context and sufficient background to address contemporary issues related to living and working in Appalachia … Read more

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