News in 2017

November 27, 2017

Virginia Water Radio published a nice Thanksgiving message last week, and they included some of our piece 'Bass Fisherman's Reel' from the album Virginia Wildlife!

November 13, 2017

With the recent reorder of CDs of our third Christmas album, Hope from on High (2008) we've now reached 132,000 discs and tapes made! (The reorder shipment should come in in a couple of weeks.)

September 12, 2017

Timothy has a new blog post on four very important features of any melody, that should be of interest and help for anyone who does music or appreciates it!

August 18, 2017

Virginia Water Radio has recently posted their new episode on night sounds, featuring clips from a new recording by Timothy of the tune 'Midnight on the Water' on hammered dulcimer!  A studio recording of the same basic arrangement can be found on the albums Quiet in the Meadow and the compilation Common Wealth.

Also, Ken Kaiser has posted a video of Timothy's stage performance at the ODPC Funfest festival in Evart, Michigan Last month!

July 25, 2017

Today's new blog post briefly discusses ways to draw on your favorite music for ideas in making new arrangements of your own!

July 20, 2017

Another new blog post today talks about Timothy's tune 'To Gaze into the Embers' and the event it commemorates, the first moon walk 46 years ago today!

July 19, 2017

Timothy's new blog post today is a short discussion of his re-reading of the great novel by C.S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces.

July 10, 2017

With our recent reordering of the CDs Profound Joy and Jamestown: On the Edge of a Vast Continent, we are now at 131,000 hard copies made, plus countless downloads and streaming events!

July 2, 2017

Virginia Water Radio has posted an episode about the Bald Eagle (for Independence Day, of course!) --- and they've included a short clip of a new improvisation Timothy recorded this week for the Bald Eagle! He used an Eb Woodsong bamboo flute made by Rob Yard of Floyd, Virginia (whom, incidentally, Timothy visited yesterday for the first time in a long time!).

June 26, 2017

Virginia Water Radio has just posted their latest episode, one about the Roanoke-Staunton River, and it includes a couple of clips from Timothy's composition 'Exploring the Rivers,' from the album Jamestown: On the Edge of a Vast Continent!

May 26, 2017

Timothy's latest blog post discusses the difference in approach between playing a musical instrument and using the instrument to play the music itself!

Sorry, but we've had to cancel today's event at the Colonial Williamsburg Visitors' Center --- a very rare cancellation!  Timothy just has a really bad cold, and we will soon reschedule a make-up signing event at the same location, and we'll post that in the calendar.  Have a very well Memorial Day Weekend yourself!

May 15, 2017

Timothy's new blog post briefly discusses the amazing musical phenomenon of a piece that develops over a repeating pattern of chords, and he cites the ultimate example of this, Bach's Chaconne!

April 21, 2017

Recently Virginia Water Radio featured music by one of Timothy's hammered dulcimer students, Simon Fass, on their episode about Hail!

February 6, 2017

Virginia Water Radio's episode released today features a track from our Jamestown album called 'Fingal's Cave', with Celtic harp played by Ardie Boggs.

January 12, 2017

Historic Jamestowne has made a drone video of this week's snow at James Fort, and they used a track from our Virginia Wildlife album!

 

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News in 2016

December 12, 2016

Virginia Water Radio has released a new episode about the headquarters of Powhatan near here, and it includes nature sounds Timothy recorded at York River State Park as well as clips from the composition 'In Powhatan's Realm' from the album Jamestown: On the Edge of a Vast Continent!

December 9, 2016

Today we've published another Advent video, the chant 'Of the Father's Love Begotten,' on solo hammered dulcimer, arranged in parallel octaves.  A studio audio version is on the album Incarnation.

And the latest newsletter is here.

December 4, 2016

Another informal video for the Advent season has just been posted, the ancient French chant 'Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence,' in Timothy's unique expressive style.

November 29, 2016

Virginia Water Radio has released their annual winter readiness episode, and it features our arrangement of 'Drive the Cold Winter Away' from the album Celebration of Centuries.

And we've just released a new informal video for the Advent season, 'Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus!'  A similar trio arrangement is also available for download in the album Incarnation.

