Upcoming
Friday-Saturday, June 3-6, 2021
QuaranTUNE 4.0 Virtual Dulcimer Festival
Online - registration will open Sunday, May 2
Instructor - teaching 8 classes - mountain dulcimer & guitar
https://www.virtualdulcimerfest.com/
- Rock & Roll Basics - Level 1
- Chord Cadences - Level 2
- Playing in Non-Dulcimer Keys - Level 3
- National Anthems (It's a Summer Olympics year.) - Level 3
- Piano Exercises for Mountain Dulcimer, 2nd Edition - Level 3
- Classic Rock Phrasing Level 4
- Bluegrass Chromatic Dulcimer: Scruggs-Style - Level 5
- And a guitar class: Play Your Guitar Like a Dulcimer
[My previously-scheduled June 2021 performance at Charlotte FabFest has been postponed to 2022.]
July, 9-10 2021
Dutchland Dulcimer Gathering
Dutchland Dulcimers (PA)
Online - Registration is open
Instructor
http://www.dutchlanddulcimers.org/gathering/
- Country Music — Novice
- Easy Chords: How to Play 1,000 Songs — Beginner
- Many Ways to Sound Good — Beginner
- Led Zeppelin: Blues With A Stack Of Marshalls — Nov/Int and above
- Playing in G and C with a 1½ Fret – Intermediate
- Playing Fills (or, Filling the Times Between Melody Lines) — Intermediate/Advanced
- Chord Cadences — All levels (More advanced students will get a more advanced handout.)
- Even Dulcimists Get the Blues — Intermediate/Advanced
Saturday, July 24, 2021
Chromatic Dulcimer Summit
Online - Registration opens on June 7
Instructor
https://www.thechromaticsummit.com/
Use Coupon Code TheSummit2101 for 10% discount.
Friday-Sunday, August 13-15, 2021
August Dulcimer Daze
In-person
West Dover, VT
Workshop leader
http://www.augustdulcimerdaze.com/
- Chord Cadences — Novice/All
- Playing in G and C with a 1½ Fret — Intermediate
- Advanced Techniques — Advanced
October 1-3, 2021
Nutmeg Dulcimer Festival
Online.
Featured artists will be Cristian Huet and Grant Olson (mountain dulcimers) ... MiMi Hashizume and Bill Robinson (hammered dulcimer).
Saturday, October 23, 2021
Something cool, to be announced
Friday-Saturday, February 4-5, 2022
Colorado Dulcimer Festival
Littleton, CO
Instructor & performer
https://www.coloradodulcimerfestival.com/
Friday-Saturday, June 19-24, 2022
Kentucky Music Week
Bardstown, KY
Instructor
https://www.kentuckymusicweek.com/
Saturday, July 2022 (date not finalized yet)
FabFest
Charlotte, NC
Weekend-long Beatles festival.
I'll be performing Beatles songs on dulcimer.
https://www.fabfestcharlotte.org/
Online events
DulcimerCrossing.com ... Live webcast, July 2018
Dutchland Dulcimer Gathering (Online) ... July 2021
QuaranTUNE Dulcimer Festival (Online) ... June 2020, August 2020, February 2021, June 2021
Pocono Dulcimer Fest (Online) ... April 2021
Mountain Dulcimer Music Festival (Online - Dulcimer Assoc. of Albany, NY) ... March 2021
Nutmeg Dulcimer Festival (Online) ... October 2020
Berkeley Dulcimer Gathering (Online) ... May 2020
Recent
Mountain Dulcimer Music Festival (Dulcimer Association of
Albany, NY) ... March 2019, 2020, 2021
QuaranTUNE Dulcimer Festival (Online) ... June & August 2020, February 2021
Berkeley Dulcimer Gathering (Online) ... May 2020
Troubadour Acoustic Concert Series (NJ) ... February 2020
Colorado Dulcimer Festival (Littleton, CO) ... Workshop Instructor & Performer, February 2020
The Bitter End (Greenwich Village, NY) ... Electric rock set, February 2020
Fundraising event (Erie, PA) ... Featured performer, October 2019
Genesee Valley Mountain Dulcimer Club (NY) ... Day of workshops & concert, October 2019
Misery Bay Dulcimer Club (PA) ... Day of workshops & concert, October 2019
Walnut Beach Farmers' Market (CT) ... August 2019
Selected past events:
As performer:
August Dulcimer Daze (VT) ... Workshop instructor, August 2018
Berkeley Dulcimer Gathering (CA - Online) ... Featured performer, 2020
DulcimerCrossing.com ... Live webcast, July 2018
Dulcimer Day in Duluth (MN) ... Featured performer, 2016
Dulcimer Folk Association (DF#A) benefit show (CT) ... Featured performer, 2015
Fair On the Green (Milford, CT)
Folk Music Society of New York Fall Weekend (NY) ... Featured performer, 2017
Folk Project Acoustic Music Getaway (formerly Folk Project Festival, NJ) ... Several times
Horses Sing None of It (NJ) ... Featured guest on public access TV music/interview show, 2017
Lagniappe Dulcimer Fête (LA) ... Featured performer, 2018
May Fair (Cos Cob, CT) ... 2017
North Mianus Pow-Wow (Riverside, CT) ... Several times
Nutmeg Dulcimer Festival (CT) ... Featured performer, 2013
Perkasie Patchwork Coffeehouse (PA) ... 2018
Private event (NJ) ... April 2018
Private event (CT) ... August 2019
QuaranTUNE Dulcimer Festival (Online) ... 2020, 2021
Troubadour (formerly Minstrel) Acoustic Music Series (NJ) ... Several times, 1976-2020
Assorted events in local schools, as performer or accompanist
As instructor / workshop leader:
August Dulcimer Daze (VT) ... 2017, 2018
Cranberry Dulcimer Gathering (NY) ... Numerous times
Folk Project Acoustic Music Getaway (formerly Folk Project Festival, NJ) ... Numerous times
Kentucky Music Week (KY) ... 2016, 2017
Mountain Dulcimer Music Festival (Dulcimer Association of Albany, NY) ... Numerous times, most recently 2021
New England Regional Folk Alliance conference (NERFA) (CT) ... Mentor, 2017-2019
Nutmeg Dulcimer Festival (CT) ... 2004-present
Pocono Dulcimer Fest (PA) ... Numerous times, most recently 2021
QuaranTUNE Dulcimer Festival (Online) ... 2020, 2021