Owensboro schools planning to offer bluegrass degree

OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) – Owensboro Community & Technical College and Brescia University are planning to join forces to offer degrees in bluegrass music.

The Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer reports (http://bit.ly/1Rp7Bl2) the college is working to create an associate degree program that officials hope to have up and running by spring 2017.

The idea is that students could study two years at the college and then transfer to Brescia to earn a bachelor of fine arts degree in bluegrass.

The schools hope to take advantage of the resources at the International Bluegrass Music Center, a $15.4 million project also slated to open in 2017. The center will be the new home of the International Bluegrass Music Museum and also include a concert hall, restaurant, teaching rooms and a library.

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Information from: Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer, http://www.messenger-inquirer.com

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