Very cool. Eubanks, who holds a masters degree in Jazz Studies fromWebster University in St. Louis, MO, says that it is an honor to join such a stellar team. Porchak, who has bachelors degrees in both Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country Music Studies and English from ETSU, plus a masters in Appalachian Studies, feels humbled to join the faculty at her alma mater. Most importantly, I put God above all, Ive enjoyed getting to know Dan these past several years working at festivals across the country. 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The band has created a partnership, friendship, and family with the other band members; Reese Combs (bass), James McDowell (banjo), and Aynsley Porchak (fiddle). Im a patient teacher, she says. Her love of classic cars (she In case you haven't noticed, we're in love around here. As a girl in Wellington, New Zealand, she would gather with her family around the piano while her father, Gordon Bain, played old songs like Its a Long Way to Tipperary. When she was eight, she started taking classical violin lessons. Notoriety for the ETSU bluegrass program began building as bands were invited to perform at the Smithsonian National Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C., and for a Christmas party at NATO Headquarters. Aynsley managed to secure a couple of lessons with legendary session fiddler Buddy Aynsley Porchak is organizing this fundraiser on behalf of Nina Hensley. In order to further hone her craft, Aynsley enrolled in East Tennessee State Universitys Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies degree program in 2013. Well you get all sorts of creative solutions, as we. to talk to Buddy and then realized he hadnt introduced himself. Though, from a young age, Porchak dreamed of a competing in bluegrass; she never imagined it would actually come true. He continued It gives me a chance to be where the music is happening. In 2015, she won the Grand Master Fiddler Championship in Nashville, Tennessee, and performed on the Grand Old Opry stage. Aynsley Porchak Fiddle. 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? As I argue, one particular duo of Appalachian musicians, the . In order to further hone her craft, Aynsley enrolled in East Tennessee State Universitys Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies degree program in 2013. He was like a one-man bluegrass band. schooling to help with my bluegrass major, as well. Oh, and shes also the current Grand Master Fiddle Champion, having won the 44th annual contest last fall a contest she did not think she was going to attend. After this amazing achievement, Porchak plans to focus on earning her graduate degree. Not only would I like to teach that someday, I would love to be able to use my English Click here if youre interested in buying an ad. Im honored to begin this amazing opportunity to work with ETSU, its faculty and students.. 2021, signed a recording contract with Billy Blue Records. L-R: Jack Tottle, Raymond McLain, and Dan Boner. She is a connoisseur of tea. the epicenter of all this music.. She also played in 2016 on the Grand Ole Opry. Aynsley is working on a graduate degree in Appalachian Studies at ETSU. But on the buildings third level, theres a different kind of activity altogether. For this video performance After all, we've got some of th. minds when she was a toddler in Canada. a passion for boots. collected die-cast cars as a youngster) led to her hobby of photography. TENNESSEE BLUEGRASS BAND From east Tennessee. It signed on at five oclock in the afternoon and signed off at eleven. of Aynsleys all-time favorite fiddlers, Bobby Hicks. Magazine every week in your inbox. She was introduced to bluegrass through the music of Kenny Baker and Bobby Hicks, and quickly fell in love with the music. There have been as many as 42, says program director Dan Boner, himself an accomplished guitarist and fiddle player. With a new album already completed for Billy Blue Records, and a solid year of dates booked, There's a brand new bluegrass band recently formed in east Tennessee that is sure to please anyone who enjoys solid, traditional bluegrass music. At a banjo pickers convention in New Zealand, Trenwith and her band met American folk singer Mike Seeger. She is the first person to win both competitions. Dan Eubanks, bassist with Special Consensus, and Aynsley Porchak. . 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. 3739 Balboa St. #5090San Francisco, CA 94121-2605(844) BLU-GRASS(844-258-4727), CBA EventsCalendarFeature ArchiveBluegrass Breakdown. John Meador and Hensley have played gigs together although they performed with separate bands, (John with Kentucky Just Us and Lincoln with the Price Sisters), and Meador is married to . Just to even go to the Opry has been a dream Big Stone Gap, Virginia, native Tyler Hughes, a 2015 ETSU alumnus, divides his time among playing in the Empty Bottle String Band, calling square dances throughout the region, and teaching banjo and dance at Mountain Empire Community College in his hometown. He was a huge influence on us, says Trenwith. She gave up her job as a teacher to go on the road, introducing bluegrass music to New Zealand. Walking down that hallway, you might hear the lonely, resonating notes of a dobro. One of those great bands is Carolina Blue from Brevard, NC. Aynsley began playing fiddle at the age of 9. A violin in Porchaks possession that is too precious for public performance belonged to her great-grandfather, Cazmir Porzak, who left Poland in 1913 when he was 16 with only the clothes he was wearing and his treasured instrument. I went to church every Sunday morning, Sunday night, and Wednesday night, and I played guitar