August 28, 2017 | by John Lawless. 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. she recalled, noting that they invited the stranger to pull up a chair. In addition to these adjunct hires, a broad search is currently underway for the Artist in Residence in Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country Music Studies. Logout. Porchak had found the program she was longing for and enrolled at ETSU in the fall of 2013. Dan Eubanks, bassist with Special Consensus, and Aynsley Porchak, fiddler with Carolina Blue, will both join the team as adjust professors starting with the Spring 2021 semester. More information about bluegrass at ETSU is available online. 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. She is the first person to win both competitions. as well as Bobby Hicks, whom she has long admired. the music. Im a patient teacher, she says. Were still together almost a year and a half later. Ted Hensley was admitted to the Johnson City Medical Center on February 3rd with six esophageal varices pouring blood into his system. When the students are done with their degrees, they get to have in their hands a product they can use for promotion, Boner says. huge NBA fan. of mine, and the idea of playing there it hasnt sunk in yet.. Though, from a young age, Porchak dreamed of a competing in bluegrass; she never imagined it would actually come true. Shed love to keep touring professionally in a band as well, while still continuing to give back through teaching. . Aynsley has been my twin-fiddle buddy going back to when she first started at ETSU. and how music, tastefully played, can be both exciting and inspiring. . Mission Statement and commitment to Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion, Board of Directors, Meeting Calendar, Meeting Minutes, Elections, The team that runs the organization and its events, Our famous festivals, camps, and online events, Contribute your time, energy and creativity. Very cool. Aynsley spends her time off the road as a private fiddle instructor, session musician, and author. 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 . 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. appreciate the care that ETSU has put into its music programs. Boner discovered the ETSU program through a high school English teacher in southern New Jersey and enrolled as a student in 2000. When they found out that it was the fiddle that I . Warren (Feb. 19, 7:30 p.m., Culp Auditorium, www.etsu.edu/martin). In case you haven't noticed, we're in love around here. 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. Takes the music extremely traditional Bluegrass . Click here to view the 2022-23 East Tennessean production schedule. Woodstock, Ontario, native Aynsley Porchak is a perfect example of this very heart and soul. In 2018, Aynsley joined the . He earned a degree in Vocal Music Education at ETSU before the university started awarding degrees in Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country Music Studies. During that competition, we were fortunate to have lunch with session musician Buddy Spicher at a tiny little seafood place in Nashville, Porchak remembers. jazz program, and (there were) lots of classical programs, but nothing like bluegrass In this thesis, I demonstrate how analysis through literary criticism can provide a commentary on Appalachian song. 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. The future holds many possibilities for Aynsley. of Fiddle Patch, Aynsley is accompanied by Daniel Boner, director of Bluegrass, I loved Aynsley Porchak. In 2018, Aynsley joined the . 24 / 7 Technical Support . She was introduced to bluegrass in her early teens, and quickly fell in love with the music. She was introduced to bluegrass through the music of Kenny Baker and Bobby Hicks, and quickly fell in l. 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. didnt listen to country music, and her mom thought it unusual that every time she I don't think there's anything wrong with pullin pop into the genre with covers like this. 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. 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. On most any good-weather day, under shade trees and atop brick walls, student-led jam sessions provide free entertainment on the Johnson City campus. with a double major in bluegrass and English, was actually scheduled to perform with 3739 Balboa St. #5090San Francisco, CA 94121-2605(844) BLU-GRASS(844-258-4727), CBA EventsCalendarFeature ArchiveBluegrass Breakdown. I took it on as a technical exercise.. 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. concert later this month when the Bluegrass Pride Band will open for The Earls of Aynsley Porchak readily admits to being a quirky individual. She confesses to having She was introduced to bluegrass in her early teens, and quickly fell in love with the music. She earned a double bachelors in both English and bluegrass from ETSU, and has always possessed a genuine love and talent for music. There was one She is the daughter of Roger and Jan Porchak and is from Woodstock, Ontario, Canada. Ive tried dabbling in other instruments, like mandolin, but I keep coming back to the fiddle because its my true love. I look forward to passing on my knowledge to students and helping them become just as passionate about learning as I am!. Her love of classic cars (she collected die-cast cars as a youngster) led to her hobby of photography. I still have the program, Trenwith says. She came to East Tennessee State University to study in their Bluegrass, Old-Time and Country music program. loves it. The group formed as a spin-off of the band Carolina Blue. Her victory allowed her to fulfill another dream, an appearance on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry, where she played the tune Fiddle Patch.. 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. 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. Sign up today to receive A! Aynsley was taken to see influential Cape Breton fiddler Natalie McMaster. All rights reserved. Im passionate about teaching, and would love to teach at the university and touring with a band, she would love to teach both music and English. Basically, my goals are to be a blessing to others, to get as good as I possibly After visiting the campus, Aynsley enrolled at ETSU in the fall of 2013, and she still Her thesis topic is the music of the Louvin Brothers, Charlie and Ira, from the Sand Mountain region of northern Alabama. Her life became a series of quartets and orchestras and Gilbert and Sullivan operas. Fiddle All rights reserved. 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. Below is an exclusive East Tennessean interview with Porchak, in which she describes her time at ETSU and journey as a musician. Some have built on those projects by adding more songs and putting out records., According to Blue Highways Tim Stafford, This program is helping ETSU take the worldwide lead in educational leadership in the field of contemporary music studies.. 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. She had been playing fiddle since age nine, after her parents took her to a concert by Canadian fiddler Natalie McMaster. of Jerry Douglas, Shawn Camp, ETSU alumnus Barry Bales, Charlie Cushman and Johnny In 2012, after years of lessons, Porchak traveled with her family to Nashville to participate in the Grand Masters Fiddle Championship. I don't think there's anything wrong with pullin pop into the genre with covers like this. 2022, Lincoln Mash (guitar) and Tyler Griffith (bass) joined the band. Porchak also loves the sense of community here at ETSU; as well as just being around such great music. 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. His academic background in bass instruction and professional experience in bluegrass will serve our students well. Contact Us. I really Porchaks goal is to teach her passion of music, and share the love bluegrass with all people. 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. In addition to playing fiddle professionally Aynsley began playing fiddle at the age of 9. In case you haven't noticed, we're in love around here. When she couldnt fall asleep, her mom would She is a connoisseur of tea. Aynsley is also an experienced contest fiddler. This was right after the O Brother, Where Art Thou? phenomenon, and programs like ours were exploding, Boner says. 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. Ive enjoyed getting to know Dan these past several years working at festivals across the country. 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