Nutmeg Dulcimer Festival
Friday-Saturday, Oct. 19-20, 2018
- The Nutmeg Dulcimer Festival is held every October in southern Connecticut. We are a Friday-Saturday festival, with a full program of workshops for hammered and mountain dulcimer players of all levels. In addition, concerts both evenings are open to the general public.
- We believe that hammered dulcimers and mountain dulcimers are among the world's most wonderful musical instruments. They're fun to play, and fun to listen to. They belong in both folk music and popular music. Our mission is to bring dulcimers and dulcimer music into public awareness.
Featured artists:
Friday:
Rob Brereton & Thomasina Levy - mountain dulcimers
Saturday:
AppalAsia - mountain dulcimer, erhu, & banjo
Marina Albero - hammered dulcimer
AppalAsia
AppalAsia is ...
Jeff Berman ... mountain dulcimer
Mimi Jong ... erhu
Susan Powers ... banjo & vocal
A unique combination rooted in Appalachian and Asian music traditions with original composition and inspired improvisation. Some of you will remember Jeff from when he taught at Nutmeg 5-6 years ago.
Marina Albero
Marina Albero plays hammered dulcimer (and all kinds of keyboard instruments), with influences from jazz, flamenco, early music, and more. She grew up in Spain, and moved to Seattle four years ago.
Rob Brereton &
Thomasina Levy
Before Nutmeg, there was the Housatonic Dulcimer Celebration, and for our 15th anniversary, we're thrilled to have two of its leaders as a featured duo. Both also perform solo, but they make particularly beautiful music together.
Rob Brereton is a pioneer in contemporary mountain dulcimer playing, especially "standards" and early jazz tunes -- who also excels at traditional American and British folk music.
Thomasina is a singer, songwriter, and former Connecticut State Troubador who blends traditional and contemporary folk music. Her music has been aired in over 20 countries. And, in fact, she has a brand new CD called Parallel Universe.
http://www.robertbrereton.com/
Workshop leaders:
Rich Carty, Cliff Cole, Sam Edelston, Ron Ewing, Rudy Gabrielson, George Haggerty, Deb Justice, Marya Katz, Dian Killian, Ellen Pratt, Brett Ridgeway, Sally Rogers, Bill Ruyle, Carol Walker, Jon Weinberg, Dwain Wilder, Shirley Wong, Nina Zanetti, and more