Here is a listing of some of the workshops I can teach.   I am happy to teach and gear workshops to all levels.  Contact me for more detailed information.

HAMMERED DULCIMER WORKSHOPS

• General Level Potluck (beginning, advanced-beginner, intermediate, advanced) HD class
• Beginning Arranging
• Navigating the Modes - an introduction to the modes used in Celtic music; how to recognize them, chord patterns and substitutes.
• Irish ornamentation (or repertoire)
• Haunting waltzes pick one for a 2 hour workshop -
  Petit Déjeuner, Far Away, Andrea's, Bare Necessities or Midnight on the Waters
• O'Carolan tunes
• Playing the Dulcimer to its Fullest - learn how to make your instrument ring out and sound like several musicians with a few simple techniques!
• Simply Etudes - fun tunes that also teach/reinforce good hammering patterns and ear- training. Can be taught at either the beginning or advanced beginner/intermediate level.
  
• Classical - (pick one tune for a workshop) Pachelbel's Canon in D (very easy); Sleeper's Wake, J.S. Bach; Le Petit Rien, Couperin; Sonatine, Beethoven (advanced players with chromatic dulcimers)
• Beginning Separate Hands - learn how to create 2 part arrangements and get your hands to go in opposite directions!
• Introduction to Chromatics on the Dulcimer (for 15/14s or bigger) -
  yes, there is method in the madness of half step progressions on the dulcimer!
• Galician & Asturian Tunes - Music from the Spanish Celts (intermediate/advanced) -These sunny tunes with rhythmic twists and hemiolas are a great addition to any Celtic repertoire!
• Appalachian Dance Music
• Jewish Repertoire for Dulcimer - We'll cover a dance tune and also one of the sweet tunes from this exotic repertoire
• Appalachian Dance Music
• Harmonic Minor - This workshop uses Flemish and Jewish tunes to introduce this exotic scale to the dulcimer.
• Reading Music on the Hammered Dulcimer - a guide to figuring out where to find the notes and good hammering patterns on your instrument while looking at the music. Basic reading skills are a pre-requisite.
• Accenting! Using The Gold Stud by Maurice Lennon, this workshop teaches even novice players how to play with a back beat and accent the offbeat as well as use of hand damping.