Nonsuch Events
No pressure slow jam for beginner Hammered Dulcimer players on Zoom. Come along for a chat and play a few standard session tunes at a slow pace.
Wednesday 14th April – 2.00 to 3.30pm (9am EST)
Tuesday 11th May – 2.00 to 4.00 pm (9am EST)
Tuesday 8th June – 2.00 to 4.00 pm (9am EST)
Tuesday 13th July – 2.00 to 4.00 pm (9am EST)
Tuesday 10th August – 2.00 to 4.00 pm (9am EST)
Tuesday 14th September – 2.00 to 4.00 pm (9am EST)

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.
Forthcoming Sessions:
Sunday 18th April 2021 from 2 – 4:15pm (BST)
Sunday 16th May 2021 from 2 – 4:15pm (BST)
Sunday 30th May 2021 from 2 – 4:15pm (BST)
A regular zoom Nonsuch music session twice a month on 4th Tuesday from 3-5pm.
Meet Northern Nonsuch members plus others from farther afield to play and socialise. Forthcoming dates:
Tuesday, 27th April 3-5 pm, run by Chris Fitt
Tuesday, 25th May 3-5 pm, run by Chris Fitt
Tuesday, 22nd June 3-5 pm, run by Chris Fitt

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 1st Thursday of the month.
Thursday May 6th 3:00 – 5:00pm
Thursday June 3rd 3:00 – 5:00pm
Thursday July 8th 3:00 – 5:00pm
Thursday August 5th 3:00 – 5:00pm
Thursday September 9th 3:00 – 5:00pm
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, social hour. We are planning to book some great tutors, and offer several levels of workshops for both hammered and mountain dulcimers. We will also (more…)
Other Events
3 days of mountain dulcimer workshops and concerts, all online at this US based mid week event. There’s a fixed price of US $100, however recordings will be available to attendees after the event, so no need to miss out due to clashes or inaccessible timings!
Tutors: Karen Mueller, Tull Glazener, Aubrey Atwater, Joellen Lapidus, Joe Collins, Steve Eulberg.
Beginners 101 is designed for both new and shiny beginners and those of you who have been beginners for a while and would like to move forward. Workshops will run 2 hours per week for 6 weeks, running from April 23rd to May 28th at 7pm UK time via zoom.
The Sandbridge Hammered Dulcimer retreat is an biannual event with 3 weeks of workshops in the Autumn and 2 in the Spring with an additional 2 day master class in the Spring. You can book for one or more weeks.
The tutor is well known performer and teacher Ken Kolodner, assisted by Mary Lynn Michal. This year the Autumn event will be held both in person and via zoom, giving UK and European members a chance to attend.