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An overview of the upcoming 2010 Mountain Dulcimer, Hammered Dulcimer and Autoharp event in White Springs, Florida |
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Stephen
Foster We have 10 instructors, 35 workshops, 2 concerts, miscellaneous jam sessions and a group of enthusiastic dulcimists, ... squeezed into three* magical days in north Florida. *Some instructors will be offering Master classes the mornings of Fri/12th and Sun/14th. |
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Admission to the event is $85, which includes all workshops, jam sessions, concerts and discussion groups. Concerts featuring these workshop instructors are scheduled for Friday and Saturday evenings in the park auditorium at 7:00 p.m. Tickets for public admission are $10. To register for the Stephen Foster State Park Dulcimer Retreat, visit www.FloridaStateParks.org/stephenfoster/Events.cfm. After October 29, there is a $15 late registration fee.
For more information on the Stephen Foster State Park Dulcimer Retreat, call (386) 397-7009 or toll free 1-877-635-3655. Call Reserve America at 1-800-326-3521 to reserve a camping space or visit www.reserveamerica.com. For more information on Florida State Parks, visit www.floridastateparks.org. |
This is our lineup of great instructors!
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Dan Landrum, Dan's hammered dulcimer playing has taken him from street performing in
Chattanooga, TN to Olympic Ceremonies, Presidential Inaugurations, multiple
festivals around the country and major stages in hundreds of cities from the
Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles to New York's famed Madison Square Gardens. Since
2003, he's been a soloist in the Yanni Live tour, which was recently televised
as a PBS special. In 2006, Dan and his wife, Angie, took over publication of the
internationally distributed Dulcimer Players News magazine, in print since 1974.
He is also editor of Folk Harp Journal, a quarterly magazine for harpists.
Earlier this year (2010) Dan and Stephen Seifert partnered to start
DulcimerSchool.com, providing online lessons for hammered and mountain dulcimer
players around the world.
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Stephen Seifert's teaching and playing has made him a favorite with dulcimer players all over the country since 1991. In that time, he's been a featured performer at hundreds of dulcimer festivals and other music events including Kentucky Music Week in Bardstown, KY, Mountain Dulcimer Week in Cullowhee, NC, the Augusta Heritage Center in Elkins, WV, the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC, the Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, AR, Stringalong near Milwaukee, WI, the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS and The tono American Music Festival, in Tono, Japan. |
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Bing Futch With roots in both African and Seminole Indian tribes, Bing Futch's window on America is a unique landscape of music, words and imagery. He began playing Appalachian mountain dulcimer at Knott's Berry Farm theme park in 1986, working at a Ghost Town shop for Bud & Donna Ford.
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Lucille Reilly is a graduate of Westminster
Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey, and an award- winning performer on both
hammered dulcimer and autoharp (1997 National Hammered Dulcimer Champion, 1995
and 2003 International Autoharp Champion, 1995 Mountain Laurel Autoharp Champion, 1994
National Autoharp Champion). She has performed at The Academy of Music, Philadelphia; The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; Buell Theater, Denver Center for the
Performing Arts; Ozark Folk Center, Mountain View,
Arkansas; City Stages, Birmingham, Alabama; United Methodist Council of Bishops;
Westminster Choir College; The Philadelphia Folk Festival; Midwinter Bluegrass Festival, Denver,
CO; Sore Fingers Summer
School, Kingham, England; Mountain Laurel Autoharp Gathering, Newport,
Pennsylvania; Original Dulcimer Players Club, Evart, Michigan; St. John's
Cathedral, Denver, CO; New Jersey State Council on the Arts; Old Faithful Inn,
Yellowstone National Park; and on numerous concert series.