November 23, 2016

Our newest newsletter has just been sent out; you can view it here.

November 22, 2016

We've just released a new informal video of one of Timothy's arrangements, 'Give Thanks' by Henry Smith.  Happy Thanksgiving!  A studio recording of a similar arrangement is available on the album Profound Joy.

November 16, 2016

A recent episode of Virginia Water Radio about the Hazel River here in Virginia includes two clips from my track of the same name!  The original recording is on the album Here On This Ridge, and it's also included in the compilation Common Wealth.

September 22, 2016

Jamestown Rediscovery archaeologists have just released a short video describing the excavation of an early well, and they've used our music (this track is from Virginia Wildlife album) as the intro!

September 19, 2016

The new episode of Virginia Water Radio includes snippets of three of our recorded tracks!  This edition is about Virginia's rivers, and the cuts are 'Shenandoah,' (from the track 'Hazel River') from Here On This Ridge; 'Clinch Mountain Quickstep' from Sycamore Rapids; and 'Exploring the Rivers' from Jamestown: On the Edge of a Vast Continent.

August 16, 2016

Our latest newsletter has been sent out.  View it here!

July 30, 2016

Timothy's new blog post involves a practice technique of taking breaks!

July 28, 2016

Thirteen days ago, in Evart Michigan at the Original Dulcimer Club Funfest (largest dulcimer gathering in the world), Ken Kaiser made a fine video of Timothy's stage set!  View it here.

And another recent episode of Virginia Water Radio features our music!

July 9, 2016

Timothy's new blog post discusses the value of using dynamic DEVELOPMENT as part of a musical piece, something he learned early from listening to Classical music as a child!

June 8, 2016

Timothy has another new blog post, 'Using body language for expression,' briefly talking about how phrasing and tone can be affected by movement, with some examples taken from pianists' approaches!

June 6, 2016

Timothy's new blog post 'Maturing Wood' discusses how an instrument's wood changes tone character over time with much playing.

June 3, 2016

Virginia Water Radio has again included one of our clips, 'Baldcypress Swamp,' from our album Virginia Wildlife, in this episode about tree frogs!

April 14, 2016

A recent episode of Virginia Water Radio features a clip from Timothy's album Virginia Wildlife, 'Bass Fisherman's Reel'!

January 25, 2016

Virginia Water Radio has included a clip from our album Celebration of Centuries, the tune 'Drive the Cold Winter Away,' in their interesting new episode on terms used for 'snow!'

January 22, 2016

Our concert 'An Evening of Acoustic Music' at Williamsburg Regional Library has been canceled due to force majeure --- the storm! We plan to reschedule it for later this year. Stay warm!

January 17, 2016

We've posted a new video on Youtube, this time with two cameras (still experimenting with that): an original composition called 'In the House of Bread' combined with the great hymn 'For the Beauty of the Earth.'

January 12, 2016

Today's new blog post: Music sounds better in the winter!

January 10, 2016

Finally another blog post has been written! Timothy speaks of a musical glimpse into the sublime.

January 9, 2016

With our recent order of the Christmas album Incarnation, we've now made 130,000 tapes and discs!  (As well as countless downloads and many Youtube views and Spotify plays.)

January 8, 2016

Virginia Water Radio has posted another new episode that includes a clip from our album Here on this Ridge!

 

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News in 2014

December 4, 2014

Charlie Warren has published a holiday web radio show an hour long for PRX, and at the 45-minute mark it includes Timothy's version of the Scottish tune 'Christmas Day in the Morning.'  Here's a link!

November 19, 2014

New blog post: the making of the album Common Wealth.

November 11, 2014

We've just put together a holiday playlist in Timothy's Youtube channel: all informal solo hammered dulcimer performances by Timothy.

November 4, 2014

New blog post: The making of the album Quiet in the Meadow.  (Discography is here.)

October 30, 2014

Today's blog post: We finally have posted another of the stories of the making of our albums!  This time, Celebration of Centuries. (Discography here.)

October 22, 2014

We have just reached more than 126,000 discs and tapes made!  (As well as countless downloads.)

