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Upper Potomac Music Weekends have moved to Shepherdstown, WV. Workshops will take place in the campus center of Shepherd University and in churches and historic buildings around the community.
Currently our programs include:
Fall Dulcimer Fest
September 12-14, 2008
Weekend's workshops include a variety of 2 hour and all day workshops for all levels of hammered dulcimer as well as a mixed instrument track. Featured artists are Mick Doherty, No Strings Attached, Jody Marshall and Cindy Ribet. Www.dulcimerfest.org
Irish Music Weekend
October 17-18, 2008
Workshops, classes, ceili, sessions and a concert focusing on traditional music from Ireland. Workshops in fiddle, mandolin, tenor banjo, guitar, Irish song, step dance, bodhran and mixed instrument repertoire. 2008 Featured artists: Laura Byrne, Pat Egan, Donna Long, Billy McComiskey, Peter Fitzgerald, and more. Www.irishmusicwknd.info
Pipers Weekend
January 9-11, 2009
Weekend workshop for bellows-blown bagpipes, fiddle, flute and mixed instruments with Jerry O'Sullivan, Eliot Grasso, Dick Hensold, Laura McKenzie, Bob Mitchell and more. Www.squeezethebag.info
Scandinavian Fiddle Weekend
January 23-25, 2009
Weekend program featuring classes, concert, dance and sessions with a Scandinavian flavor with Andrea Hoag, Loretta Kelley, Charlie Pilzer, Julia Borland, Bruce Sagan and more. At www.scanfiddle.info.
Our Fiddle Retreat returns in 2010; at Camp MarLu Ridge, just outside of Frederick in Jefferson, MD. Www.fiddleretreat.info
Spring Music Weekend
March 20-22, 2009
Weekend long classes for hammered dulcimer and mixed instruments with an old world/new world theme featuring Dulcemelos from Mexico and Ensemble Tympanon with Karen Ashbrook, Nick Blanton, and Paul Oorts and more. Www.dulcimerfest.org
To find out more visit our websites or call (304) 263-2531, or email:
updf @ earthlink.net for a brochure.
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