Bluegrass fans around the world will soon be able to learn fiddle, banjo, mandolin, bass, and guitar online directly from some of the biggest names in bluegrass music with the launch of the new Academy of Bluegrass. Napa, CA (PRWEB) May 13, 2011 The ArtistWorks Academy of Bluegrass consists of: The School of Banjo with Tony Trischka, School of Guitar with Bryan Sutton, School of Fiddle with Darol Anger, School of Bass with Missy Raines and School of Mandolin with Mike Marshall.

WILLIAM Forsythe, the ballet iconoclast, has a new ensemble -- The Forsythe Company -- and he's bringing it to the Bay Area for the first time. Forsythe's "Three Atmospheric Studies" is at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday at Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall as part of the Cal Performances season.

By Deborah Evans Price NASHVILLE (Billboard) - Acclaimed fiddle virtuoso Vassar Clements died August 16 of cancer at his daughter's home outside of Nashville. He was 77.