in church., Boner says there was no order of worship in his great uncles tiny church. ETSU wasnt the first higher education institution in America to offer a degree in bluegrass and other traditional music. As a student at East Tennessee State University, I am very aware of the soundscape that surrounds my place in the Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies program. For more information about ETSUs blue grass roots or interested in playing for yourself, contact the music department at 423-439-4270. In 2012, after years of lessons, Porchak traveled with her family to Nashville to participate in the Grand Masters Fiddle Championship. "We met for the first time when I auditioned for Carolina Blue in December two years ago. 16 years old, I went to Weiser, Idaho, for the National Old Time Fiddlers Contest, basics of how to play the music, and I could make connections and be basically at She accepted Paul Trenwiths invitation to join the Hamilton County Bluegrass Band as well as his marriage proposal. August 28, 2017 | by John Lawless. Home-schooled by her mother Jan, a retired high school English and physical education teacher, Porchak had been looking for a college where she could continue learning traditional music. She frequently makes obscure literary references, and even enjoys literary criticism. Leicester, a Grammy Award-winning, all-star Flatt and Scruggs cover band comprised She graduated in 2017 with an additional bachelors degree in English, and completed her masters degree in Appalachian Studies in 2020. She earned a double bachelor's in both English . level. with internationally known, award-winning musicians like Ricky Skaggs and Sam Bush, She also has great success in the competitive world of fiddling. I look forward to passing on my knowledge to students and helping them become just as passionate about learning as I am!. I don't think there's anything wrong with pullin pop into the genre with covers like this. When she moved to Hamilton, in the middle of the North Island of New Zealand, she made friends with musicians who had just discovered the music of The Beverly Hillbillies television show. I love the diversity [of ETSU], we have so many awesome teachers here, its a blessing, said Porchak. Her thesis topic is the music of the Louvin Brothers, Charlie and Ira, from the Sand Mountain region of northern Alabama. For example, some textbooks are Shortly after winning, she learned that she was the first person ever to win both Canadian and American Grand Masters fiddle championships. There was one Colleen Trenwith and the Hamilton County Bluegrass Band became household names in New Zealand. placing seventh.. Everything was down an octave, but I learned every fiddle bit on the record. It doesn't always work out that way, but when it does, it's generally, Aynsley Porchak, a recent graduate of the ETSU Bluegrass, Country & Old Time Music program has won the Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Championship, just one year after winning the US competition last year. of Fiddle Patch, Aynsley is accompanied by Daniel Boner, director of Bluegrass, In fact, it is the achievements of musicians like Aynsley Porchak that can promote a spark with aspiring musicians. Banjo breakdowns ring out. Monroe did two 15-minute sets, and we played in one of his sets. Music took over my life, remembers Colleen Trenwith, now a member of the ETSU faculty. Sign up today to receive A! Basically, my goals are to be a blessing to others, to get as good as I possibly She confesses to having a passion for boots. and how music, tastefully played, can be both exciting and inspiring. Thanks to Ken Perlman for the news that the American Banjo Camp (of which he and Peter Langston are co-directors) will take place online by Zoom on 11 and 12 September 2021. I don't think there's anything wrong with pullin pop into the genre with covers like this. But when severe weather led to the festivals Read Aynsley Porchak's bio and find out more about Aynsley Porchak's songs, albums, and chart history. Im still in shock, said Porchak, I could have never dreamed I could have been the first [to win both awards].. She also received the 2018 IBMA Momentum Instrumentalist of the Year award. She was also given the honor of playing the Grand . Its power seems inescapable. Studies. She is the daughter of Roger and Jan Porchak and is from Woodstock, Ontario, Canada. The future holds many possibilities for Aynsley. We live in capitalism. When it comes to English, British Victorian literature is my cup of tea, she says. Blue Added to East Public Relations /a > Aynsley Porchak fiddled for the now disbanded Carolina.. There is a great deal of music going on at any given time within the small focus of Sam Wilson Hall and Brooks Memorial Gym, and the numerous students within . This is a labor of love,but every dollar = a cup of coffee whileI work at keeping this resource up to date.Thanks for whatever you send my way! While touring, I write in the RV, she tells me. My Profile She was Blessed to win the Grand Master Fiddler Championship in 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee, and in 2017, she also became the Canadian Grand Master Fiddle Champion, making her the first person to win both competitions. Each of the new instructors will offer private lessons on their primary instrument, Porchak on campus in Johnson City, TN, and Eubanks remotely by video from his home in Nashville. Aynsley is also an experienced contest fiddler. Website design and development by Camellia Digital Agency. The Future of the Past. Contact Us. In 2008, ETSU opened its own recording laboratory. Lots of cool memories, and good prospects for the future. of Jerry Douglas, Shawn