OCT 24, Sun, 7 pm Eastern: KA/PO will give a concert through Blue House Live that will have live seating in Kensington, MD and be broadcast live on YouTube and Facebook! Suggested donation $20.
NOV 5-7: Karen will be at the virtual North-East Ohio Hammered Dulcimer Weekend. Workshop and concert registration and details are up now!
Maryland State Arts Council Apprenticeship Grant!
Karen has been recognized as a Master Artist with a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council. For the next year, Karen will have Chao Tian as an apprentice on the American hammered dulcimer. They will focus on the popular repertoire, as well as the history and development fo the instrument in America. Chao is a gifted artist with a Masters Degree in Yang Qin (the Chinese version of hammered dulcimer) from China Conservatory in Beijing. Since moving to the DC/Maryland area, she has engaged in numerous, prestigious collaborations. Visit Chao's WEBSITE to learn more. You can watch Karen's MSAC grant submission video HERE.
Thank you MSAC! To discover more about the Maryland State Arts Council and how they impact Maryland, visit msac.org.
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 school, introduced me…
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I am grateful for music that brings us together, comforts us, uplifts our spirits.
I'm grateful for the internet and being able to teach, perform and play for patients online.
Saturday, September 15, 2001 (or perhaps it was one week…
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In April 2020 I was madly putting together this website on Bandzoogle, to move my old, out-of-date website from a different server by the end of the month. My husband Paul and I were also working up new material to…
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A new year has come. February 1st is Imbolc- the beginning of the Celtic Spring and St Bridget's Day. In Maryland we have greeted the new season with 2 days of snow. This weekend is QuaranTUNES 3.0 - the…
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The photos are from Thanksgiving weekend in our living room as we get ready to pre-record videos for a Christmas Eve Pageant. Many cables, lights and covers go into recording "simple" videos!
As we come to the end of…
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