Music on theDelaware is excited to bring the East Tennessee State University Appalachian Band to the main stage in the historic Walton Theatre, 30 Gardiner Pl, Walton, NY, on Saturday, April 18th at 7:30pm.

ETSU has been the leading institution for bluegrass, old-time, and country music in higher education since 1982 and is the oldest established program of its kind at any four-year institution.

Bands from ETSU Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Roots Music Studies make more than 150 appearances at local, regional, and national events every semester.

ETSU students have performed at a variety of prestigious venues. They have played for the academically respected Sonneck Society in Nashville, and subsequently at the Moscow (Russia) Folk Arts Festival, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC, the Smithsonian Institution's National Folklife Festival (also in Washington), the IBMA awards show in Louisville, Kentucky (with Ricky Skaggs), NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, and a variety of venues in Japan, including the United States Embassy in Tokyo.

Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Roots Music Studies at ETSU has clearly played a major role in this renewed excitement about their region's music. It regularly attracts students from ETSU's traditional East Tennessee service area, but also from the entire United States (Texas to New England, Florida to Alaska, plus a multitude of points in between) and from foreign countries as well. Its alumni have won Grammy awards, and honors from the IBMA, the Academy of Country Music, and the Country Music Association (CMA).

“When it comesto collegiate bluegrass programs, the nationwide gold standard is East Tennessee State University’s Bluegrass, Old-Time and Roots Music program." - David Menconi, Raleigh News & Observer

ETSU will also be providing workshops at local schools on Thursday, April 16, and Friday, April 17. A public workshop will be held Saturday, April 18, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. at Walton's Ogden Library; all ages are welcome!