Today I made the serious step of choosing (and paying) for the platform to host my subscription lesson app, Dulcimer With Heart. June is crazy with festivals and camps, QuaranTUNE 7.0 June 2-5, Kentucky Music Week, June 19-24 and…
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Read the KA/PO (mostly Karen this time) newest newsletter from July 31st HERE.
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Have you signed up for QuaranTUNE (QDF) 8.0 is October 6-9. There are many excellent workshops with spaces left. Registration deadline is Oct 1st. $25.30 gets you a concert pass for all 5 concerts. Karen & Paul will perform in the Friday night, Oct 8th concert. Tickets and schedule HERE.
Here are Karen's hammered dulcimer classes:
•For Level 1, A Hand Dexterity class with the popular Irish jig My Darling Asleep.
•For Level 2 Les Dragons and a simple Intro to the most common Modes.
•For both Levels 2 and 3, learn Gentle Accompaniment in 3/4, using the tune the Ashgrove.
•Level 3, Learn basic Irish Ornamentation and variation with one of Karen's favorite jigs, called the Old Favourite.
•Level 4 is a twisty Irish jig, the Orphan, which is a wonderful addition to your Irish repertoire.
•Level 4- The Manx air, "It's Time to Go Home", that features a sexy, slinky chord progression in A minor.
•Finally, Level 5, is a double period examining scales as a basis of intros, outros and bridges, as well as harmonizing the beautiful Dave Wiesler Waltz "Hands of the Healer."
Paul's guitar classes can be found HERE.
For Paul Oorts' schedule of numerous dances and dance camps, visit his website.
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Dulcimer With Heart (DWH)
Karen's new subscription lesson app and website, "Dulcimer with Heart," is up and running. Content includes monthly jams playing with KA/PO–Karen & Paul, web lessons (MANY more to come) of Irish repertoire, KA/PO sets, meditative music, and all kinds of dulcimer fundamentals! Details of when the next monthly Hangout and KA/PO Jam Session (with set list and featured Tune-Of-The-Month), are in those courses on the DWH site.
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The 16th Cimbalom World Congress is meeting October 26-30 in Valašské Meziříčí, a beautiful town in the eastern part of the Czech Republic. This is a gathering of hammered dulcimers from all around the world that meets every 2 years in a different country. The last one was in Hefei, China in 2019. Last year was missed because of the pandemic. Many countries have a version of the dulcimer that is used in both their classical and folk traditions and is often taught in conservatory. The registration forms will be available July 1st and are due by August 1st. Details HERE or visit the CWA Facebook page. Karen will be one of the persons representing the USA.
March Anniversaries: Celebrating 45, 9, and 50 years!
45 years ago–Little did I realize when I built and started learning to play hammered dulcimer for a senior high school project, that it would lead all around the world (literally) and become my career! In March, 1976 I finished…
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The Circle of Life
October 19, 2021
Life gives and life takes.
I have felt that keenly recently.
Paddy Maloney, founder of the great Irish band The Chieftains, has passed. A Chieftains recording, played by a substitute teacher in my music class in middle…
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