Please read the following inquiry descriptions and contact us accordingly by email, phone, or mail.
Brett Morris, Executive Director (Headquarters): [email protected] (276) 768-6329 public relations/press inquiries, questions on non-profit management, memorial donations, organization partnerships, new program development in Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, other executive matters. Request a meeting with Brett using Calendly.
Mallory I. Blackwood, Administrative Assistant (Headquarters): [email protected] (864) 804-4044 affiliate needs, questions, and requests for consultations; general inquiries
Jim Lloyd, Regional Program Director (Headquarters): [email protected] (276) 780-1407 program training, student instruments, and enrichment programs such as “My Favorite Appalachian Folk Song”
Cody Bauer, Field Office Coordinator (Knoxville, TN): [email protected] (317) 985-8285 fundraising/development; new program development in Tennessee, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Georgia
Julie Moore, Resources and Events Coordinator (Landrum, SC): [email protected] (864) 420-6407 questions about the JAM Teacher Certification Program, Summit event, curriculum, and other resources and events
Anthony Edwards, Chair of Board of Directors (Galax, VA): [email protected]
We are currently accepting material donations of open-back & resonator banjos, mandolins, guitars and fiddles of all sizes, lap dulcimers, and up right basses. Clean empty cases, straps, rosin, and capos would be accepted as well. In the past we have had high-end and electric instruments donated that have been immediately sold with the proceeds going to purchase acoustic instruments for students.
(HEADQUARTERS Office location and UPS/FedEx deliveries) 111 Courthouse St.
Independence, VA 24348 Please call ahead to make an appointment.
(mailing address)
P.O. Box 44
Independence, VA 24348