“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 camp faculty: Don Julin (Billy Strings; writer of Mandolins for Dummies), Matt Flinner (Matt Flinner Trio, Phillips, Flinner, and Grier, Leftover Salmon, Sam Grisman), Laurelyn Dossett (Rhiannon Giddens; Levon Helm), and Jim Richter (blues/rock mandolin educator; Gordon Bonham). Joining as special guests are Gordon Bonham, the Banister Bluegrass Band, the Columbus Mandolin Orchestra, and others. This free event is sponsored by the Jim Richter Mandolin Camp, WFHB radio, the Grant Street Inn, and Kimble Mandolins. More about the camp and its faculty can be found at www.richtermandolincamp.com.

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

• Jim Richter
• Sharon Gilchrist
• Don Julin
• Laurelyn Dossett
• Columbus Mandolin Orchestra
• Gordon Bonham
• Banister Bluegrass Band
• Will Kimble
• and more!

Seating is not reserved, other than for camp attendees. Door will open at 6:30P. No ticket required.

The concert is sponsored by the Richter Mandolin Camp, Grant Street Inn, Kimble Mandolins, and WFHB in Bloomington, Indiana.

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. She’ll also help with with evening jams, the student recital, and will perform at the faculty concert. Laurelyn has taught songwriting and singing at the Augusta Heritage Center and the Monroe Mandolin Camp, as well as at many universities, workshops and festivals. She is the recipient of the Betty Cone Medal of Arts, the North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship for songwriting, the Chris Austin songwriting contest at Merlefest, and has been a fellow at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts. You can learn more about her on the Instructor Bios Page.