The Cowan Community Action Group, Inc. is pleased to announce the Charlie Whitaker Memorial Apprenticeship for 2015-2016 has been awarded to Kelsey Estep of Keaton, Kentucky. Her apprenticeship with Sarah Wood will focus on the mountain tradition of unaccompanied ballad singing.
Kelsey is a senior at Johnson Central High School and the daughter of Beverly and Orville Paul Estep. She began studying old time fiddle with Jamie Wells at age 8 and has been a student at the Cowan Creek Mountain Music School for the past 6 years. At CCMMS 2015 Kelsey served as a teaching assistant. The Charlie Whitaker Memorial Apprenticeship will support an intensive year of learning, performing and teaching. “I hope through this I can inspire other kids my age to explore the old time music culture” Estep says.
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Charlie Whitaker Memorial Apprentice Kelsey Estep will focus on unaccompanied ballad singing with her mentor, Sarah Wood.