SCDH Calendar
Updates, Concerts, Gigs, Clases & Happenings
VIA ZOOM or OTHER REMOTE WAYS!
July/Aug/Sep ZOOM & REMOTE 2020
To ADD An Event
You don’t need to be a Sponsor/Member of SCDH to list an event.
But the event should be
Dulcimer-Related
or of musical interest to our organization.
This is a public service of SCDH, which does not endorse or fund these
events unless stated.
Send your dulcimer events in the following format to:
dulcimer@scdh.org
• Name of Performer(s) /Group/Event
• Date, Day, Time
• Location: Address, City, State, Zip
• Cost - if any
• Type of music or very brief description (optional)
• Phone contact for info
• Email contact, Website
• Date, Day, Time
• Location: Address, City, State, Zip
• Cost - if any
• Type of music or very brief description (optional)
• Phone contact for info
• Email contact, Website
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CD Sample:
"Toss the Feathers and Jenny'
Picking Cockles"
Performed by Looney’s Fortune
from their EP
'Bird in the Bush'
www.looneysfortune.com
Musical
Events/Performances/Workshops/Lessons REMOTE!
July/Aug/Sep ZOOM & REMOTE 2020
Groups tend to follow the same schedule patterns as
they did when face to face.
26th Annual SCDH
Harvest Festival of Dulcimers
ON-LINE ! (It's Easy! We'll Show You How!)
Tina Bergmann Hammered Dulcimer
Neal Hellman Fretted/Mountain Dulcimer
Workshops, Jamming, Evening Concert, Focus Workshops
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Sept. 25th, 26th, 27th 2020
Harvest Festival of Dulcimers
ON-LINE ! (It's Easy! We'll Show You How!)
Tina Bergmann Hammered Dulcimer
Neal Hellman Fretted/Mountain Dulcimer
Workshops, Jamming, Evening Concert, Focus Workshops
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Sept. 25th, 26th, 27th 2020
JAMS/MEET UPS – REMOTE VIA
ZOOM
CHECK ALL DATES & TIMES AS THEY ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE!
Another Zoom Mountain Dulcimer Club Meeting
(Every 2 weeks) Group limited to 10
Host - Joellen Lapidus.
$20, unless you have lost your job
Info. & registration - lapidusmusic@aol.com www.lapidusmusic.com
OC Celtic Jam
6-6:30pm check-in; 6:30-8:30pm play. Host – Michael Fahy. https://www.facebook.com/events/3203287023039151/
Or contact Patty McCollom for info and tune resources: mccollomp@sbcglobal.net
Time schedule may change
Fountain Valley Senior Strum & Sing
Wednesdays 1:30-3pm
Host Donna Ewing fvdewing@gmail.com
West Side HDs
Tuesdays 7-8:30pm
Host Kay Deeney
Info: Barbara Gershman, bgershman@socal.rr.com
Zoom-ered Hammered Dulcimer Sunday Soiree
Sundays 4-6pm
Host Patti Amelotte, patti@pattiamelotte.com
The April jam included players from Hawaii, N Carolina and various parts of California!
LIVING TRADITION 4th SATURDAY VIRTUAL JAM
All-instrument jam and we LOVE dulcimers!!!
Via Zoom 7 – 9 pm 4th Saturday of each month
Please contact Patty McCollom at mccollomp@sbcglobal.net to receive the link for this meeting
OCHDs
Wednesdays 5:30-7pm
Host Barbara Gershman, Info. - bgershman@socal.rr.com
SAN DIEGO’S MOUNTAIN DULCIMER GROUP
Has become a Virtual practice group. Their repertoire has been put into recordings of themselves playing melody, harmony, bass, etc. and is in Dropbox. They can always find a playing partner when they need some music!
WORKSHOPS – REMOTE VIA ZOOM
Updates Soon!
DULCIMER/MUSIC LESSONS ONLINE
PATTI AMELOTTE - HAMMERED DULCIMER, PIANO
1) FaceTime/Zoom/Facebook Messenger/Skype Hammered Dulcimer and Piano Lessons. Hour lessons/Coaching sessions available regularly or as needed. Sheet Music provided as well as audio recordings of music. (Maybe Video). Patti can make arrangements of your favorite pieces for you.
2) Patti is also available for minor hammered dulcimer repairs, and she has a limited stock of hammers, strings and accessories available. Dusty Strings is currently closed due to Covid-19 but when they return, Patti can help with any orders you might have. https://pattiamelotte.com
KAREN ASHBROOK - HAMMERED DULCIMER, PENNYWHISTLE
1) Online lessons for hammered dulcimer and penny whistle. https://www.karenashbrook.com/lessons/private.html
2) Possible online group classes. Ask to be on her email list. hdashbrook@gmail.com
ZACH KONICK - HAMMERED DULCIMER, MUSIC THEORY/COMPOSITION, DRUM:
Online lessons. Contact him at zkonick@ucsd.edu
Zach’s performance at the SCDH 2018 festival:
https://m.soundcloud.com/composerkonick/dawn-rising
BILL DEMPSEY - GUITAR, 5 STRING BANJO, UKULELE, MOUNTAIN DULCIMER, HARMONICA, BAND INSTRUMENTS, BEGINNING VIOLIN, RECORDER, TIN WHISTLE
1) Bill is open to online teaching and has lead sheets for a lot of music. Can teach all of the above.
