Is your child interested in joining JAM? Enrollment in the JAM Program happens each fall and the program continues throughout the school year.
About JAM: Ashe County is renowned for its traditional old-time music, a cultural treasure passed down through generations. To ensure this musical heritage continues, the Ashe County Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) program was established in 2001. The JAM program, held at the Ashe Civic Center, offers fall and spring semester sessions. It provides students the opportunity to learn to play traditional instruments like the banjo, guitar, and fiddle. Students must enroll in the fall to participate in the spring semester.
Classes open to grades 3 – 6 in banjo, fiddle and guitar are held after school at the Ashe Civic Center during the semester.
Sign ups are held in person:
September 9 and 10, 2024
4-6pm, Ashe Civic Center
• Classes begin September 16, 2024
• Beginning and Intermediate levels available
• Classes meet two days a week, M/W and T/Th
• $3 per class fee charged, scholarships available
• Classes end December 12
• Spring Semester to be announced
For more information, questions, and scholarship inquiries please call 336-846-ARTS or email Rebecca Williams: programs@ashecountyarts.org.
This program is funded, in part, by a Folklife Initiatives Grant from the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, a Wayne Henderson Festival Grant, and is sponsored by the Ashe County Arts Council.
