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 – Marya Katz (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 – Marya Katz (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 - Marya Katz (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 - Marya Katz (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)