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)