September 22, 2014

Today's blog post: a few quotes from great musicians about the performer's relationship with the music.

September 19, 2014

Another location where you can get our CDs:  This Century Art Gallery in Williamsburg, Virginia!

September 11, 2014

Timothy's new blog post tells the story of Trio StringWind's concert in Colonial Williamsburg two days after the terrorist attack in 2001.

September 8, 2014

Williamsburg Next Door Neighbors magazine published an article about Timothy's music in their Arts issue, written by exceptional author Linda Landreth Phelps and photographed by the fine portraitist Lisa Cumming.  (In the archive link, scroll down to page 27.)

September 4, 2014

The second in the series of blog posts about the making of our albums is now published.  It's perhaps the most notable moment in the development of our recordings.  It's about the Shenandoah National Park CD Here on this Ridge!

Sept. 2, 2014

Once again Alan Raflo of Virginia Water Radio has published a web radio selection that includes our music.  This time it's about Virginia's National Parks!

August 29, 2014

We've just sent our our latest e-newsletter!

And a new blog post discusses how a musician can emphasize the harmonic 'inner voices'!

August 28, 2014

The new blog post is the first of a weekly series telling the stories of the making of our fifteen CDs since 1994.  This one's about the album Wayfaring Stranger!

August 22, 2014

Today's blog post is a brief discussion of how we musicians can focus on the overall arch of the piece we're playing!

August 17, 2014

Yet another new blog post tonight: Top picks for piano concertos!

August 16, 2014

Today's new blog post is a list of Timothy's 'top picks' of Classical symphonies, with recommended recordings.  You might want to have a look down the comments and list, and maybe you'll want to listen to one of these great works tonight!

August 15, 2014

New blog post today that briefly discusses three features that work together to make Beatles pop ballads what they are --- and that we can use in our own arranging!

August 7, 2014

The new blog post today discusses one aspect of arranging and playing a musical piece: a focal point for the sublime!

August 6, 2014

We've just uploaded an informal video of Timothy's hammered dulcimer arrangement of his composition 'Sky Through the Pines!'  (The studio audio version is on the album Sycamore Rapids and also on the compilation Gentle Breeze Beneath the Trees.)

August 2, 2014

Another store has begun carrying our CDs: Georgette's Fair Trade Grounds & Gifts, in Maumee, Ohio, in the Toledo area!  You may think this fine coffee and Ten Thousand Villages location isn't part of your community --- but it's just off one of the biggest interstate arteries in the country, so you can make it a destination on trips as you pass by.  Besides, it's in a neat historic downtown, and you'll be supporting a great non-profit cause, Sunshine, Inc.!

July 29, 2014

Ken Kaiser has posted excellent videos of Timothy's performance on stage at the Dulcimer Funfest in Evart, Michigan a couple of weeks ago!  Here is the first half.

And the second half!

July 12, 2014

Timothy has just updated and revised the early blog post 'Recommended Classical Recordings' --- you might want to have a look!

July 1, 2014

Today's new Virginia Water Radio episode for the 4th of July week includes a clip from Timothy's composition 'James and York Bluffs' as recorded on his albums Celebration of Centuries and Common Wealth!

June 27, 2014

Timothy's new blog post discusses the difference in sound quality of CDs and .mp3 files!

June 19, 2014

The last of this series of informal duet videos with Ann Robinson:  the Scottish air in 3 'Jock o' Hazeldean.'  An audio studio version with Ardie Boggs on Celtic harp and Phillip Skeens on guitar can be found on Timothy's album Quiet in the Meadow and the compilation Gentle Breeze Beneath the Trees.

 June 18, 2014

Another informal duet video with Ann Robinson on harp!  'There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood' ('Cleansing Fountain'), also available in studio audio version on the album Cleansing Fountain.

June 17, 2014

Today marks the TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY of running our music business full-time!

An we have yet another new informal video: our epic medley of two dramatic Scottish/Scotch-Irish tunes, 'Bobcat in the Mountain Laurel' and 'Star of the County Down!'  (The album version is on Virginia Wildlife.)

