By Carolyn Hegeler

On Tuesday, June 2, bluegrass banjo legend Alan Munde will take the stage with Wisconsin’s own Nob Hill Boys for a 90-minute concert at the Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center (953 Jenifer St.) beginning at 10pm. The concert will be emcee’d by Bill C. Malone, host of WORT89.9FM Radio’s Back to the Country. General admission (door only) is $13.

For true students of the five-string, Alan will give a 3-hour banjo workshop earlier in the evening from 6-9pm in the Quarry Arts Building, 714 Hill St. (3 blocks east of Hilldale between Whole Foods and Century House). The workshop is open to all levels of players. Alan will tailor the workshop to participants’ skill levels and address topics from the fundamental (e.g., Review of Rolls; Roll Logic; Back-up/Closed Positions Up the Neck) to the more advanced (e.g., Creating Solos to Songs; Playing in Keys other than G without a Capo). Register for the workshop by contacting Carolyn Hegeler (608-238-6863 or chegeler@tds.net) and send a check for $60 (made payable to “Alan Munde”) to 18 S. Owen Dr., Madison 53705. (Concert tickets for workshop participants are $10.)

Alan’s long and luminous 40-year career as an internationally renowned bluegrass banjo player, teacher and recording artist includes two years with Jimmy Martin in the late 60’s; 20+ years as the anchor of Country Gazette; 20+ years of teaching banjo and bluegrass music at South Plains College in Levelland, TX; and organizer/coordinator/instructor of hundreds of bluegrass workshops in the U.S. and abroad.

On Friday, May 22, tune in to an interview with Alan on Chris Powers’ Mud Acres Bluegrass Special on WORT89.9FM; and on Tuesday, June 2, to Alan’s appearance on John Fabke’s Pastures of Plenty in the WORT studio.