Nonsuch Events
The address is TABERNACLE CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL, Chapel Terrace, Rhiwderin, NEWPORT, NP10 8RH.
Bring your own lunch. For further details and the link to access the Dropbox, please contact Hamish Cormie, at hlcormie@outlook.com
Future dates:
Thursday 19 Feb 12-4 pm
Thursday 9 April 12-4 pm
These sessions are for new players to get you started. The recordings of the first year or so of beginner sessions, which run for about an hour and include a mixture of technique and tunes played slowly are available to anyone on the mailing list. Contact Shirley Warbrick to join in and for the link to past sessions.
Next session:
Saturday 28th February 16:00
During these sessions, we have a chance to chat, and also to play music with one person leading and the others joining in (but only hearing themselves and the leader). Generally on the 2nd Tuesday of the month.
March 10th Chris Fitt
April 14th Hilary Davies
May 12th Ken and Sandie Hudson
June 9th Chris Fitt
Oct 13th Chris Fitt
Nov 10th Chris Nash
Dec 8th Ken and Sandie Hudson
We started the Mountain Dulcimer Beginner Sessions with a group of complete beginners, but they aren’t complete beginners any more. These session are for them, and for you if you have been playing for a while but find it difficult to keep up with the speed of other sessions. Sessions are recorded and the recordings made available to those who attended the session or are on the mailing list.
Future sessions:
Monday 16th March 7pm
Thursday 30th April 7pm
We are excited to offer our Spring workshop and concert days with with three of our 2026 Annual Weekend tutors – Carmen Amrein, Heidi Muller and Ruth Smith.
Over two consecutive weekends the days offer a chance to take classes online with a tutor who is coming in person this October to our annual weekend. If you can’t attend in October or just want a sneak preview of their classes and approach, this event gives you the perfect opportunity.
The cost is £20 per workshop and there are two levels of workshop on offer.
In addition there are two evening concerts, open to all, whether or not you attend the workshops. We hope to see you there!
The South Western Meets at the Nova Scotia, Bristol have gone Virtual! These are now open to all and are designed to be especially mountain dulcimer friendly. Other instruments are also welcome.
22nd March 2026 – Nonsuch Virtual Nova Scotia
19th April 2026 – Nonsuch Virtual Nova Scotia
10th May 2026 – Nonsuch Virtual Nova Scotia
14th June 2026 – Nonsuch Virtual Nova Scotia
On-line session for Hammered dulcimer beginners. These sessions, which take place over Zoom, run for about an hour and include a mixture of technique and tunes played slowly. The sessions are recorded and the recordings are available to the group both for people who couldn’t make it in person and as a reference for those who did.
This is our fifth year in the big city at the Copthorne Hotel on Newcastle’s happening quayside. As before there are plenty of chances to socialise and jam as well as venture out into this historic city!
We continue to develop the event and this year are delighted to welcome acclaimed folksinger, teacher and EFDSS Gold Badge holder Sandra Kerr as our North East guest speaker on Thursday, and multi instrumentalist and singer Tania Opland to run a range of hammered dulcimer workshops as part of the Wednesday programme.
As before we include a wide range of workshops, and plenty of opportunities to jam and socialise meanwhile we continue with that unique North Eastern flavour, this time with a bit of Irish thrown into the mix. Start learning Geordie now – gan canny!
The next Southern Nonsuch meeting at Wellow, near Romsey in Hampshire will be on Sunday 15th March, from 1.00 till 5.00pm.
Future dates are:
Sunday 14th June
Sunday 2nd August
Sunday 11th October
Other Events
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