2) He put together a compilation CD of songs he usually performs monthly for
90-100 yr olds, now in a lock down situation and sent them to the nursing home.
“They’re able to pipe in the music to each room! They’ll know my songs better than me!”
3) He’s been working on recording videos at home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COUkI-s6G5U
www.billdempseymusic.net
CHRIS AND JAMIE BURNS - HAMMERED DULCIMER, GUITAR
Teaching and sharing music via ZOOM. They would be happy to share
info. on how to do it. Let them know if you would like to have a ZOOM meeting.
Chris and Jamie many-strings.com 619-339-5171
BING FUTCH - MOUNTAIN DULCIMER, UKULELE, NATIVE AMERICAN FLUTE,
MUSIC THEORY
http://www.bingfutch.com/private-lessonsvideo-lessons
Some LIVESTREAM Crowdcast group classes, complete with handouts!
Join his Patreon program to be on the inside track for many bonuses.
http://www.bingfutch.com
SARAH MORGAN - MOUNTAIN DULCIMER, UPRIGHT BASS, SINGING, SONGWRITING
Now teaching online https://www.sarahkatemorgan.com
sarahmorganmusic@gmail.com
FESTIVALS
REMOTE VIA ZOOM vs CANCELLATIONS
Changes from Traditional Formats:
See DPN Festival Directory https://www.dpnews.com/festival-directory
• Augusta Heritage Center - New Digital Project - 2020 Summer lessons and performances. No in-person programming. Compiling a package of lessons and performances for each theme week. Davis & Elkins College, 100 Campus Dr., Elkins, WV 26241
CANCELLATIONS – Check Websites for Others
• Kentucky Music Week - Cancelled. Next year - June 20-25, 2021. Classes, instructors and schedules will all be the same as planned for 2020. http://www.kentuckymusicweek.com
• Dulcimer Week in the Wallowas - Joseph, OR Cancelled. Next year: July 4-10, 2021, NE Oregon www.wallowadulcimer.com
• Original Dulcimer Players Club Funfest - Evart, Michigan - Cancelled
• Lark Camp - Mendocino, CA – Cancelled. Next year July 30-Aug. 7, 2021. Creating a Virtual Cabaret and will notify interested players about available online instruction. https://www.larkcamp.org/#newsletter
FINAL NOTES
This isn’t final!! Most of us are new to this area. Please share anything that you would like to pass along to help our SCDH Dulcimer community enjoy music during this time of distancing. And, let me know of any corrections.
Happy Zooming! - - - Barbara Gershman, SCDH VP, dulcimer@scdh.org
_____________________________________________________
SCDH 26th ANNUAL DULCIMER FESTIVAL
Fridayl, Saturday, Sunday Sep 25th, 26th, 27th
HEADLINERS:
Tina Bergmann - Hammered Dulcimer
Neal Hellman - Fretted/Mountain Dulcimer
Workshops, Jamming, Evening Concert
FOCUS WORKSHOPS
Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020 10am-2pm
Hammered Dulcimer & Mixed Instruments
Mountain Dulcimer
CHECK ALL DATES & TIMES AS THEY ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE!
Another Zoom Mountain Dulcimer Club Meeting
(Every 2 weeks) Group limited to 10
Host - Joellen Lapidus.
$20, unless you have lost your job
Info. & registration - lapidusmusic@aol.com www.lapidusmusic.com
OC Celtic Jam
6-6:30pm check-in; 6:30-8:30pm play. Host – Michael Fahy. https://www.facebook.com/events/3203287023039151/
Or contact Patty McCollom for info and tune resources: mccollomp@sbcglobal.net
Time schedule may change
Fountain Valley Senior Strum & Sing
Wednesdays 1:30-3pm
Host Donna Ewing fvdewing@gmail.com
West Side HDs
Tuesdays 7-8:30pm
Host Kay Deeney
Info: Barbara Gershman, bgershman@socal.rr.com
Zoom-ered Hammered Dulcimer Sunday Soiree
Sundays 4-6pm
Host Patti Amelotte, patti@pattiamelotte.com
The April jam included players from Hawaii, N Carolina and various parts of California!
LIVING TRADITION 4th SATURDAY VIRTUAL JAM
All-instrument jam and we LOVE dulcimers!!!
Via Zoom 7 – 9 pm 4th Saturday of each month
Please contact Patty McCollom at mccollomp@sbcglobal.net to receive the link for this meeting
OCHDs
Wednesdays 5:30-7pm
Host Barbara Gershman, Info. - bgershman@socal.rr.com
SAN DIEGO’S MOUNTAIN DULCIMER GROUP
Has become a Virtual practice group. Their repertoire has been put into recordings of themselves playing melody, harmony, bass, etc. and is in Dropbox. They can always find a playing partner when they need some music!
