New date: Saturday, August 22nd, 9:00am–5:00pm PST
Now in its 26th year, this annual event offers beginning to advanced music workshops for players of both the mountain dulcimer and hammered dulcimer. Redwood Dulcimer Day offers a low-pressure, low stress environment where everyone can relax and have fun playing and learning about the dulcimer and just making music.
There’s also a faculty concert on Zoom on Friday, August 21st, and an in-person “locals’ jam” in Santa Cruz on the afternoon of Sunday, August 22nd.
Instructors: Tina Bergmann, Carol Crocker, and Sarah Minor will join Steve Eulberg, Neal Hellman, Janet Herman, and Dusty Thorburn.
“Thanks for making a wonderful dulcimer weekend! Even though it was on zoom, your format made it seem like I was actually there with you. The concerts were amazing. Looking forward to next year.”
“Long live RDD. It has become an unmissable part of my Augusts. I have learned so many fantastic pieces of music and made extremely valuable friends through RDD–great that there are always a couple of new instructors each year to show us what’s going in the dulcimer world.”
“I thoroughly enjoyed the day. I’ve never had quite the same experience at an online festival. The ‘homeroom’ really gave it a feeling of connectedness I’ve not seen elsewhere. And of course the instructors were superb.”
Looking for inspiration?
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