INSTRUCTORS!

2010 REDWOOD DULCIMER DAY WORKSHOP LEADERS
Past guest workshop leaders: Connie Allen, Janita Baker, Linda Brockinton, Bonnie Carol, Dan Daniels, Robert Force, Lance Frodsham, Paul Furnas, Bing Futch, Lois Hornbostel, Joellen Lapidus, and Michael Rugg!

NEW THIS YEAR! Dulcimer Day welcomes Rob Brereton of Sherman, CT! Rob Brereton is considered one of the pioneers in contemporary mountain dulcimer playing. His years of studying classical guitar have polished his playing style while his degree in music theory and composition has given him a fresh approach to arranging. Rob was one of the first dulcimer players to arrange extensively in the chromatic 1-3-5, and other alternate tunings. Although he specializes in the standards and early jazz tunes of Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, and the like, Rob is equally adept at playing the more traditional styles and dulcimer repertoire. He has taught all levels of dulcimer at most of the major dulcimer festivals across the country. We're proud and pleased he'll be adding Redwood Dulcimer Day to this list! www.robertbrereton.com/

Neal Hellman, founder of Gourd music, is a nationally acclaimed dulcimer performer, workshop leader, recording artist and author of numerous books for the dulcimer. His CDs include Emma's Waltz, Oktober Country, Dream of the Manatee and Autumn in the Valley. His books include It's a Dulcimer Life, The Dulcimer Chord Book, The Hal Leonard Dulcimer Method, Beatles Dulcimer Book, The Music of the Shakers for Mountain Dulcimer, and Celtic Songs and Slow Airs for Mountain Dulcimer.

Peter Tommerup (RDD co-founder) has been playing and teaching dulcimer since 1973. He has arranged hundreds of tunes for the dulcimer and has taught them to hundreds of students in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. He has performed at several major festivals and is author of the Kicking Mule tutorial, Teach Yourself to Play the Dulcimer Currently he teaches dulcimer at Gryphon Stringed Instruments in Palo Alto.

Janet Herman (RDD co-founder) is a multi-instrumentalist instructor with Community Music School of Santa Cruz and has been playing dulcimer since her teens. She is also an accomplished singer and is featured on Neal Hellman's Celtic Songs and Slow Airs for Mountain Dulcimer and other recordings. With a doctorate in folklore/ethnomusicology, Janet is an authority on shape-note singing and an avid arranger of all kinds of songs for dulcimer.

Ron Beardslee has been playing mountain dulcimer for about 20 years and is the organizer of our quarterly Redwood Dulcimer Gatherings. He has produced a tab book for beginners and resides in the East Bay where he also gives mountain dulcimer lessons.