The Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame Committee involves local experts along with many leading authorities nationwide in selecting our annual inductees.  A fifteen member Nomination Committee including scholars from Appalachian State, UNC-Chapel Hill, the University of Wisconsin, the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution prepares the ballot upon which a Selection Committee of at least fifty-one members votes.  Nomination and voting take place in two rounds between September 15 and October 30.