And another informal video, a pair of Civil War era tunes by the great Stephen Foster, 'Gentle Lena Claire' and 'Gentle Annie,' with Ann Robinson carrying the lead on Celtic harp.  The studio audio recording is on Tenting on the Old Camp Ground.

June 16, 2014

Our newest informal video is Timothy's flute and dulcimer duet with Ann Robinson playing Celtic harp, 'Fanny Poer' by Turlough O'Carolan!

June 13, 2014

The builders of my hammered dulcimer, Dusty Strings, has just published a great blog about playing my model, the D600, and they've included videos of players, including myself and several other colleagues!

And a new video has been posted, the first of three improvisational studies using the great Irish air 'She Moved Through the Fair.'

The second video in the series.

And the third installment.  Is one of them the best, do you think?  Let us know!

June 12, 2014

New video we've just posted: a duet with Ann Robinson's Celtic harp, 'The Foggy Dew.'  Timothy plays first an improvised hammered dulcimer part, then a flute improvisation.

And another new video: Timothy's composition 'Paintbrush Canyon.'  Again, a duet with Ann Robinson on Celtic harp.  The studio audio recording with Ann (and with Timothy's guitar as well) is on the albums Hope from on High and Gentle Breeze Beneath the Trees.

June 10, 2014

We've just reached 125,000 copies of tapes and discs made!  Hurrah!

June 4, 2014

We've just sent out our latest e-newsletter!  You can read it here.

And our new blog post is about a very important philosophical point: Based on what?

June 2, 2014

Jamestown Rediscovery used our music again for one of their great videos about archaeology!  This time it's the medley that ends the album Virginia Wildlife: 'The Cuckoo's Nest/Redwing/Listen to the Mockingbird'.  The track they used is available on our website on the CD or as a download, here.

May 16, 2014

We've just lowered the prices of our CDs in this site!  Individual album CDs are only $12.00, and each of the CD combination sets has lowered in price as well.  Take a look at that in our store page!

May 14, 2014

We've just published a new blog post on how to compose using specially chosen clusters of notes --- a simple discussion about how anyone can come up with new music, with a focus on a couple of ideas Timothy worked with while developing the album Here on this Ridge!

April 30, 2014

Another new informal video today, and this one's also for Shenandoah National Park!  It's called 'Spring in the Gap,' and it's a short, lively tune somewhat similar to 'Old Joe Clark.'  The studio recordings of it --- with other instruments joining in --- are on the albums Here on this Ridge and Virginia Wildlife.

April 29, 2014

Today's new video: Timothy's original composition for Shenandoah National Park called 'Hazel River', about a hike along that stream to a waterfall by a cave in 1977 with Ro, Henry, and Cindy!  The studio version is on the albums Here on this Ridge and Common Wealth.

April 28, 2014

Another new video has been published!  This time it's an informal solo hammered dulcimer performance of 'Bass Fisherman's Reel,' a version of the fiddle tune 'Fisher's Hornpipe' Timothy specially adapted for the album Virginia Wildlife.

Also, the Virginia Gazette has published photos from the Art on the Square festival yesterday --- and Timothy's booth is photo number 2!

April 26, 2014

For Arbor Day we've published a new video of the solo hammered dulcimer composition 'Crabtree Falls' --- a wonderful Virginia waterfall named for the Crabapple tree!  It's also recorded on the album Sycamore Rapids.

April 24, 2014

The new blog post today tells of some of the experiences we've had with animals enjoying our music!

April 23, 2014

One store we are really excited has carried our CDs this past year is the gift shop at the Philmont Museum and Ernest Thompson Seton Library at Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico, where Timothy was a Ranger in the early 1970's for four years.  IWTGBTP!!

And a recent Virginia Water Radio webcast featured our composition 'Hazel River' as they discussed rivers that originate on the Blue Ridge and head toward the sea.  The track is on the two albums Here On This Ridge and Common Wealth.

The previous week, April 7, Virginia Water Radio released an episode about fishing that featured our piece 'Bass Fisherman's Reel' from the album Virginia Wildlife, and the track includes the casting and reeling of our friend Sid Allison!

