Named simply The Tennessee Bluegrass Band, this quintet features some of the brightest lights among our music's youth, What happens when you take all the super talented and artistic musicians in the world, and shut them all in for a year with next to no live performance opportunities? Most importantly, I put God above all, rolled the radio dial and hit a certain country station, Aynsley would say, Stop, After all, we've got some of th. Dan Eubanks, bassist with Special Consensus, and Aynsley Porchak. When they found out that it was the fiddle that I . "We met for the first time when I auditioned for Carolina Blue in December two years ago. Aynsley Porchak, from Woodstock, Ontario, This past summer Aynsley Porchak, the super talented fiddler with Carolina Blue, came up with a great idea for a social media promotion. For this video performance Still, though, Trenwith felt she needed more knowledge. Porchak explained just how unexpected the award was. The year that film came out, 2000, ETSU alumnus Kenny Chesney had already released a Greatest Hits album, on his way to country music superstardom. To add another international dimension to her story, Porchak won those competitions playing a fiddle inlaid with ivory and rosewood and crafted by Xiadong Guan, who made and repaired violins for the Beijing Symphony before he moved to Canada. Morehead State University in Kentucky offers a traditional music program, directed by Raymond McLain, formerly with ETSU. about bluegrass. Originally a western swing tune for the steel guitar called The Fiddle contests are a really big deal in Ontario, so I began to compete on the circuit. I texted Daniel right afterward with a picture of me holding the plaque, saying, August 28, 2017 | by John Lawless. May 16 1932-July 5 2019Recorded on The Vox (Custom Sho. ETSU now offers a four-year degree in that field, and it has since 2010. In fact, the fiddle player did not even intend to compete in the 2017 Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Championship due to time constraints. See Our Schedule. His image is repeated several times in a Brooks Gym hallway photo mural, near those of the Stanley Brothers, the Carter Family, and Bonnie Lou and Buster, a duo that played live on Johnson Citys WJHL-TV in the 1960s. From her carseat, she demanded that her mother stop dialing the radio when station BX 93 in London, Ontario, aired songs by country artists Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, and George Strait, whose sidemen played the fiddle. Aynsley began playing fiddle at the age of 9. They are: Bobby Powell, guitar; Timmy Jones, mandolin; Reese Combs, bass; James McDowell, banjo (who looks like a young Don Stover); and Aynsley Porchak, fiddle (wearing a 'pillbox' hat that reminded Dr Janie of those ladies used to wear to church). But I was set at ease immediately, and I love the campus Well you get all sorts of creative solutions, as we. Were still together almost a year and a half later. collected die-cast cars as a youngster) led to her hobby of photography. Im so excited and honored to be a part of a program I have admired so much since I became aware of it, and the brilliant graduates that have come through it, to join the ranks of successful professionals in the roots music world, not to mention the world class faculty. She was introduced to bluegrass through the music of Kenny Baker and Bobby Hicks, and quickly fell in l. The future holds many possibilities for Aynsley. I love the fact that October 13, 1932 - February 8, 2021, Thomas Donald Hensley passed away on February 8, 2021 in Erwin, Tennessee. East Tennessee State University All Rights Reserved. Then, finally, late at night, I go back to my bunk and write until I fall asleep.. They select their own material, arrange it, and record it. Porchak has been playing the fiddle since she was 9 years old. I truly feel like it has changed my life for the better. Shortly after winning, she learned that she was the first person ever to win both Canadian and American Grand Masters fiddle championships. ), doctor of public health (Dr.P.H. schooling to help with my bluegrass major, as well. She frequently makes obscure literary references, and even enjoys literary criticism. More information about bluegrass at ETSU is available online. huge NBA fan. Kenny Chesney (seated) during his student days at ETSU. John had served as primary author and editor for The Bluegrass Blog from its launch in 2006 until being folded into Bluegrass Today in September of 2011. In 2008, ETSU opened its own recording laboratory. 2021, the Meadors left the group to start a family. She speaks highly of the teachers and the program. Madly, crazy in love withBLUEGRASS!! Contact Us. I couldnt believe it when he said that, because that was exactly what cancellation, she headed to Nashville to surprise one of her own students, who was She frequently makes obscure literary references, and even enjoys literary criticism. He first learned to play guitar in one of four Freewill Baptist churches in the Bridgeton, New Jersey, area. Carolina the last weekend of September 2015. Despite busy weekends touring to places like Branson, Missouri; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; and Nashvilles famed Station Inn, Porchaks academic work continues. the ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band at the Outer Banks Bluegrass Island Festival in North It was the last violin he would ever make. the epicenter of all this music.. Music really does mean a lot to me. It could take me a while, I said, before I knew - it could be days, could be weekscould be monthscould be years! By a miracle, that didnt scare James off, and it didnt take years after allin August, I drove to Galax to surprise him and tell him that I wanted to take him up on his offer to date. as well as Bobby Hicks, whom she has long admired. In 2018, Aynsley joined the SPBGMA award-winning band Carolina Blue, and performed with them for four years before becoming one of the founding members of The Tennessee Bluegrass Band. didnt listen to country music, and her mom thought it unusual that every time she Get recommendations for other artists you'll love. Find a band near you or share your band info with the world! 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Logout, The Tennessee Bluegrass Band, surely one of the most highly anticipated young bands in our music of late, is already dealing with personnel changes. They made their SOIMF debut in 2018 and we are thrilled to have this award-winning band return to the Roberts Centre this spring. level. A devoted student of Kenny Baker, Porchak set out to record and post a video of her, We've enthused several times about Aynsley Porchak, the talented young fiddler with Carolina Blue. Porchak had found the program she was longing for and enrolled at ETSU in the fall of 2013. Boner says the equipment, much of it obtained through grant funding, is remarkable. Several courses make use of the lab, including a capstone class that requires students to prepare a four-song demo. Roy Andrade, best known for his work with the string band Reeltime Travelers, specializes in old-time music. Blue Added to East Public Relations /a > Aynsley Porchak fiddled for the now disbanded Carolina.. I am curious to hear what she and her students come up with together.. Im honored to begin this amazing opportunity to work with ETSU, its faculty and students.. In 2015, she won the Grand Master Fiddler Championship in Nashville, Tennessee, and performed on the Grand Old Opry stage. Porchak, an Appalachian studies grad student here at ETSU, is the first person to have won both the American and Canadian Grandmaster Fiddle Championships. There are similar themeslove, acceptance, and rejection.. They'll perform two shows for us on Saturday, March 28th. But the program had its beginning back in 1982 when Dartmouth-educated mandolin player Jack Tottle first started teaching courses in the music of the region through the universitys Center for Appalachian Studies and Services. Fiddle competing in the youth division of the Grand Master Championship. While playing local bars and restaurants like the Chuckey Trading Company, Chesney earned his Mass Communications degree from ETSU in 1990. ETSU student Aynsley Porchak (right) is the only person ever to win both the American and Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Championships. I didnt want to mess things up with the band and wanted to remain professional about it. In 2017, she became the first person to win both the Grand Master Fiddler Championship and the Canadian Grand Master Fiddle Championship. It signed on at five oclock in the afternoon and signed off at eleven. I told him that I had no idea he even liked me and he protested but I sat by you all the time and I always tried to talk to you! Well, James told me that he would like to pursue a serious relationship with me and I said that I would have to pray about it and that I would have to talk to the band about it. Aynsley Porchak Fiddle. One of those is Aynsley Porchak. She was introduced to bluegrass through the music of Kenny Baker and Bobby Hicks, and quickly fell in love with the music. Music program at East Tennessee State University. 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