Bluegrass Music Program

Colorado College Colorado College, located on a ninety-two acre campus in downtown Colorado Springs, is a small liberal arts college comprised of only two thousand total students (only 500 of the 20,000 annual applicants are accepted each year).  The difference between Colorado College and the many other small four-year liberal arts institutions in the United States is that they offer instruction in bluegrass music. The school’s curriculum is based on the “block plan.”  In this program every class is built on a three-and-a-half week block, with four blocks offered per semester.  One block is equal to one class on the semester plan.  Classes meet from 9 am to 12 pm Monday through Friday.  If applicable, labs are held in the afternoon.  In other words, instead of taking several classes at once, students at Colorado College study one class at a time in a concentrated intensive.  There are eight blocks per school year, with two additional blocks o