About this Event
QCMS Presents: A House Concert with Bill Evans & Alan Munde
Get ready for an awesome & intimate evening with Bill Evans and Alan Munde: two legends of bluegrass banjo join forces to perform bluegrass, old-time, jazz and much more in their only East Coast appearance this winter!
Tickets: $30 presale | $35 at the door as space allows
Doors: 7pm | Music 7:30-9pm
100% of merch goes to the performers
This house concert promises intimate vibes and amazing tunes you won’t want to miss, so get your tickets today because space is limited. Come hang out, enjoy great music, and experience these talented artists up close and personal!
More About the Performers:
Alan Munde is a member of the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Hall
of Fame, the American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame and is a Steve Martin Banjo
Prize recipient. He began his long career in bluegrass music with the 1968
recording of Poor Richard's Almanac featuring Sam Bush and Wayne Stewart,
followed by a traditional grounding in bluegrass music as a member of Jimmy
Martin’s Sunny Mountain Boys. In 1972, Alan joined his college picking friend
Byron Berline in the forward-leaning bluegrass group Country Gazette. Alan
continued as the anchor of the group for 21 years. Along the way, he recorded
many classic bluegrass banjo albums including Banjo Sandwich, and the Festival
Favorites series. His most recent recording, Excelsior, is perhaps the most wide-
ranging of his career, earning rave reviews from all over the world. Alan Munde is
one of the most influential bluegrass banjo players – and greatest banjo musicians -
of all time. To learn more, visit www.almundesbanjocollege.com and
https://freshgrassfoundation.org/steve-martin-banjo-prize/alan-munde/.
Bill Evans has been involved with bluegrass music and the banjo for over forty-
five years as a player, teacher, composer, writer and historian. Bill occupies a
unique niche in the banjo world: he is celebrated worldwide for both his traditional
and progressive bluegrass banjo styles and his innovative original compositions.
He also enjoys a reputation as an outstanding instructor as well as being an expert
player of 19th & early 20th century minstrel and classic banjo styles. He has
recorded four critically acclaimed solo recordings, including Things Are Simple
and The Banjo in America, a DVD/CD set covering music from the 1780’s to the
present day. He is the author of Banjo for Dummies and Bluegrass Banjo for
Dummies, and he also hosts six online instructional courses for Peghead Nation.
He is also a Steve Martin Banjo Prize recipient and a member of the American
Banjo Museum’s Hall of Fame. Bill moved to the Staunton area with his wife Babi
in 2023. To learn more, visit https://www.billevansbanjo.com.
More About The Venue:
Queen City Music Studios: School, Shop, Special Events
Music Store, Community Music Gatherings, Workshops, Rehearsal Space, House Concerts & Music School offering lessons and group classes for all ages, styles, and levels of music.
Queen City Music Studios was founded by Molly Rose Murphy in 2015 and began as an alternative school of music for learning by ear. Over a decade later, they provide booking, event management & production services, employing over twenty professional musicians & instructors. The shop staff operate a full-service music store providing quality new & used instruments, accessories & repairs.
Molly's Musikgarten is a licensed & certified Musikgarten program offering early development Family Music classes. Visit their website for more info: https://www.queencitymusicstudios.com/
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Queen City Music Studios, 16 West Beverley Street, Staunton, United States
USD 33.85







