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)