2009 Nutmeg Dulcimer Festival Schedule 

LAST YEAR'S

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Friday, October 2

  Hammered Dulcimer Mountain Dulcimer Other Workshops and Activities
TBA Registration Opens
3:30 - 4:30 PM My Favorite Things On Hammered Dulcimer ... Mike Kachuba (ALL) Sing-Along Chords ... Lori Keddell (BEG-NOV)

Reverse Tunings ... Liz Hanahan (INT-ADV)

 
4:45 - 5:45  Smoothing Out Your Playing ... Mike Kachuba (ALL)

Learning Tunes from Recordings ... Sandy Lafleur (ALL)

Ask Drs. Klez ... Josh Horowitz & Cookie Segelstein. (ALL)

Round Robin ...  Don Moore (ALL)

7:30 Concert Featuring Josh Horowitz with violinist Cookie Segelstein, and the Workshop Leaders

Saturday, October 3

8:30 AM Registration Opens -- sign up for Lunch and/or Dinner takeout orders
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)

How to Speak Freygish ... Josh Horowitz (MID)

Flash & Pizzazz ... Jem Moore (ADV)

Mountain Dulcimer 101 ... Sandy Lafleur (BEG)

Fast-Track Jump-Start Intro ... Steve Miklos (Special BEG)

Scales and Exercises ... Stephen Seifert (NOV-ADV)

Playing in Multiple Keys ... Lucy Joan Sollugub (INT-ADV)

How to Play Well With Others Cookie Segelstein (ALL)
11:30 - 12:30 Hammered Dulcimer 102 ... Jody Marshall (BEG)

Comping - Chord Progressions ... Max ZT (MID)

Klezmer Tsimbl on Your Dulcimer ... Josh Horowitz (ADV)

Mountain Dulcimer 102 ... Laurel Schwartz (BEG)

Playing in a Minor Tuning ... Lucy Joan Sollogub (NOV)

Dazzling Harmonics ... Nina Zanetti (INT-ADV)

Japanese Music ... Moto Fukushima (INT-ADV)

Irish Fiddle ... MinTze Wu
12:30 - 1:45 Lunch Break
1:45 - 3:00 Map of Your Dulcimer ... Jem Moore (BEG)

Tunes in F (F is for Fun) ... Tim Van Egmond (MID)

African Music 1 ... Max ZT (ADV)

Simple Two-Note Chords ... Liz Hanahan (BEG)

First Steps in Fingerpicking ... Nina Zanetti (NOV)

DGD, Capoed Up 1 ... Sandy Lafleur (NOV-INT)

Adding Variations to Fiddle Tunes ... Stephen Seifert (ADV)

Blues Improv ... Moto Fukushima (All instruments, INT-ADV)
3:15 - 4:15 Tunes You Know ... Tim Van Egmond (BEG)

Playing Jigs ... Jon Weinberg (MID)

African Music 2 (improv) ... Max ZT (ADV)

How to Learn Tunes ... Rich Carty (BEG-NOV)

Restoring Your Dulcimer's Elegance ... Dwain Wilder (ALL)

How to Play Cleanly ... Nina Zanetti (NOV-ADV)

All Around the Fretboard (4 strings) ... Lucy Joan Sollogub (ADV)

Klezmer Fiddle ... Cookie Segelstein

Guitar ... Sam Edelston

4:30 - 5:30 Playing & Arranging Waltzes ... Jon Weinberg (BEG)

Chord Smorgasbord ... Jem Moore (MID)

Deck the Dulcimer ... Jody Marshall (ADV)

Beginners Round Table ... Lori Keddell (BEG)

Getting Creative ... Laurel Schwartz (NOV)

Strumming AND Flatpicking Fiddle Tunes ... Stephen Seifert (INT) 

Liberate Your Playing ... Moto Fukushima (ADV)

Irish Phrasing & Ornamentation ... MinTze Wu (All instruments)
5:30 - 7:30 Dinner Break
Ask at the registration table about our Chinese take-out order when you check in
7:30 Concert Featuring Stephen Seifert, and Jem Moore with fiddler MinTze Wu