WORKSHOPS – REMOTE VIA ZOOM
Updates Soon!
DULCIMER/MUSIC LESSONS ONLINE
PATTI AMELOTTE - HAMMERED DULCIMER, PIANO
1) FaceTime/Zoom/Facebook Messenger/Skype Hammered Dulcimer and Piano Lessons. Hour lessons/Coaching sessions available regularly or as needed. Sheet Music provided as well as audio recordings of music. (Maybe Video). Patti can make arrangements of your favorite pieces for you.
2) Patti is also available for minor hammered dulcimer repairs, and she has a limited stock of hammers, strings and accessories available. Dusty Strings is currently closed due to Covid-19 but when they return, Patti can help with any orders you might have. https://pattiamelotte.com
KAREN ASHBROOK - HAMMERED DULCIMER, PENNYWHISTLE
1) Online lessons for hammered dulcimer and penny whistle. https://www.karenashbrook.com/lessons/private.html
2) Possible online group classes. Ask to be on her email list. hdashbrook@gmail.com
ZACH KONICK - HAMMERED DULCIMER, MUSIC THEORY/COMPOSITION, DRUM:
Online lessons. Contact him at zkonick@ucsd.edu
Zach’s performance at the SCDH 2018 festival:
https://m.soundcloud.com/composerkonick/dawn-rising
BILL DEMPSEY - GUITAR, 5 STRING BANJO, UKULELE, MOUNTAIN DULCIMER, HARMONICA, BAND INSTRUMENTS, BEGINNING VIOLIN, RECORDER, TIN WHISTLE
1) Bill is open to online teaching and has lead sheets for a lot of music. Can teach all of the above.
2) He put together a compilation CD of songs he usually performs monthly for
90-100 yr olds, now in a lock down situation and sent them to the nursing home.
“They’re able to pipe in the music to each room! They’ll know my songs better than me!”
3) He’s been working on recording videos at home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COUkI-s6G5U
www.billdempseymusic.net
CHRIS AND JAMIE BURNS - HAMMERED DULCIMER, GUITAR
Teaching and sharing music via ZOOM. They would be happy to share
info. on how to do it. Let them know if you would like to have a ZOOM meeting.
Chris and Jamie many-strings.com 619-339-5171
BING FUTCH - MOUNTAIN DULCIMER, UKULELE, NATIVE AMERICAN FLUTE,
MUSIC THEORY
http://www.bingfutch.com/private-lessonsvideo-lessons
Some LIVESTREAM Crowdcast group classes, complete with handouts!
Join his Patreon program to be on the inside track for many bonuses.
http://www.bingfutch.com
SARAH MORGAN - MOUNTAIN DULCIMER, UPRIGHT BASS, SINGING, SONGWRITING
Now teaching online https://www.sarahkatemorgan.com
sarahmorganmusic@gmail.com
FESTIVALS
REMOTE VIA ZOOM vs CANCELLATIONS
Changes from Traditional Formats:
See DPN Festival Directory https://www.dpnews.com/festival-directory
• Augusta Heritage Center - New Digital Project - 2020 Summer lessons and performances. No in-person programming. Compiling a package of lessons and performances for each theme week. Davis & Elkins College, 100 Campus Dr., Elkins, WV 26241
CANCELLATIONS – Check Websites for Others
• Kentucky Music Week - Cancelled. Next year - June 20-25, 2021. Classes, instructors and schedules will all be the same as planned for 2020. http://www.kentuckymusicweek.com
• Dulcimer Week in the Wallowas - Joseph, OR Cancelled. Next year: July 4-10, 2021, NE Oregon www.wallowadulcimer.com
• Original Dulcimer Players Club Funfest - Evart, Michigan - Cancelled
• Lark Camp - Mendocino, CA – Cancelled. Next year July 30-Aug. 7, 2021. Creating a Virtual Cabaret and will notify interested players about available online instruction. https://www.larkcamp.org/#newsletter
FINAL NOTES
This isn’t final!! Most of us are new to this area. Please share anything that you would like to pass along to help our SCDH Dulcimer community enjoy music during this time of distancing. And, let me know of any corrections.
Happy Zooming! - - - Barbara Gershman, SCDH VP, dulcimer@scdh.org
_____________________________________________________
SCDH 26th ANNUAL DULCIMER FESTIVAL
Fridayl, Saturday, Sunday Sep 25th, 26th, 27th
HEADLINERS:
Tina Bergmann - Hammered Dulcimer
Neal Hellman - Fretted/Mountain Dulcimer
Workshops, Jamming, Evening Concert
FOCUS WORKSHOPS
Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020 10am-2pm
Hammered Dulcimer & Mixed Instruments
Mountain Dulcimer