Bluegrass Ensemble
Pitt Bluegrass Ensemble Featured on "Bluegrass Today"
The Bluegrass Ensemble continues to make waves in the greater Bluegrass community! Check out the feature about our group in Bluegrass Today.
Link: https://bluegrasstoday.com/university-of-pittsburgh-bluegrass-ensemble-winter-concert/
Ensemble Auditions 2024-25
Auditions and Enrollment for All Pitt Music Department Ensembles Now Underway
Our choirs and instrumental ensembles perform a wide variety of music, including Western art music, jazz, folk music, popular music, and music of non-Western cultures are open to students throughout the University regardless of major. Find out how to audition or register for each ensemble below:
Bryce Rabideau
Bluegrass Ensemble
Bluegrass, a form of American roots music, is an Appalachian-based genre that draws on immigrant traditions, blues, gospel, and folk. Once associated primarily with poorer whites, it has been reclaimed by numerous musicians who have popularized it as a global genre. The popularity of bluegrass in Western Pennsylvania is, in part, a result of the broadening market of audiences and musicians. Pittsburgh's local embrace of bluegrass, however, can be understood as an integral aspect of the city's refashioning.