Camp, ETSU alumnus Barry Bales, Charlie Cushman and Johnny Take all the opportunities given to hone your craft and really enjoy the opportunities that music has given, said Porchak when asked what advice she has for ETSUs aspiring musicians. In case you haven't noticed, we're in love around here. She was introduced to bluegrass through the music of Kenny Baker and Bobby Hicks, and quickly fell in love with the music. Aynsleys parents She applied successfully for a Public Performance Scholarship and enrolled. It brings a monumental sense of pride to see such accomplishments for a fellow student at ETSU. ! It was on Facebook before I even knew it. All rights reserved. top U.S. fiddle championship the previous four years, twice placing as high as sixth, Shed love to keep touring professionally in a band as well, while still continuing to give back through teaching. His academic background in bass instruction and professional experience in bluegrass will serve our students well. Country Current (above), the premier country and bluegrass group of the U.S. Navy. We've helped hundreds of small business create a successful Web presence. Still, though, Trenwith felt she needed more knowledge. Since they were here last, they have enjoyed three IBMA nominations and earlier this month, won four SPBGMA Awards for Entertainers of the Year, Bluegrass Band of the Year (overall), Vocal Group of the Year, and Album of the Year for I Hear Bluegrass Calling Me. In 2018, Aynsley joined the . Fiddle Its not unusual for students to secure jobs well before graduation. ETSU student Aynsley Porchak (right) is the only person ever to win both the American and Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Championships. 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. Chat email or call (480)-624-2500. Logout. 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. In this thesis, I demonstrate how analysis through literary criticism can provide a commentary on Appalachian song. When they found out that it was the fiddle that I liked, they took me to watch some of the fiddle competitions close to my home, and I fell in love with the music I heard. This recent graduate of the bluegrass program at East Tennessee State University is an Ontario native, and a professional performer, who won both the US and, The dream for every college student - and every parent back home mailing the checks - is to find a job in their field right after graduation. Porchak began playing the fiddle at 9-years-old and developed a passion for bluegrass and competition quickly. When they found out that it was the fiddle that I . gratefully giving Him all the glory for all His many blessings.. She also received the 2018 IBMA Momentum Instrumentalist of the Year award. It gives us a venue to showcase our students to the public. Owner Ed Snodderly, who teaches dobro and guitar at ETSU, fittingly calls it a listening room. Get recommendations for other artists you'll love. Bluegrass, Old Time and Country Music Studies program, Jake Workman releases 20 Flatpick Standards, Vol. In memory of NC banjo player Hoyt Herbert who passed on this day in 2019. and the area. Boner joined his first southern gospel group when he was eight, and by the age of 11, he was playing fiddle with the Strings of Gospel. Aynsley began playing fiddle at the age of 9. Porchak has been playing the fiddle since she was 9 years old. Here he is playing with Alison Krauss and ETSU alumnus Barry Bales, then with Krauss and her band, Union Station, in 1991. After visiting the campus, Aynsley enrolled at ETSU in the fall of 2013, and she still Amythyst Kiah (below) during her student days at ETSU, performing old-time music with a group at The Carter Family Fold in Scott County, Virginia. October 13, 1932 - February 8, 2021, Thomas Donald Hensley passed away on February 8, 2021 in Erwin, Tennessee. Click here to view the 2022-23 East Tennessean production schedule. 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 His great uncle, Larry Boner, was a guitar-strumming preacher. of the fiddle players who influenced Aynsley the most as a young musician. This man came up to our table and he recognized Buddy. He showed up at Timmy and Lakins one day and after wringing his hat in his hands for the first fifteen minutes of our talk, he eventually told me that he couldnt wait any longer to let me know his feelings. that said, WHAT?!?!? While literary analysis of both sacred and secular song lyrics is an approach that is largely overlooked in this region's traditional music, it nonetheless provides insightful perspective on the art form itself. to grow, give back, and be the best I can. Happy Valentine's Day! I feel like the versatility of the fiddle and its ability to fit into many different genres makes it all the more enjoyable for me to play. She also played in 2016 on the Grand Ole Opry. Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park Accepting Entries for Quilt Show, World-Folk fusion ensemble comes to Big Stone Gap, 'School of Rock' on stage in Jonesborough, Appalachian Music Project announces children's choir, 'Beauty & The Beast Jr.' is at Knoxville Children's Theatre, Southwest Virginia Museum hosts Wise JAMS, Bristol Virginia Historic Preservation Award Program Seeks Nominations, @Southwest Virginia Cultural Center & Marketplace, @University of Virginia's College at Wise. He is proud to see his cousins, Carl and J.P. Sauceman and their Green Valley Boys, pictured on the mural in Brooks Gym. One year, while she and her parents were in Nashville for the Grand Master contest, Congratulations to James Mcdowell and Aynsley Porchak on getting engaged yesterday. 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