Jeff Furman

Mountain Dulcimer Tutor Jeff is an award-winning mountain dulcimer player who is known for his smooth and expressive style. His gentle, humorous, and effective teaching style has made him a very popular instructor at numerous mountain dulcimer workshops. Jeff is a multi-instrumentalist who has been playing old-time music since 1980. Primarily a clawhammer banjo player (more…)

Dizzi Dulcimer

Hammered Dulcimer Tutor Dizzi Dulcimer (Rebecca Edwards Cree) started her musical career as a drummer, and in 2000 moved to London and played in numerous clubs as a dance percussionist. In London, Dizzi encountered the hammered dulcimer and rapidly developed her skills and original style, playing and composing music for the instrument. Dizzi has also (more…)

Patti Amelotte

Patti Amelotte

Hammered Dulcimer Tutor Patti is well known to the UK hammered dulcimer world, having been a popular performer and teacher over here for the past 15 years. Patti loves teaching, and aims not only to increase student’s musicality but also to build their self-reliance and belief. Most of all, Patti encourages students to express themselves (more…)

Duncan Gibbs

Mountain Dulcimer Tutor Duncan Gibbs is a consummate musician, who has played keyboards in progressive rock and blues bands for 40 years – about the same length of time he has been in thrall to the mountain dulcimer. He now combines these interests playing acoustic and electric dulcimers at workshops and festivals. Duncan also creates (more…)

Geoff Black

Mountain Dulcimer Tutor Geoff Black is a leading UK dulcimer performer, teacher, workshop leader and collector who runs his own specialist dulcimer business, Revels Music – also an important online resource for dulcimer players across the world. Geoff has taught and performed a wide variety of modern acoustic dulcimer styles at festivals across the UK (more…)