In January 2002, she provided communion music for church services celebrated in
Denver by
the Archbishop of Canterbury. In 2002, 2003 and 2005, she studied choral
composition and song leading as a Melodious Accord Fellow under the guidance of renowned choral
arranger Alice Parker. As an instructor,
Lucille is dedicated to teaching dulcimer and autoharp
players how to sing through their instruments by increasing their technical
facility. The author of two instruction books for hammered dulcimer and a monograph series for autoharp, Lucille has one CD and several choral works with dulcimer or autoharp as accompaniment to her credit. http://www.thedulcimerlady.com/ . Lucille's workshop details |
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Aaron O’Rourke We're proud to announce Aaron O’Rourke, of Tallahassee, just won the title of National Mountain Dulcimer Champion at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas. O’Rourke commented , “I know I wouldn’t have gotten there if I hadn’t gone to the Stephen Foster Dulcimer Retreat when I first started playing. That event exposed me to different dulcimer players and their unique styles of playing, and really got my wheels turning.” Aaron is one of the younger instructors on the dulcimer circuit but makes up for his brief stay on the planet
with a passionate investment in his playing. His exploration of music
began with the bass in a high school punk rock band but soon switched
to the mountain dulcimer. He has studied with a wide range of dulcimer
masters, has won numerous instrumental competitions
and brings a unique flare to his arrangements. He already has two great CDs to his credit, one solo and another with his trio. We know you’ll be seeing a lot of Aaron in the
coming years, and we’re thrilled to have him with us again. |
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Susan Boyer Haley is a fourth generation American folk musician. Both sides of her family were musical and her love of traditional music began in childhood. A native of Missouri, Susan has spent the past twenty five years settled in the Deep South. Susan learned to play the mountain dulcimer from her father, learned to sing from her mother, and learned to play the psaltery from her uncle. Her repertoire of folk music draws on the traditional music of America, her Celtic roots, the Missouri music tradition, and Appalachia.
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David Beede, of Melrose Florida, was most recently a featured performer at the 58th Annual Florida Folk Festival, will serve as host and as an instructor. David is a musician/singer/songwriter who built his first dulcimer in 1973 and has been teaching and sharing his music with folks of all ages for three decades. In concerts, schools, folk festivals, coffee houses and street corners his music has tickled ears from Florida to Maine... from the Paris underground to Dublin Radio. David's music ranges from traditional British Isle folk to original instrumentals and vocals... from the silly to the sublime. Award winning luthier and co-founder of Unicorn Strings Music Company much of his music is rendered on instruments of his own creation.
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Mary Z. Cox, multi-instrumentalist and winner of numerous instrumental competitions, is a third generation Floridian who received her first banjo when she was twelve. Her Granddad Thompson was a professional banjo player and his father was an old time fiddler from St. Joe, Missouri. His father was Cyclone Thompson, who rode the Pony Express. Her music has been featured on National Public Radio's "All Songs Considered."Today she lives in Tallahassee, Florida, where she records and plays old time music with her husband Bob, family and friends. |
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Ray Belanger Ray Belanger comes to us from Tampa, Florida and has been playing hammered dulcimer for more than 2 decades. He is a five-time winner of the All-Florida Hammered Dulcimer Competition, and at least 5 of his students have been subsequent winners! Ray is a lifelong musician and comes from a family of traditional musicians. He also performs with his wife Cheryl in their musical group Simple Gifts. Their performances have brought them recognition throughout the south. Ray is a volunteer at the Moffitt Cancer Center where he plays for patients and families in the various clinics, waiting rooms and lobbies, helping the patients, visitors and staff to feel a sense of hope and renewal with the beautiful sound of his lovely instrument. Ray's playing is masterful and sensitive. It can be tender and reflective or sunny and cheerful, creating a sound that is dynamic and appropriate for any setting. Ray plays with Lloyd Goldstein, a double bassist for 30 years, as the duo "Singing Tree." Ray feels that it is a gift to have Lloyd, a true master on his instrument, as his musical partner and friend. Lloyd will be joining Ray at the Fri. evening concert. Hear some of Ray & Lloyd here: http://tampabay-online.org/lg/singingtree/ And more info about their new CD here: http://www.lloydgoldstein.com/ |
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Cheryl Belanger has taught autoharp workshops & classes in Florida and North Carolina for 20 years. Teaching venues include private lessons, the Florida Folk Festival, Will McLean Festival, Sunshine State Acoustic Music Camp, Central Florida Dulcimer & Autoharp Festival and the Suwannee Dulcimer Retreat. She appears with her husband Ray in the folk band, Simple Gifts; plays banjo in the old time string band, The Twang Gang.; and also plays double bass, autoharp & banjo with the Hammered Dulcimer Society of Tampa Bay. Cheryl is a songwriter, recording artist, the past autoharp champion of Florida and the winner of numerous vocal awards. A Certified Music Practitioner, Cheryl uses her autoharp and voice as a musician-in-residence, and is the coordinator of the Arts In Medicine program at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa. |
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Below are descriptions of some of the classes that will be offered over the weekend |
Fundamentals of Flatpicking - For players with little or no previous experience flatpicking we'll work slowly and concentrate on articulation, flow, and pulling good tone. We'll also learn a few tunes in the process. Bring a capo.