The 2023-24 After School Program Begins
the Week of October 2nd!
In this program 3rd-5th graders are taught to play acoustic instruments by ear. They are taught by local musicians to play guitar, fiddle, banjo, or mandolin. Lessons are approximately 45-minute sessions (depending upon the number of students in each class) per week for 20 weeks during the school year. These classes will be held at your school right after the school day ends one day per week. YAM + students may be picked up after their lessons and tutoring session, or they may stay during Homework Center/Afterschool time. Other YAM students will be picked up after their music lessons are completed. The cost of the weekly lesson is based on the lunch status of the child. The instrument rental fee is a flat rate of $10 per month. Please see lesson rates below:
Evening Music Program: Now Enrolling for October Classes
Life in the small, rural Southern Appalachian community of Pickens, SC is centered primarily on family, church, the great outdoors and our heritage. What better way to celebrate and share our musical heritage than to pass on our community’s love and interest in preserving old-time mountain music?
Supported by Preserving Our Southern Appalachian Music Inc. (POSAM), Young Appalachian Musicians (YAM) introduces children and adults to the music of their heritage through small group instruction in instruments common to the Appalachian region.
Many of our students could not afford the level of instruction they receive or to try out an instrument without a program like YAM. We offer affordable instruction, including lower rates for free and reduced-lunch students, as well as an instrument rental program that makes it possible for all children to play an instrument. None of this would be possible without the support of the community.
Supported by Preserving Our Southern Appalachian Music Inc. (POSAM), Young Appalachian Musicians (YAM) introduces children and adults to the music of their heritage through small group instruction in instruments common to the Appalachian region.
Many of our students could not afford the level of instruction they receive or to try out an instrument without a program like YAM. We offer affordable instruction, including lower rates for free and reduced-lunch students, as well as an instrument rental program that makes it possible for all children to play an instrument. None of this would be possible without the support of the community.
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The Winter Bluegrass Jubilee was funded in part by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the South Carolina Arts Commission.