Schedule - 2025 Nutmeg Dulcimer Festival 


Time

Hammered Dulcimer

Mountain Dulcimer

All-instrument, Other



Friday -- 


2:00

Doors open



Friday 

3:00–4:00

  11-Hammered Dulcimer 101 - Dave Neiman (BEG) 

  12-Christmas Ensemble - Jody Marshall (MID-ADV)

   14-Mountain Dulcimer 101 - Carol Walker (BEG)

   15-Rock-Solid Fundamentals - Butch Ross (NOV) 

   16-Folksongs of the World - Sasha Bogdanowitsch (INT) 

   17-Take a Song and Make It Better - Carolyn Brodginski (INT-ADV)

   19-Dulcimer Building from a Woodworking Standpoint - Gerry Heinrich (ALL)

 



Friday 

4:15–5:15

  21-Hammered Dulcimer 102 - Jody Marshall (BEG) 

  22-Managing Your Bounces - Sam Edelston (MID)

  23-Solo Arranging - Dave Neiman (ADV)

   24-Mountain Dulcimer 102 - Carolyn Brodginski (BEG)

   25-Fingerpicking for the First Time - Aubrey Atwater (NOV) 

   26-Welsh Love Songs - Carol Walker (INT)

   27-Instrumental Dance Music of the Middle Ages - Sasha Bogdanowitsch (ADV)

•  28-Finding Your Voice: Beginner’s Guide to Lyric Writing - Kayte Devlin (ALL)



5:15–7:30

Dinner Break



7:30

Concert: 

  🎶Workshop Leaders plus 

  🎶Featured artist Aubrey Atwater (mountain dulcimer)




Saturday -- 


9:30–10:00

Morning Gathering - Announcements, introducing workshop leaders, etc.



Saturday 

10:15–11:15

   31-Mapping the Dulcimer with Scales and Chords - Cliff Cole (BEG)

  32-Lefthand Lead - Ken Kolodner (MID-ADV) 

  33-Learn to Play "Yesterday" - Jody Marshall (ADV)

   34-Two-Chord Songs - Butch Ross (BEG)

   35-Learn to Play in EAA - Lori Keddell (NOV-INT) 

   36-Playing With Other Instruments - Carolyn Brodginski (INT)

   37-Flowing Fingerstyles - Aubrey Atwater (ADV)

•  38-Playing for Others Doesn’t Need to Be Scary - Mary Lynn Michal (All Instruments)

•   39-Laparoscopic Dulcimer Surgery - Dwain Wilder (ALL)



Saturday  11:30–12:30

•  41-How to Use Chords - Ken Kolodner (BEG)

•  42-Mixing and Matching - Mary Lynn Michal (MID)

•  43 Crooked Tunes - Cliff Cole (ADV)

•  48-Music for Healing and Comfort - Jody Marshall (MID-ADV)

   44-Picking Out Melodies - Sam Edelston (BEG)

   45-Minor Modes in DAC Tuning - Lori Keddell (NOV-INT) 

   46-Going to the Cleaners - Aubrey Atwater (INT-ADV)

   47-You Don’t Need Any More Notes - Butch Ross (ADV)



12:30–1:30

Lunch Break



Saturday 

1:30–2:45

•  51-Tips to Make Everything You Play Sound Better - Mary Lynn Michal (BEG) 

•  52-Blues on Hammered Dulcimer - Cliff Cole (MID)

•  53-Improvisation in Traditional Music - Ken Kolodner (ADV)

  54-Using the Noter - Aubrey Atwater (BEG)

  55-Old Songs Become New - Carolyn Brodginski (NOV)

  56-Playing Interlocking Parts: Creating Musical Conversations - Butch Ross (INT)

  57-Hi-Yo Silver and AWAY! - Carol Walker (ADV)

•  58-Guided Jam Session - Dave Neiman (All Instruments)



Saturday 

3:00–4:00

•  61-Beginning Backup - Dave Neiman (BEG)

•  62-What HD Players Can Learn From Fiddlers - Ken Kolodner (MID)

•  63-How to Shift Accents - Mary Lynn Michal (ADV)

 

   64-Singalong Chords - Lori Keddell (BEG-NOV)

   65-Duets, Canons, and Rounds, Oh MY!! - Carol Walker (NOV-INT) 

   66-The Many Moods/Modes of the Capo - Ron Ewing (INT-ADV) 

   67-New Ways of Improvising with a Group - Sasha Bogdanowitsch (ADV)



4:15–5:30

Dulcimer Orchestra performance & Open Mic




5:30-7:00

Dinner break



7:00

Featured Concert:

    🎶Butch Ross (mountain dulcimer) 

    🎶Ken Kolodner & Mary Lynn Michal (hammered dulcimers)