April 16, 2014

Our new blog post is a description of how the arrangement was done for the new video of the rare folk hymn 'Behold the Lamb of God' for Holy Week.  There's a .pdf of a 'lead sheet' of the melody, suggested chords, and words, too!

April 15, 2014

Today we feature one of the best acoustic music stores in America, that has carried our Civil War CD Tenting on the Old Camp Ground --- Gary & Toni Sager's Prussia Valley Dulcimers in Ohio!

April 5, 2014

New blog post: How I arranged the folk hymn 'There Is a Fountain'.

April 4, 2014

Jamestown Rediscovery has just posted a video retrospective commemorating their twenty years of exciting archaeology, and they've used our composition 'Forest Succession: Chestnut to Chestnut Oak' from our album Sycamore Rapids!  The audio track is especially appropriate in that it is intended to express movement through time.

April 3, 2014

Featured shops today are at Hawks Nest State Park, Ansted, West Virginia, on the fabulous New River Gorge!

April 2, 2014

A new video just posted is a new performance of Timothy's distinctive arrangement of 'There Is a Fountain (Cleansing Fountain)' for solo hammered dulcimer in a similar way to the audio track on his album Cleansing Fountain.

Today's featured store is the official Bookshop of the Harpers Ferry Historical Association, the non-profit supporting the premier park Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in West Virginia!

April 1, 2014

A new video, the first of two versions of a new arrangement, is for the Lenten and Easter seasons: 'When I Survey the Wondrous Cross,' by Lowell Mason and Isaac Watts.

And the second version is similar but different in many details.

We are definitely serious (this April Fool's Day) about a wild, wonderful place that carries our CDs and where Timothy has given many concerts: the Seneca Rocks Discovery Center in the Potomac Highlands of West Virginia, in the Monongahela National Forest.  Timothy was born in the state when his dad was Chief of Fisheries.  (His dad had the beloved Spruce Knob Lake built.)  Tim and Ro had their honeymoon nearby at Canaan Valley State Park, and the family has frequented the area periodically for many decades.  Join Timothy Labor Day weekend when he's performing there next!  (Details soon.)

March 31, 2014

Today we feature a store that carries our CDs that is the place to go for instruments: Song of the Wood, in Black Mountain, North Carolina, east of Asheville a little ways.  It's run by one of the greatest builders (and players) of hammered dulcimers and bowed psalteries, Jerry Read Smith, and his sister JoAnn Smith.  They have an impressive variety of brands and models on display, and they're great folks to deal with and know!

March 28, 2014

A fine museum shop in Nashville that carries our CDs is featured today: The Hermitage, home of President Andrew Jackson!

March 27, 2014

Today we feature a really fine store that  carries our CD Cleansing Fountain: the Eastern National Bookstore at the Southern Highland Craft Guild Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, North Carolina, in the midst of some of the most marvelous mountains in the eastern US!  In 2007 we collaborated with Eastern National, the Parkway, and the FRIENDS of the Blue Ridge Parkway, to make this album.

And there's a new blog post for hammered dulcimer players: 'Making good use of a dulcimer's suede hammers!'

March 26, 2014

Featured store today that has our CDs: the General Store at historic Michie Tavern near Charlottesville, Virginia!

The event at Kingspoint community here in Williamsburg, Virginia on May 17 has a nice promotional page for our music today!

March 25, 2014

New video today: the old fiddle tune 'Soldier's Joy' done in Timothy's whimsical rhythmic way!

And another wonderful shop that carries our CDs: President James Monroe's home, Ash Lawn-Highland, near Charlottesville, Virginia!  (It's owned and operated by Timothy's alma mater, the College of William & Mary in Virginia, where he stayed in James Monroe dorm for three years!)

March 24, 2014

The great shop we feature today where our CDs are available: Loft Mountain Wayside, on the Skyline Drive in the incomparable Shenandoah National Park!

March 23, 2014

We've just posted a new video of a rare old Appalachian folk hymn in a new dramatic arrangement to hammered dulcimer: Lancaster (O Glorious Hope of Perfect Love) with information and Wesley's lyrics in the text area below the video.

