Suwannee Banjo Camp Directors
Ken Perlman has been a director of SBC since its inception in 2003. He has also directed several music-teaching festivals, including American Banjo Camp, Banjo Camp North, Bath Banjo Festival, Maryland Banjo Academy, Midwest Banjo Camp, Northeast Heritage Music Camp and Suwannee Banjo Camp. He is also on the teaching staff for SBC. You can find a more detailed biography for him among the instructor bios, and on his website kenperlman.com.
Honorary Directors
Stan Werbin and Lily Werbin temporarily joined the SBC director team when SBC went online for the 2021 season. Stan is best known as the founding owner of Elderly Instruments, the world-renowned music store and mail-order service in Lansing, Michigan, and is internationally known as an authority on vintage banjos and other fretted instruments. Lily is now the President of Elderly Instruments, her family’s business, in Lansing, Michigan. Stan, Lily, and Ken also Co-Direct Midwest Banjo Camp, now located in Indiana.
