2010 Nutmeg Dulcimer Festival Schedule 

Click the workshop title to see the description, and click the workshop leader's name to see his or her biographical note 

Friday, October 2

3:00 PM Registration Opens
  Hammered Dulcimer Mountain Dulcimer Other Workshops and Activities
3:30 - 4:30 PM Hand Drum Ideas for HD (Paul Mueller) ALL Basic Rock & Roll (Rudy Gabrielson) BEG-NOV

Two Cool Tunings: DF#A and EAA (Beth Lassi) INT

Round Robin ... Dallas Cline ALL
4:45 - 5:45  Basic Sticking Techniques (Paul Mueller) BEG

Alternating Bass (Cliff Cole) MID-ADV

Learning Melodies by Ear (Carol Walker) ALL

What Dulcimer Players Can Learn from Choral Music (Nina Zanetti) INT-ADV

  
7:30 Concert Featuring Ken Bloom and the Workshop Leaders

Saturday, October 3

8:30 AM Registration Opens -- sign up for Lunch and/or Dinner Menu Options
9:00 - 9:45 Gathering - Introducing the leaders and their workshops
  Hammered Dulcimer Mountain Dulcimer Other Workshops and Activities
10:00 - 11:15 Hammered Dulcimer 101 (Jody Marshall) BEG

International Dance Music (Barb Levine) MID

Hand Independence (Paul Mueller) ADV

Mountain Dulcimer 101 (Laurel Schwartz) BEG

Sing Along with Simple Chords (Susan Trump) NOV

Faster, Cleaner, Better (Aaron O'Rourke) NOV-ADV

Intro Chromatic Dulcimer (Ken Bloom) INT-ADV

Fingerpicking Guitar (Mark Rust)
11:30 - 12:30 Hammered Dulcimer 102 (Barb Levine) BEG

Finding Great Hammering Patterns (David Paton) MID

Slip-Jigs (Maggie Sansone) ADV

Mountain Dulcimer 102 (Steve Miklos) BEG

Get Ready for Thanksgiving (Beth Lassi) NOV

Making It Beautiful (Lucy Joan Sollogub) INT

Adding Variations to Fiddle Tunes (Aaron O'Rourke) ADV

Getting the Right Mountain Dulcimer (Dwain Wilder) ALL

Intro Bowed Dulcimer (Ken Bloom)

 
12:30 - 1:45 Lunch Break
1:45 - 3:00 Mapping the Hammered Dulcimer (Cliff Cole) BEG

Baroque Ornamentation for Airs & Waltzes (Maggie Sansone) MID

Tune-Writing (Marya Katz) ADV

 

How to Use Your Right Hand (Susan Trump) BEG

Noters! (Dallas Cline) NOV

Fiddle Tune Cornucopia (Ron Ewing) INT

Advanced Fingerpicking (Nina Zanetti) ADV

Experienced Bowed Dulcimer (Ken Bloom)
3:15 - 4:15 Around the Campfire (Marya Katz) BEG

Transcending Melody (Mark Rust) MID

Texture Messaging (Jody Marshall) ADV

3-Finger Chords (Rich Carty) BEG

Right-Hand European Technique (Ken Bloom) ALL

Finding the Lost Chord (Carol Walker) INT

1 1/2 Fret (Lucy Joan Sollogub) INT- ADV

How to Jam (Rudy Gabrielson) 

Sound Reinforcement (John Baugh)

 

4:30 - 5:30 Celtic Gems (Maggie Sansone) BEG

You've Got Rhythm (Jody Marshall) MID

Drones & Double-Stops (David Paton) ADV

Next Steps (Dallas Cline) BEG

Beginning Composition (Laurel Schwartz) NOV-INT

Playing Backup (Aaron O'Rourke) INT

Thinking Outside the Tradition (Sam Edelston) ADV

Tunes for Spoons ( Mark Rust)
5:30 - 7:30 Dinner Break
Ask at the registration table when you check in
7:30 Concert featuring Aaron O'Rourke, and Maggie Sansone