March 21, 2014

We've just published the last new video in the series of five Celtic tunes on hammered dulcimer for St. Patrick's week: 'Brian Boru's March'!  The studio version of this arrangement with several other improvising instruments joining in, is on our album Jamestown: On the Edge of a Vast Continent, where its additional title is 'Raising James Fort'.

Today we feature stores that have long carried our CDs at the wonderful Hungry Mother State Park near Marion, Virginia!  For many years Timothy has enjoyed performing outdoor concerts there, getting to play his many nature, Parks, and outdoor recreation themed compositions.

March 20, 2014

Today we've posted the fourth video in the series of five for Saint Patrick's week: a personal favorite to play for the past 25 years!  It's an ever-spontaneous arrangement with room for many detail and mood changes, so this version of 'Planxty Irwin' by Turlough O'Carolan is one moment in time captured!  The Youtube video's text area has more discussion of Timothy's approach to this exquisite Irish air.  A studio recording of this piece from 1998 (in a different key, on a different dulcimer) is on the album Celebration of Centuries.

And today's featured store is a beautiful cabin built by the Civilian Conservation Corps at mile 24.1 of the Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park, the Elkwallow Wayside!  The photo of Timothy with his instruments (taken by his brother Lowell Seaman) in the booklet of the album Here On This Ridge is at the Elkwallow Picnic Ground in front of a similar building.

March 19, 2014

The third new video in a series of five for Saint Patrick's week has just been posted: a solo hammered dulcimer adaptation of the Irish tune 'Scully's Reel'!

Today we feature the Heritage Preservation Center museum shop in Wytheville, Virginia, also the site of one of Timothy's favorite concert evenings a few years ago!

March 18, 2014

Featured today is a fine historical site that has our CDs: Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest, in Forest, Virginia, between Lynchburg and Bedford.

March 16, 2014

Jamestown Rediscovery has just released a short video of aerial views of the original Jamestown fort site of 1607 side-by-side with views of the movie set from The New World --- and effectively used our music 'Hiking in the Highland Firs' from the album Sycamore Rapids!

March 14, 2014

We've just posted a new video, another Celtic favorite: 'The Ash Grove,' from Wales.  In the text area of the Youtube posting there's a lot more information.

Today's featured store that carries our CDs is the Virginia's Explore Park Visitor Center, on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Roanoke!

March 13, 2014

A gift shop that has had our Virginia nature CDs for many years: Occoneechee State Park Visitor Center, near Clarksville, Virginia, on the beautiful Kerr Reservoir! 

March 12, 2014

Timothy has published a new video of one of his own compositions: 'Big Meadows Twilight' for Shenandoah National Park in Virginia!  This is a live solo performance of the piece that was originally recorded for the album Quiet in the Meadow and also included in the Parks compilation Common Wealth.

And one of the wonderful rustic places you can get the Quiet in the Meadow CD is the Big Meadows Wayside, in the Park!

The new blog post today discusses how the melody 'Big Meadows Twilight' came to be and how it was developed on the hammered dulcimer.  It includes a link to the new video as well as photos and sheet music!

March 11, 2014

One of the very fine locations where you can find our CDs is the Peaks of Otter Lodge, right on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Bedford, Virginia!  When you're passing through, dining, or staying at the lodge, check out the Peaks of Otter Lodge Gift Shop!  The CD that's focused on in this store is the one Timothy made specifically for the Blue Ridge Parkway, Cleansing Fountain.

Also, the CD Gentle Breeze Beneath the Trees with the new alternative cover is available on this website!  You can look at the nature-themed cover here.

March 10, 2014

Our latest e-newsletter has just gone out!  If you'd like to read it, here it is.

One of the great locations where our CDs are carried is the Skyland Lodge Gift Shop in the central section of Shenandoah National Park.  Originally run by George Freeman Pollack in the early 20th Century, this rustic resort became a special destination within the National Park after Pollack convinced the Federal Government to establish and protect the marvelous place.

March 7, 2014

In the northern section of Shenandoah National Park is the classic CCC-built Dickey Ridge Visitor Center, one of several sites in that wonderful park that carry our CDs.  It's jointly run by the Park Service and the non-profit Shenandoah National Park Association (who also sell Here on This Ridge in their online store).

