Today I'm looking forward to a busy dulcimer month. Right now I don't know whether I am going to a dulcimer festival this weekend or not! Here is a list of what I know I will be doing.
July 3 - I am going to do a concert and teach classes at the Pickin' Porch at Mike Clemmer's dulcimer shop in Townsend, Tennessee. If you would like to take classes, please contact the shop. I will have the schedule posted here soon.
July 16 - I will be doing a few songs to open up the concert at the Summer Strumin' with Joe Collins event at Unicoi State Park.
July 18-23 - I will be at Western Carolina University Dulcimer Week in Cullowhee, North Carolina.
July 31 - I will be doing a solo concert at Unicoi State Park as part of the weekend-long Folk Life Traditions festival. It will be from 11:00 to 12:00.
Hope to see you some place down the road!
-Nathaniel
About Nathaniel
- Nathaniel Samsel
- Thirteen-year-old Nathaniel Samsel is the 2011 Southern Regional Mountain Dulcimer Champion and 2010 mid-east regional champion. He also placed 3rd in the 2011 national championship and won the 2011 Colorado championship. Nathaniel first began playing the mountain dulcimer after he and his dad built an instrument together at a workshop in 2007. Soon after they joined the Nacoochee Strummers, where "Miss Lynn" began teaching them about dulcimer playing. Nathaniel, who was 8 at the time, quickly proved that he's a faster learner than dad. He has benefitted greatly from fine teaching at dulcimer festivals by top instructors, especially 2006 national champion Jeff Hames. Nathaniel performs regularly in solo concerts, festival appearances and performances for churches or civic groups and teaches workshops at festivals and club meetings. Nathaniel's main performance dulcimer is a custom spruce-cherry McSpadden Dulcimer. He also likes to perform with his Clemmer Ban-Jammer. Nathaniel has two brothers and two sisters and is home-schooled.
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