Tryon Fine Arts Center
2023 In These Mountains - Project Grants
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Recipient Information
Location
Tryon, North Carolina
Project Title
Pathways: Junior Appalachian Musicians Elevating Traditional Music in the Appalachian Region
Year of Award
2023
Grant or Fellowship
In These Mountains - Project Grants
Grant Amount
$10,000
The 3-month Pathways project builds on a decade of Tryon Fine Arts Center’s (TFAC) work uplifting regionalmusic & young traditional musicians. Creation of the TFAC Regional JAM Gathering builds a platform for youthacross 2 states from 26 JAM programs to: receive workshops from Festival musicians at TFAC andTryonInternational Equestrian Center (TIEC), perform at TIEC next to a TFAC-created sensory exhibit of the historybehind the JAM Songbook, andaccess the Earl Scruggs Festival mainstage.