PHOTO PROVIDED Bluegrass musician and mandolin virtuoso Sierra Hull will open the new season at Bucknell University’s Weis Center for the Performing Arts.

LEWISBURG — According to a press release, Bucknell University’s Weis Center for the Performing Arts will kick off its new season with bluegrass music by Sierra Hull at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 13.

Hull is widely regarded as a master of the mandolin. She’s a two-time Grammy-nominated artist and songwriter, recognized for her most recent projects, “25 Trips” (2020) and “Weighted Mind “(2016). Hull is also the six-time recipient of the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Mandolin Player of the Year, the first woman to ever receive this distinction.

An acoustic music pioneer with an impressive multi-decade career, she has graced the country’s iconic stages, including Carnegie Hall, the Grand Ole Opry and the White House.

Her abilities have garnered respect from genre-defining trailblazers, friends and collaborators such as Alison Krauss, Sturgill Simpson, Garth Brooks, Dolly Parton, Béla Fleck, Bobby McFerrin and Brandi Carlile.

Originally hailing from Byrdstown, Tenn., Hull’s unique sound is rooted in bluegrass, and she is widely considered one of acoustic music’s most inventive artists.

For more information or tickets, call 570-577-1000 or visit Bucknell.edu/BoxOffice. Tickets are also available in person from several locations including the Weis Center lobby (weekdays 10 a.m.-4 p.m.) and the CAP Center Box Office, located on the ground floor of the Elaine Langone Center (weekdays 10 a.m.-4 p.m.).