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PLAY BY EAR—DON’T BE PAPER TRAINED. Weekly and week-long workshops teaching players of any melodic instrument how to play Medieval, Appalachian, and Irish tunes by ear.

Classes in Arlington Virginia

Week-long workshops in historic Harpers Ferry, WV

  • MORNING: Work with primary instrument teacher: recorder/whistle, fiddle/viol, banjo/guitar, hammered dulcimer
  • AFTERNOON:
    o Elective classes (beginning Irish whistle, rebec or lap dulcimer, specialty repertoires for hammered dulcimer)
    o Ensemble class in which students learn how to arrange, score and combine the tunes they have learned in the morning.