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 original and powerful American music as created by the “Father of Bluegrass Music”, Bill Monroe.  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

Additional benefits of our programs include:

• Cultivating Creativity through collaboration;
• Cultivating Self-Compassion & a Resilient Spirit by encouraging participants in letting go of perfectionism and taking a journey based upon one note, one tune, or one song at a time;
• Cultivating 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.);
• Cultivating folklore, or the traditional beliefs, customs, and stories of this bluegrass community passed through the generations by word of mouth;
• Cultivating Connection 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 shared similarities.