More Mando Madness

After a four-year hiatus, Mando Madness is back at the HVBA! Veteran Hudson Valley-based picker and Too Blue mandolinist Mike Sassano again assembles a crack team of eight-string aficionados for a night of mandolin mania. This year’s show will feature … Read More

From Violinists to Fiddlers

Bringing Bluegrass Music to Students in Stringendo’s Strawberry Hill Fiddlers Program About a month ago, I received an invitation to visit with the Strawberry Hill Fiddlers and teach their fiddle students about bluegrass music. As a Strawberry Hill Fiddlers alumnus, … Read More

HVBA Brings Bluegrass To The Community

A huge thank you goes out to Andy Bing and the members of the Blue Mask Boys (David Chernack, August Eriksmoen, Eric Marshall, Brandon Whightsel, and Joan Harrison for introducing bluegrass music as an American Music Genre in the first … Read More

HVBA Welcomes a New Board Member

Ali Krayer has been playing music most of her life. Formerly a professional drummer, she has performed in dive bars, the Kennedy Center and everything in between. Back in college she played percussion for a mandolin player and fell in … Read More

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