The crossroads between music and education is an exciting place in my world. It is a joy to witness others developing a deepening appreciation for the mountain dulcimer, a uniquely American instrument that lends itself well to acoustic genres including folk music, traditional hymns, and international/world music. It is a bridge between the Old World and the New, the ancient and the modern.
I offer workshops, presentations, and weekend intensives on a variety of themes, including mountain dulcimer playing techniques, history of the mountain dulcimer, musical repertoire suited to the mountain dulcimer, and opening up to creativity in one's mountain dulcimer playing. I would be happy to present a mountain dulcimer-related workshop on site for your school, group, organization, club, or dulcimer festival or with a small group in my home studio.
Please contact me to find out more about the kinds of workshops I offer or to communicate with me about a particular workshop concept you would like me to address with your group. For more information on individual lessons and digital workshops, please see my Private Lessons, Virtual Coaching, and Products pages.
Not only do I bring to the teaching experience my lifelong enthusiasm for literature, the arts, and the humanities, but I also bring educational background to these subjects, including the following:
My personal experience specific to the mountain dulcimer includes
receiving the following awards and prizes:
I offer workshops, presentations, and weekend intensives on a variety of themes, including mountain dulcimer playing techniques, history of the mountain dulcimer, musical repertoire suited to the mountain dulcimer, and opening up to creativity in one's mountain dulcimer playing. I would be happy to present a mountain dulcimer-related workshop on site for your school, group, organization, club, or dulcimer festival or with a small group in my home studio.
Please contact me to find out more about the kinds of workshops I offer or to communicate with me about a particular workshop concept you would like me to address with your group. For more information on individual lessons and digital workshops, please see my Private Lessons, Virtual Coaching, and Products pages.
Not only do I bring to the teaching experience my lifelong enthusiasm for literature, the arts, and the humanities, but I also bring educational background to these subjects, including the following:
- Master of Education, Curriculum and Instruction
- English/Liberal Arts, B.A.; General Communications Minor
- Florida Teacher Certification in English 6-12, Humanties K-12
My personal experience specific to the mountain dulcimer includes
receiving the following awards and prizes:
- a Youth Scholarship for WCU Mountain Dulcimer Week two years in a row (Cullowhee, NC) (2005, 2006)
- 1st place in the Louisiana State Dulcimer Championship (Port Allen, LA) (2006)
- finalist at the National Mountain Dulcimer Championship at the Walnut Valley Festival (Winfield, KS) (2007)
- 1st place in the Deep South Dulcimer Championship (Hattiesburg, MS) (2014)
- Dulcimerville (Black Mountain, NC) (2013)
- Stephen Foster Dulcimer Retreat (White Springs, FL) (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)
- Southern Strings Dulcimer Festival (Hattiesburg, MS; Petal, MS) (2016, 2017)
- Kentucky Music Winter Weekend (Louisville, KY) (2018)
- Redwood Dulcimer Day (Aptos, CA) (2018)
- Melodies and Musings (Lake Guntersville, AL) (2018)
- Kentucky Music Week (Bardstown, KY) (2019)
- Mountain dulcimer course for Continuing Education at Pensacola State College (October 2019)