Online History of Bluegrass

(Bluegrass for College Credit)

I'd like to let folks know that Shoreline Community College (Seattle, WA) will again be offering a totally online two-credit "History of Bluegrass" (Music 150) class during spring quarter of 2006.

The college is fully accredited -- credits will transfer as Humanities credits. This course is designed for both those who would like an introduction to the world of bluegrass and those that would like to deepen their knowledge of this music. We'll spend ten weeks together - listening to bluegrass, reading about it and discussing what we've learned. We'll be using Neil Rosenberg's "Bluegrass: A History" for our text and listening to Sony's "Can't You Hear Me Callin' - Bluegrass: 80 Years of American Music" (Box set of 4 discs) and Rounder's "Handpicked: 25 Years of Bluegrass on Rounder Records.

Registration begins on March 15th and class starts the week of Monday, April 3rd. Costs: Tuition runs around $140.00. Book and CDs will cost around $70.00 (new, although you can probably find them used as well) and there is a college technology fee of $31.00 for online classes. If you live outside of Washington State, contact Chris Melton (cmelton@shoreline.edu) for information about a tuition reduction. For more information about the class contact:

Paul Elliott at dtmboys @ hotmail.com or Tom Moran at: tmoran @ shoreline.edu (206) 546-4774.

Visit http://shoreline.edu/ for more info