The Alabama Blues Project’s mission is to promote and preserve blues music as a traditional and contemporary American art form with an emphasis on Alabama. Our goal is to educate, bring attention to and support Alabama blues culture through educational programs, performance, research, educational materials and traveling exhibitions.

Our afterschool, summertime and school outreach programs for students 8-18 offer a unique opportunity for at-risk youth, serving more than 1,000 students each year. The ABP brings together a diverse mix of children from all walks of life through music education.

During Blues Camp, beginner and intermediate students learn to play their choice of guitar, drums, harmonica, bass guitar or vocals from a team of professional musicians. Advanced students work towards becoming a stand-alone band and often perform in the community and beyond. The camp features life skills, blues history and guest artist components.

the national Coming Up Taller Award by the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities and a Keeping the Blues Alive (KBA) award from the prestigious Blues Foundation. The Alabama Blues Project is sponsored by National Endowment for the Arts, Alabama State Council on the Arts, D’Addario, Puffin Foundation, and many other kind organizations, businesses and individuals.

Teaching children life skills by formal presentations and practicality in a group interaction setting

Teaching children to use music as a positive way of expressing emotions

Building self-esteem through performance and skills acquisition

Building communication skills and empathy through group interaction

Increasing cultural pride through the study of Alabama’s rich blues heritage

Improving problem solving and academic ability through arts education

Social outcomes

For all skill levels

Award-winning program

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“I have never been more impressed by a group focused on youth than I have been with the Alabama Blues Project. Your child is welcomed with open arms from day one, and each practice thereafter; he is immersed in all aspects of the Blues.”

- Blues Camp Parent

“What you are doing here is truly amazing. You are recognizing excellence and building, within the grass roots classrooms throughout the region, models for studying American culture …”

- Bill Ferris, former Chair, National Endowment for the Humanities

“These camps are essential and teach musically universal fundamentals. if you want to make any music on an intelligent level, you need to understand those roots. The programs’ effects on children in the program who are disadvantaged — either by economic and family situations or by a lack of arts education in their schooling — can be truly powerful. There’s a creative fire within people, and if you stoke it a little bit, it might just save their lives.”

- Bruce Andrews, 2BLU & The Lucky Stiffs

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