Schedule - 2024 Nutmeg Dulcimer Festival
Time
Hammered Dulcimer
Mountain Dulcimer
Friday --
2:00
Doors open
Friday
3:00–4:00
• 11-A What-i-mer? – Nate Pultorak (BEG)
• 12-Playing and Listening with Others – Mary Grace Lee (ALL)
• 13-Meet the Cimbalom: Discovering Its Structure and Sound - Daniel Skala / Matej Cip (MID-ADV)
ALL INSTRUMENTS:
• 12-Playing and Listening with Others – Mary Grace Lee (ALL)
• 14-Strumming, Rhythm and Counting – Susan Trump (BEG)
• 15-Smooth Out Those Bumps - Carol Walker (NOV-INT)
• 16-Jiggity Jiggity Jig – Sandy Lafleur (INT)
• 17-Complex Harmonics - Kara Barnard (ADV)
Friday
4:15–5:15
• 21-Learning by Ear – Tom MacKenzie (BEG)
• 22-Collaborative Musical Experience: Playing Together Across Instruments - Daniel Skala / Matej Cip (MID-ADV)
• 23-Irish Composers Not Named O’Carolan – Mary Grace Lee (ADV)
• 24-Magic Chords - Carol Walker (BEG)
• 25-The Capo is Your Friend! – Sandy Lafleur (NOV-INT)
• 26-Left Hand Stamina and Efficiency - Kara Barnard (INT)
• 27-Odd Meters Through the Globe- Sasha Bogdanowitsch (ADV)
5:15–7:30
Dinner Break
7:30
Concert:
🎶Workshop Leaders plus
🎶Special Guests, cimbalom masters Daniel Skála and Matěj Číp
Saturday --
9:30–10:00
Morning Gathering - Announcements, introducing workshop leaders, etc.
Saturday
10:15–11:15
• 31-Hammered Dulcimer 101 – Tom MacKenzie (BEG)
• 32-Songs of the North Country – Nate Pultorak (MID)
• 33-Czech Music: A Journey Through Tradition and Innovation - Daniel Skala / Matej Cip (ADV)
• 34-Mountain Dulcimer 101 - Ellen Pratt (BEG)
• 35-Appalachian Songs and the History of Our Music – Susan Trump (NOV)
• 36-Variations on the Tune - Carol Walker (INT)
• 37-Gypsy Swing - Kara Barnard (ADV)
• 38-The Art of Building Stringed Instruments - Don Kawalek
(ALL)
Saturday 11:30–12:30
• 41-Hammered Dulcimer 102 – Mary Grace Lee (BEG) …
• 42-The Music of Paul Van Arsdale - Tom MacKenzie (MID)
• 43-Finding the Found Harmonium – Cliff Cole (ADV)
• 44-Mountain Dulcimer 102 – Sandy Lafleur (BEG)
• 45-Dulcimer Styles - It’s All About the Right Hand! – Susan Trump (NOV)
• 46-Deciphering Songs By Ear - Ellen Pratt (INT)
• 47-Approaching Today's Music on the Dulcimer - Sam Edelston (INT-ADV)
12:30–1:30
Lunch Break
Saturday
1:30–2:45
• 51-Mapping the Hammered Dulcimer with Scales and Chords – Cliff Cole (BEG)
• 52-Irish Music Basics – Mary Grace Lee (MID)
• 53-Chordal Horizons: Mastering Horizontal Harmony on the Dulcimer – Nate Pultorak (ADV)
• 54-Songs to Strengthen Your Playing Year-Round – Sam Edelston (BEG)
• 55-Playing Chords in Jams - Ellen Pratt (NOV)
• 56-Music of the Ancient World - Sasha Bogdanowitsch (INT)
• 57-Beethoven Sonatina in F (for two dulcimers in D) – Susan Trump (ADV)
Saturday
3:00–4:00
• 61-Drop, Bounce, and Roll – Cliff Cole (BEG-MID)
• 62-E-levate Your Spirit: Mastering "Praise to the Lord" in E – Nate Pultorak (MID)
• 63-Space: The Beautiful Frontier - Tom MacKenzie (ADV)
• 64-Q&A for Your Dulcimer - Ron Ewing (ALL)
• 65-One Easy Chord Shape - Kara Barnard (NOV)
• 66-Let’s Write a Waltz! – Sandy Lafleur (NOV-INT)
• 67-Dulci-Piper - Carol Walker (ADV)
4:15–5:30
Dulcimer Orchestra performance & Open Mic
5:30
Dinner Break
7:00
Featured Concert:
🎶Kara Barnard (mountain dulcimer)
🎶Nate Pultorak (hammered dulcimer)