Free Online Course for club members to assist them in helping or teaching others to play a dulcimer (both Hammered and Mountain).
Presented by experienced educationalist and teacher Steve Eulberg.
The recorded sessions are available to club members after the event indefinitely. As well as the recordings there are lots of additional resources to help you.
A Welsh Dulcimers session is being organised on occasional Wednesday afternoons at TABERNACLE CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL, Chapel Terrace, Rhiwderin, NEWPORT, NP10 8RH.
We are mainly a Mountain Dulcimer group and during the first hour we concentrate on tunes that are easier for new and less confident players. After a break for lunch (we all take our own although hot drinks are available) we choose harder tunes.
Nonsuch celebrates Making Music Day 2022 with a Zoom Launch Party of the Nonsuch plays Nonesuch video celebrating our 30th anniversary.
We will premiere the video that has been created by Jon Warbrick from your recordings including a special group video from Halsway Manor Dulcimer Week!
We also hope to hear some reminiscences about Nonsuch and we will also play a few tunes together.
Join us for our 30th Annual Weekend, this year in person at The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, Derbyshire!
a full 3-day weekend program (Friday pm – Monday) of workshops for both hammered and mountain dulcimer players of all levels, a Tutor Concert on Friday evening, our famous Nonsuch Open-Stage concert on Saturday evening, regular and slow sessions with leaders, and time for some informal dancing. There are also a 2-day weekend (Fri pm– Sunday) and non-residential options.
Here is the club’s COVID-19 Guidance for events. If you are planning on attending a Nonsuch event please review this both when thinking of attending an event and closer to the time of the event.
Our Spring Fling event will be 12-14th April 2022 (mid-week), at the Copthorne Hotel in Newcastle, Quayside. Special Guest Dr Vic Gammon is joining us for the day on the 14th April, with a specially prepared illustrated talk. Vic is a writer, researcher and performer (singer, banjo and concertina player) and, until his retirement, was (more…)
We have decided to postpone our Nonsuch in-person annual weekend until 2022, and will instead be offering another full weekend of online workshops and other activities – tutor concert, sessions, and more!
New this year are additional member-led workshops on Friday.
The date is: 5 – 7th November 2021.
The Northern members have occasional get togethers at different venues, often at local folk festivals or local attractions.
Our Southern members rotate around different venues in the region. We cover Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire and Wiltshire. The meeting are held several times a year, usually on a Sunday. Contact us for forthcoming dates and to go on a mailing list. For a list of tunes played, see Peter Bromwich’s website.
This is new regional group meeting in the Dorset / Somerset area. Contact Jill Nicholas for details.
