Dulcimer Bio

Highlights

Taught and performed with the mountain dulcimer in West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, North Carolina, Indiana, and Tennessee.

Published three mountain dulcimer instruction books/CDs:

"You Can Play the Dulcimer: Easy as 1-2-3" - Book/CD (beginner)

"Beautiful Melodies" - Book/CD (novice-intermediate)

"More Beautiful Melodies" - Book/CD (intermediate-advanced)

Published three CD recordings of dulcimer instrumental music:

"Here Comes The Sun" - CD

"Starry, Starry Night" - CD

"What A Wonderful World" - CD

Published a popular chord chart (DAD) for the mountain dulcimer.

Full-time Chemistry Professor at the University of Charleston, Charleston, WV.

Ph.D. (Chemistry) – University of Cincinnati.

Dulcimer Workshops / Performances:

Smokey Mountain Dulcimer Retreat, November 2008, Townsend, TN
Dulcimer Chautauqua On The Wabash, October 16-19, 2008, New Harmony, IN
Kentucky Music Week, June 24-29, 2008, Bardstown, KY.
Appalachian Studies Conference, March 28, 2008, Huntington, WV.
Winter Dulcimer Weekend, January 4-6, 2008, Bardstown, KY.
Knoxville Dulcimer Club, November 9-11, 2007, Knoxville, TN.
Heartland Dulcimer Club, November 2-4, 2007, Elizabethtown, KY.
Buckhannon Dulcimer Club, July 15, 2007, Buckhannon, WV.
Kentucky Music Week, June 24-29, 2007, Bardstown, KY.
Ohio Valley Gathering, March 2-4, 2007, Lexington, KY.
Winter Dulcimer Weekend, January 4-6, 2007, Bardstown, KY.
Goodnight 2006, December 31, 2006, Charleston, WV.
Hills of Kentucky Dulcimer Club, November 4, 2006, Fort Worth, KY.
Elderhostel, October 24, 2006, Cedar Lakes, WV.
OhioValley Gathering, March 25-26, 2006, Lexington, KY.
Buckhannon Dulcimer Club, February 15, 2006, Buckhannon, WV.
Goodnight 2005, December 31, 2005, Charleston, WV.
FOOTMAD Fall Festival, September 15-16, 2005, Beckwith, WV.
Fort New Salem, August 13-14, 2005, New Salem, WV.
Snowshoe Institute, July 28, 2005, Snowshoe Ski Resort, WV.
Shady Grove Dulcimer Camp, July 3-8, 2005, Urbana, OH.
Festivall, June 24, 2005, Charleston, WV
Dulcimer Days, May 21, 2005, Coshocton, OH.
OhioValley Gathering, March 25-26, 2005, Lexington, KY.
Goodnight 2004, December 31, 2004, Charleston, WV.
Buckhannon Dulcimer Club, October 4, 2004, Buckhannon, WV.
Fort New Salem, August 14-15, 2004, New Salem, WV.
Snowshoe Institute, July 30, 2004, Snowshoe Ski Resort, WV.
CampKno-Koma, July 12-15, 2004, CampVirgil Tate, Sissonville, WV.
Goodnight 2003, December 31, 2003, Charleston, WV.
Foot O’Hills Music Festival, October 3-4, 2003, Shelby, NC.
Buckhannon Dulcimer Club, August 14-15, 2003, Buckhannon, WV.
Camp Kno-Koma, July 14-17, 2003, CampVirgil Tate, Sissonville, WV.
OhioValley Gathering, March 14-16, 2003, Lexington, KY.
OhioValley Gathering, March 7-9, 2002, French Lick, IN.
10-Week Dulcimer Class – September-November 2001, Blessed Sacrament Parish, South Charleston, WV,