list of NYC metro area bluegrass/ot clubs and related organizations
mail to benfreed@optonline.net
Long Island Bluegrass Music Assn http://members.aol.com/den12c/bluegrass/
New Jam location for the Long Island Bluegrass Music Assn...We will now be meeting at The Brush Barn in Smithtown. The LITMA
(Long Island Traditional Music Association) board has generously agreed to let us have our future meetings in the tavern on the
grounds of the Brush Barn. There is adequate parking and space for an outdoor jam if the weather permits. You will need to bring your own
beverage as this is not a functioning tavern but historic. We will also be looking for volunteers to help in the setting up and closing
the tavern each month. If you have any questions/concerns about our new meeting hall please get in touch wth us. Directions: from the LIE Take exit 56 onto RT 111 north
Stay on RT 111 all the way to RT 25 Turn right onto Main ST(25), about 1/8 mile to the tavern(Epenetus
Smith Tavern # 211), l/t turn to parking area behind the tavern. Dennis
New BCLI Information Site I have created a new BCLI site for all Members/public to receive information about
our club. It is very easy to use, secure, and a comfortable setting to post any information
relating to Bluegrass. The address of the site is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BCLI
Everyone, who gets email from me is enrolled and those without email will need to
go their public Library and set up a free internet account so they can retrieveinformation about the club.
Future Information Internet only
Long Island Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra Long
Island, New York The Long Island Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra began in the 1950s as an adult education class sponsored by the Levittown School District in Nassau County. During its 40 years It has played to thousands of appreciative music lovers at programs sponsored by libraries, churches, temples, parks, senior citizens and private organizations such as the Sons of Italy, in a number of towns throughout Suffolk, Nassau, Metropolitan New York and Westchester.
They have performed at Hofstra, Farmingdale, Adelphi Universities, and the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point. They received tumultuous accolades when they performed aboard the S.S. Britannis and S.S. Victoria during Caribbean cruises.
The orchestra is comprised of mandolins, mandolas, guitars, mandocellos, mandobasso and vocalists. Although the members span various age groups, come from all walks of life and enjoy diverse occupations, it is bound together by a love of music and by a desire to increase the popularity of the mandolin and guitar. The membership is comprised of doctors, lawyers, teachers, business men and women. The selections that the orchestra plays includes varied types of music such as International folk, Ethnic, Light Classics, Classical and Popular.
Antonina Nigrelli, an accomplished violinist, violist and mandolinist, is its conductor. She has an extensive music education and performance back-ground. has taught in public schools, colleges and privately. She has played professionally, conducted widely and is at present a free-lance musician who plays with the Celebration Quartet, Balalaika and Domra Society of N. Y. and is the Music Director of the West Islip Concert Orchestra. She is also president of the Classical Mandolin Society of America , Inc. Charles Sloan, its assistant conducator, has played professionally in bands, symphony orchestras and jazz groups both in the Midwest and New York City including Radio City Music Hall Orchestra and the National Symphony Orch. Assn. under Leon Barzin. He was music coordinator and Con-ductor of bands and orchestras at Brooklyn Tech. H.S. for 18 years.
Contact information: Roz Kuras, President 34 Longfellow Ave. Apt. 6
Levittown, NY 11756 Phone 516 520-4477
Thanks.
Roz Kuras:
Connecticut Bluegrass Music Association http://www.ctbluegrass.org/
Bluegrass and Oldtime Music Association of New Jersey: Jam sessions every
third Sunday September through May, 11 am. For more information, visit www.newjerseybluegrass.org
e-mail 5stringman@comcast.net or call (732)
542-8791.
Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association...Jeff Anzevino, President (845) 691-6784 or hvba@optonline.com www.HVBluegrass.org
New York Mandolin Orchestra http://nymandolin.org/
NEW MONTHLY DANCE forming. Philipstown(Putnam County, NY)
Dance. Squares, Contras, Circles, whatever! St. Philip's Episcopal Church
Parish House on Route 9D in Garrison, NY and then the 1st Saturday of every
month thereafter, forever. St. Philip's Episcopal Church Parish House,
Route 9D, Garrison, NY. 7:30-10:30. First 1/2 hour for instructions. Liz
Slade-caller, with live music by The Usual Suspects. Goodies & Refreshments
by Monika $7.00 adult, $3.00 kids (7-14). Beginners welcome. Musicians welcome
to sit in. Instruction at 7:30-8:00, dancing 8:00-10:30 p.m. Refreshments
available. Adults-$7.00/Kids (7-14) -$3.00 Need more info? call
James 914-265-0032, Monika 914-265-7201
http://grillbillies.com The Grillbillies are a bluegrass band, sort of, but not in the usual sense. We like to camp and go to bluegrass festivals together. Many of the Grillbillies are in their own separate bluegrass bands. An equal number don't even play music; they just follow along to all the festivals. The ones who do play can be considered our "house" band. But there is no leader, or hierarchy, or constitution, and there are no rules for joining. Just come to the festivals, visit our campsite, and see if you like us. We can usually be found under a big silver canopy, called "Grillbilly Grove".
Westchester (NY)Bluegrass Club monthly jam session in Purdys NY
Long Island Traditional Music Association: http://www.litma.org/home.htm