Preserving and Promoting the Music and Cultural Heritage of Authentic First Generation Bluegrass
Committed to building community from around the world, as well as forging platforms and connections for the next generation of musicians, the MonManCamp presents programs that ensure the continuation of this truly original and powerful American art form called Bluegrass Music. At MMC, our missions are to:
- Preserve the music created and recorded by Bill Monroe
- Use the transformative power of music to foster relationships while building communities worldwide
- Educate contemporary music enthusiasts about fundamental building blocks, stylistic elements, and techniques that are unique to this music
- Present a curriculum that forwards an understanding of the players and culture that created Bluegrass music
- Cultivating:
- Creativity through collaboration;
- Self-Compassion & Resilient Spirit:letting go of perfectionism and taking a journey based upon one note, one tune, or one song at a time;
- Brain Development via self-assessment, critical thinking skills, engagement of non-verbal brain activities for fine motor skills, mathematical reasoning (via chord progressions, rhythm, melodic intervals, etc.)
- Folklore or the traditional beliefs, customs, and stories of a community passed through the generations by word of mouth
- Connection:
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- via facilitating cross-generational gatherings and one generation passing it down to the next;
- laughter and joy through music;
- continuation and longevity of this music by growing the branches of future players and appreciators;
- using the stories and roots of bluegrass music with all of its rich history, context, narratives of hardships, triumphs, and musical history to demonstrate our connectedness and similarities