MLAG 2023 was a great success at the new venue at Shippensburg University in Shippensburg, PA. Lodging was in the dormitory with camping and RV options; all meals were in the spacious dining hall and all workshops and concerts were in the student union building. All three locations were within easy walking distance. I...
Sore Fingers Summer School
The Sore Fingers Summer School is an annual teaching and performing event for Old Time and Bluegrass music which is held over one week in Kingham Hill school near the village of Chipping Norton in the Cotswold countryside. Most of the “tutors” (instructors/performers) are imported from the U.S. to teach the music and the...
Gateway Dulcimer Music Festival
The Gateway Dulcimer Music Festival is held annually in August in Fairview, Illnois near St. Louis and features instruction and performance in mountain and hammer dulcimer, autoharp, and ukulele. In 2024, I was hired to teach the autoharp section and to give a solo concert after my friend, Ivan Stiles could not fulfill the...