Jim’s personally favorite mandolinist, Mike Compton returns for his third year at the Richter Mandolin Camp in 2026. About Mike Befriended and mentored by Bill Monroe, the acknowledged Father of Bluegrass Music, Mike Compton is one of today’s foremost interpreters of Monroe’s genre-creating mandolin style. Mandolin students from around the world make the pilgrimage to…
The Jim Richter Camp is excited to have Laura Boosinger joining this year as banjo and vocal instructor. About Laura Boosinger After living throughout the south during her teenage years, her family came to North Carolina in 1975 when Laura Boosinger was seventeen. In January of 1976, she enrolled at Warren Wilson College where her…
The Jim Richter Richter Mandolin Camp for the Rest of Us returns for its 13th year 7/8 through 7/11, 2025. Registration opens January 5th, 2026.
The Richter Mandolin Camp for the Rest of Us is excited to announce that Matt Flinner is joining as replacement faculty for the Sharon Gilchrist at the 2025 camp. Matt is a multi-instrumentalist who has made a career out of playing acoustic music in new ways. Starting out as a banjo prodigy who was playing bluegrass…
“A Night of Mandolin Music: Jim Richter Mandolin Camp Faculty Concert” celebrates mandolin music across its spectrum—orchestral, folk, jazz, bluegrass, rock, and blues. The Jim Richter Mandolin Camp for the Rest of Us is in its 12th year and has been a center of mandolin instruction based in Bloomington, Indiana since 2011. This concert features…
This year’s 12th Richter Mandolin Camp Faculty Concert will be held at Buskirk-Chumley Theater in Bloomington IN on Friday 7/11/2025 from 7 to 10P. It will be free to the public with priority seating for camp attendees and their guests. Performing will be Seating is not reserved, other than for camp attendees. Door will open…
The Richter Mandolin Camp is excited to announce Sharon Gilchrist as one of our mandolin instructors for 2025. Sharon began touring the national bluegrass circuit in Texas for several years before earning a BA in Mandolin Performance at Belmont University in Nashville, TN. For two decades Sharon has performed with many of the groundbreaking legends in…
The 2025 Richter Mandolin Camp for the Rest of Us has opened registration. This year instructors are Jim Richter, Don Julin, Lauren Price Napier, and Laurelyn Dossett. More information can be found at the 2025 Camp Info page: https://richtermandolincamp.com/2025-richter-mandolin-camp-12th-annual/
Sorry because it sounds so cliche, but 2023 Richter Mandolin Camp for the Rest of Us was magical. Yes, I said it, magical. We had a tight-knit supportive community of mandolinists who encouraged each other in a way that produced moments of joy, poignancy, and sublimation. From classroom work to student recital, this cohort of…
The 2023 Richter Camp for the Rest of Us is excited to announce that Laurelyn Dossett has been added as an associate instructor. Laurelyn (https://www.laurelyndossett.com/) is a brilliant singer/songwriter from North Carolina whose original material has been recorded by Levon Helm and Rhiannon Giddens. Laurelyn will be available for singing/songwriting help before and after mandolin classes….