Basic Schedule for the 2017 Nutmeg Dulcimer Festival
Here's the basic layout. The specific workshop schedule is below that.
Friday schedule:
- 2:00 ... Doors officially open
- 3:30-4:30 ... Workshops
- 4:45-5:45 ... More Workshops
- 5:45-7:30 ... Dinner break
- 7:30 ... Concert featuring the workshop leaders, followed by Jody Marshall (hammered dulcimer)
Saturday schedule:
- 8:30 ... Doors officially reopen
- 9:00-9:45 ... Gathering. Workshop leaders and featured artists briefly introduce themselves and their classes.
- 10:00-11:15 ... Workshops
- 11:30-12:30 ... More Workshops
- 12:30-1:45 ... Lunch break
- 1:45-3:00 ... Back to the Workhops
- 3:15-4:15 ... Still more Workshops
- 4:30-5:30 ... Even more workshops, jams, round robins, extra help for less experienced players.
- 5:30-7:00 ... Dinner break
- 7:00 ... Concert featuring Sofie Reed (mountain dulcimer), and then Ted Yoder (hammered dulcimer)
We have 3 tracks of hammered dulcimer (Beginner, Mid-level, and Advanced) ... 4 tracks of mountain dulcimer (Beginner, Novice, Intermediate, and Advanced) ... and a track of "other" workshops, which cover a wide range of topics. In every period, there's always a workshop suitable for every level of dulcimer player. But if you'd rather go off and jam with somebody, that's fine, too!
Food, clothing, and shelter: For meals, if you wish to stay "on campus," we bring in takeout orders that you can buy into. For clothing, well, Nutmeg has some of the best dulcimer festival T-shirts we've ever seen. And if you're traveling from out of the area, there's a special Nutmeg rate at the Hampton Inn, in Milford, less than a mile away.
Full Schedule from 2016 Nutmeg Dulcimer Festival
THIS IS LAST YEAR'S WORKSHOP INFO!
Time
Hammered Dulcimer
Mountain Dulcimer
Other
Friday
3:30–4:30
• Roadmap to the Hammered Dulcimer - Cliff Cole BEG
• Singing With the Hammered Dulcimer - Jon Weinberg MID-ADV
• Getting Started (or Re-started) - Terry Leonino BEG
• Putting Chords to Work - Melanie Johnston NOV-INT
• Rise Again - Rudy Gabrielson INT
• Creating Harmony Parts - Nina Zanetti ADV
• Fingerstyle Guitar - Greg Artzner
4:45–5:45
• Hammered Dulcimer Essentials - Rich Carty BEG and up
• Put Some Bounce in Your Step - Tom MacKenzie MID
• Independence / Rudiments / Percussion Technique - Cliff Cole ADV
• Dulcimers Can Rock, Too - Rudy Gabrielson BEG
• Understanding Hammer-ons, Pull-offs, and Slides - Susan Trump NOV
• Dulcimer to Accompany Any Song - Magpie (Terry Leonino & Greg Artzner) INT-ADV
• Multipart Music in Small Dulcimer Groups - Mack Johnston NOV-ADV
• Open Jam – All Instruments
5:45–7:30
Dinner
7:30
Concert featuring the Workshop Leaders and Jody Marshall (2017)
Saturday
8:30
Registration Opens
9:00–9:45
Gathering
10:00–11:15
• Hammered Dulcimer 101-Start Your Engines - Tom MacKenzie BEG
• Dulci-robics - Deb Justice MID
• Crooked Quebecois Tunes - Samantha Moffatt ADV
• Mountain Dulcimer 101 - Susan Trump BEG
• Dulcimer + Guitar = ♥ - Magpie (Terry Leonino & Greg Artzner)
• Zen and the Art of Reading and Writing Tab - Carol Walker NOV-ADV
• Four Strings: Tricks, Kicks, and Licks - Sue Carpenter INT-ADV
• Choose and Care for the Right Dulcimer for You - Jeremy Seeger ALL
• Playing WIth Time - Sam Crawford (All Instruments)
11:30–12:30
• Hammered Dulcimer 102-Keep On Truckin' - Tom MacKenzie BEG
• Combining Chords With Tunes - Karen Alley MID
• Klezmer for the Hammered Dulcimer - Deb Justice ADV
• Mouintain Dulcimer 102 - Nina Zanetti BEG
• Welcome to DGD - George Haggerty NOV-INT
• "Barre" Essentials for the Left Hand - Sue Carpenter INT
• Innovative Ways of Playing - Dian Killian ADV
• Meditation - Dwain Wilder
• Running a Dulcimer Orchestra - Mack & Melanie Johnston
12:30–1:45
Lunch
1:45–3:00
• Fluidity - Samantha Moffatt BEG
• Hammered Dulcimer on the Soundtrack - Deb Justice MID
• Dynamic Control - Karen Alley ADV
• Finding Chords - Laurel Schwartz BEG
• Intro to Fingerpicking - Sue Carpenter NOV
• TablEdit Tricks & Techniques - Melanie Johnston FOR USERS
• Three Ways to Play in Minor Modes - Nina Zanetti INT
• Carol's Chamber of Wonders - Carol Walker INT-ADV
• Improvising With Triads - Sam Crawford (All Instruments)
3:15–4:15
• Which Hammer, and Where? - Karen Alley BEG
• Rhythms - Samantha Moffatt MID
• Finding Great Tunes, and Making Them Shine - Jon Weinberg MID-ADV
• Rhythm - Melanie Johnston BEG
• Using a Capo - Susan Trump NOV-INT
• Punk Dulcimer - Dian Killian INT
• Playing in "Non-Dulcimer" Keys - Sam Edelston ADV
• Positive Practice - Carol Walker NOV-ADV
4:30-5:30
• Questions, Answers & Extra Help-Cliff Cole
• Questions, Answers & Extra Help-Carol Walker
• Fast Jam - Deb Justice
• Round Robin-Don Moore
• Singing Jam-Rudy Gabrielson
• Making Friends With Your Sound System - Don Briggs
5:30–7:00
Dinner
7:00
Concert featuring Sofie Reed and Ted Yoder (2017)
(Note earlier 7:00 concert start time)
Click on the button at right to download a printable version of the workshop schedule. NOTE: This button still links to the 2015 schedule.
