Tania Opland is an Alaska born and raised world touring multi-instrumentalist with a career spanning nearly four decades. She has taught hammered dulcimer as a private instructor and as a workshop leader for over 30 years.
Robert Brereton (USA)
Website: http://www.robertbrereton.com Rob Brereton lives in Connecticut, USA, and is considered one of the pioneers in contemporary mountain dulcimer playing. His years of studying classical guitar have polished his playing style while his degree in music theory and composition has given him a fresh approach to arranging. Rob was one of the first dulcimer players (more…)
Laurie Alsobrook (USA)
Website: https://melrosedulcimers.org/lauriealsobrook/ After a full career in elementary education, Laurie Alsobrook turned her attention to sharing the joy of playing the dulcimer at festivals, workshops, and retreats from Vermont to Florida. What a perfect blending of her two passions – working with learners and playing the dulcimer! In the world of online instruction, Laurie taught at (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…)
Katie Moritz
2013 National Hammered Dulcimer Champion, Katie Moritz is a musician and teacher hailing from the Chicagoland area in Northern Illinois. She’s been playing music ever since she could remember, starting piano as a very small child and playing the tuba through school. Her taste in music is geared towards more eclectic sounds and it wasn’t till she (more…)
Don Pedi
Don Pedi has been playing the dulcimer since 1968. Self taught, he developed a timeless method of playing mountain musicon the dulcimer that includes all the notes and rhythms of the best old-time fiddlers. Don lives with his wife Jean, on a small farm in the mountains of Madison County in Western North Carolina. The (more…)
Karen Mueller
Mountain Dulcimer Teacher (USA) Karen Mueller is one of the top autoharp and mountain dulcimer players performing today. Her exciting and innovative performing style, featuring Appalachian, Celtic and contemporary music, has been applauded by critics and audiences from LA to Boston. Karen is an experienced teacher in a wide range of settings: private lessons, workshops (more…)
Mark Alan Wade
National Dulcimer Champion, Mark Alan Wade performs in orchestra halls and music festivals alike with his characteristic mix of classical precision and raw traditional American style. Classically trained as a trumpeter with doctorate and master’s degrees in music from The Ohio State University, his unique style emerged as the technique and discipline of his formal (more…)
Gary Sager, Mountain Dulcimer
Our Tutor for Spring Fling is Gary Sager of Prussia Valley Dulcimers, Ohio. A popular mountain dulcimer player, Gary is a fine luthier of mountain dulcimers whose main interest is old-timey music. He will be bringing his wife Toni, who plays autoharp