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"Follow Muddy," a new Web section that outlines the life and art of Muddy Waters, has been posted to the Delta Blues Museum's site. It is designed to give a vivid, graphic overview of the essential facts of the blues master's life and musical highlights. Learn about his career as his talent takes him from birth in Rolling Fork, Mississippi to career capstone concerts in London, England. The addition is the first in a series that will chronicle the life and work of major blues figures represented in the Delta Blues Museum.
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Blues Classes

The purpose of the Delta Blues Museum’s Arts and Education Program is to continue the great musical tradition born in the Mississippi Delta: the Delta blues. The Arts and Education program teaches students to play music and keeps the history of the Delta blues alive. Students are taught to play the blues on the instrument or instruments of their choice. Instruments – drums, guitars, and keyboards – are provided by the museum for use in the classroom and authorized performances. However, we encourage students to purchase their own instruments.

Instructors utilize the oral tradition, recorded music, video, instruction books, and handouts to educate the students in a classroom environment. The students progress from learning the basics of playing music to working together as a band.


Special Events

The Delta Blues Museum sponsors special educational programs and workshops in conjunction with local festivals and events. In the past, these have included sessions such as piano workshops with Henry Gray; harmonica workshops with Geneva Red; and oral history conversations with David “Honeyboy” Edwards, Charlie Musselwhite, and others. Check the calendar for these special programs.


Traveling Trunk / Teacher Lesson Plans

To access the lesson plans, which can be adapted to various grade levels, you must first register. If you have already registered, please enter your email address and password.
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To have the Traveling Trunk, an interdisciplinary and interactive educational supplement that includes a map of the railroad form New Orleans to Chicago, a guitar, a diddley bo, exhibit panels, and more, visit your classroom, please contact Shelley Ritter, shelley@deltabluesmuseum.org.

Two Mississippi Teen Musicians Awarded Full Scholarships for Summer Study at Boston’s Renowned Berklee College of Music
Boston, April 22, 2009 – PJ Walker, from Clarksdale, and Demetrius Williams, from Brookhaven, both 18, will spend five weeks this summer in Boston, studying at the prestigious Read More

MVSU HOSTS B.B. KING WORKSHOP ON JUNE 5 - Delta Blues Museum Students to be Featured
The Mississippi Valley State University Ninth Annual B.B. King Blues workshop is scheduled for Friday, June 5, beginning at 9 a.m. Read More

Mississippi Delta Blues - Blues education
NewOrleans.Com - New Orleans,La.,USA
It's 3 pm on a Monday at the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale, Miss., and students are trickling in for the Delta Blues Arts and Education Program...
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