March 6, 2014

A truly wonderful rustic place, Big Meadows Lodge in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia, has a fine and friendly gift shop with Park themed items, and our CDs are among them.  When you're up at the Park, make sure you stop in there!  (They have a fine restaurant, too, overlooking the vast panorama of Page Valley.)

March 5, 2014

Today we feature one of our favorite places in all Virginia: the Byrd Visitor Center at Big Meadows in Shenandoah National Park!  You can sample our CD Here on This Ridge that was produced for that very place, while looking out over the wonderful high mountain meadow!  Run jointly by the Shenandoah National Park Association and the Park personnel, this is one fine shop and information center!

March 4, 2014

Featured store today that has carried our Parks & nature themed CDs for many years: the gift shop at Sky Meadows State Park near Paris, in Northern Virginia --- one of the most wonderful parks to visit in the whole region!  Timothy has performed there a number of times in various settings.

March 3, 2014

Today the fine shop we feature is in Winchester, Virginia: the Museum Store of the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, which has carried our CDs for many years!

March 1, 2014

Featured store today that carries our CDs is in Northern Virginia: the Grapevine Bookstore run by Vienna Presbyterian Church in Vienna, VA.  Timothy has enjoyed playing music there several times in recent years, returning to the church of his youth!

February 28, 2014

Today's featured store is in Manassas, Virginia, near the famous battlefield: Echoes, the Museum Store of the Manassas Museum!

February 27, 2014

Featured store today that has our CDs: the DAR Museum Shop in Washington, DC!

February 26, 2014

Today's featured store that carries our CDs is a fine destination shop run by Colonial Williamsburg: Williamsburg Celebrations!

February 25, 2014

Live music is great, but recordings are multipliers!  The new blog post tells of Timothy's 'eureka' moment in 1979 when he realized the power of recording.

And today's featured store that carries our CDs is one of the Historic Triangle's favorite local restaurants, the Carrot Tree in Yorktown.  The Yorktown location is in the process of moving a couple of blocks from one great historic location to another, but here's an article about the move!  (Their website is temporarily down for updating.)

February 24, 2014

Today we feature the shop in a fine, gracious hotel in Colonial Williamsburg, the Williamsburg Lodge, which carries our CDs.

February 22, 2014

And happy George Washington's Birthday!  Another great Colonial estate, of course, is Washington's family dwelling, Mount Vernon, on the Potomac River near Alexandria, Virginia.  The Mount Vernon Gift Shop is one of the fine places that carries our CDs.

Today we feature the shop that carries our CDs at a fantastic early Colonial  home: Preservation Virginia's Bacon's Castle in Surry County!

February 21, 2014

Our CD Gentle Breeze Beneath the Trees with the alternate cover (kayaking theme) has arrived here!  We plan very soon to have it available for ordering through this website.  We'll let you know when that's set up!  In the meantime, of course you can still download it or order the one with the baby-theme cover.

Featured gift shop today that carries our CDs: the Williamsburg Inn, a matchless high-level hotel in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia!

February 20, 2014

Today's shop is in Gloucester, Virginia, a unique, helpful, and friendly place called Angelwing Stationers!

February 19, 2014

Featured shop today is in Colonial National Historical Park in Yorktown, Virginia: the museum store at the Battlefield Visitor Center!

February 18, 2014

Today we feature one of the finest stores that has long carried our CDs: Colonial Williamsburg's Craft House in Merchants' Square!

February 17, 2014

Another fine store that has carried our CDs for a long time: the Pineapple Gift Shop in Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center!

February 15, 2014

Today's featured store that has our CDs is in elegant Merchants' Square next to Colonial Williamsburg's restored area: Everything Williamsburg!

February 14, 2014

Featured store today: a great destination shop on Jamestown Island, in Colonial National Historical Park (the original site of the fort in 1607): Historic Jamestowne, run by APVA Preservation Virginia.  They've long carried our CDs, and the specialty one of course is Jamestown: on the Edge of a Vast Continent!

February 13, 2014

New video today: 'Mairi's Wedding' on solo hammered dulcimer in Timothy's own unique improvisational style!  A studio recording including Ardie Boggs on Celtic harp can be found on the album Virginia Wildlife.

