After four days of leaving home early, attending workshops and roaming the vendor halls all day, attending concerts at night and late-night jams after those, what did Nathaniel do when he got home this afternoon? Picked up his dulcimer, of course. So much inspiration and so much to apply! He decided to try Joy to the World with lots of play in an aggressive strum. This is the work in progress - second time through after he had the idea. He also worked on a fun Go Tell it on the Mountain in A and a beautiful O Come All Ye Faithful in G, with a mix of flat picking and strumming. Dad just thought this one was cool and decided to tape him working on it.
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.
1 comment:
posted on behalf of Lois Hornbostel:
Yea, Than! It was great fun to meet and play music with you at Unicoi. You are doing beautifully. You certainly "have the music" in you. Keep playing it and having fun!
Your friend,
Lois Hornbostel
http://www.LoisHornbostel.com
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