February 13, 2014

We've uploaded another new video of solo hammered dulcimer: 'We Hung our Harps the Willow Trees Upon,' a medley of two rare Appalachian folk hymn tunes from the shape-note tradition, using Timothy's unique dramatic arrangement techniques.  It's one of his favorites to play, and he opens with this selection in many of his concerts.

Today's featured shop that has long carried our CDs: Williamsburg General Store, a distinctive and interesting destination shopping place that has amazing variety!

February 12, 2014

Today we feature a wonderful destination store that has carried our CDs for about a decade: the Jamestown Settlement Gift Shop in Jamestown, Virginia!  They collaborated with us in 2006 to make our CD Jamestown: On the Edge of a Vast Continent for the 400th anniversary.

February 11, 2014

We've just posted a new video: the Civil War tunes 'Lorena' and 'Home! Sweet Home!' in medley. (Put together here because they're two of the most banned songs in the soldiers' camps because they inspired desertions!)  The studio versions of these, in different medleys, are on the album Tenting on the Old Campground.

Today's featured wonderful store: the Gallery at York Hall, Yorktown, Virginia, that carries the finest in local works --- truly an excellent selection --- and has long had our CDs!

February 10, 2014

Featured store that has long had our CDs, a premier destination gift shop in Colonial Williamsburg near the Hennage Auditorium where Timothy has often performed: the shop in the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg!

February 9, 2014

For hammered dulcimer players, the new blog post brings a discussion of how to use four-note chord rolls to good effect in the melody 'All Through the Night' --- complete with a video and a .pdf of sheet music with diagrams!

February 8, 2014

Special featured store today!  A magnificent destination bookstore at Colonial Williamsburg's Visitor Center: Williamsburg Booksellers.  They have long carried our CDs, and Timothy frequently performs and signs CDs in the front.  When in Williamsburg, Virginia, make sure you check out this excellent place!

February 7, 2014

A great local music store is featured today --- one that has long serviced Timothy's flute and sold his CDs: Amory Music in Jamestown, Virginia!

February 6, 2014

Timothy's new video on Youtube: the great Welsh air 'All Through the Night' (Ar Hyd Y Nos) on solo hammered dulcimer, played similarly to the track on his album Quiet in the Meadow.

February 6, 2014

Today's special store has also carried our CDs for 23 years --- Wild Birds Unlimited, Williamsburg, VA!  Our friends George and Valerie Copping cater to the nature-loving crowd with countless practical and beautiful items, great bird seed, and our music!

February 5, 2014

Featured store today has carried our CDs for 23 years!  It's one of the finest art decor shops in the country, A Touch of Earth in Lightfoot, Virginia, run by our friends Paul Pittman and Lianne Lurie.

February 4, 2014

We've now reached 124,000 copies of tapes and discs made (plus countless downloads)!  Watch for availability soon of the second version of cover art for our CD Gentle Breeze Beneath the Trees.

Today we feature a great art shop in Hampton, Virginia, that carries our CDs: The Blue Skies Gallery!

February 3, 2014

Today's featured store that sells our CDs: The museum shop at the distinguished Mariners Museum in Newport News, Virginia, home of the USS Monitor artifacts, where they carry our album of Civil War music Tenting on the Old Camp Ground!

February 1, 2014

We love to visit Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge this time of year, when there are no bugs or crowds!  Their Visitor Center gift shop has long carried our nature-theme CDs.

January 31, 2014

Third in the series of blog posts on hammered dulcimer arranging is up now: Grace notes, walk-downs, separated hands, and more!

Today's featured fine art shop that has long carried our CDs: Peninsula Fine Arts Center Gallery Shop, in Newport News, VA!

January 30, 2014

The new blog post is the second in a series of three for hammered dulcimer players: simple methods for arranging a tune, part 2!

Today's featured specialty shop that carries our CDs:  The Virginia Store in Hampton, VA!

January 29, 2014

New blog post for hammered dulcimer players: the first of three that list and discuss simple methods of arranging a tune!

Featured store that has a listening station for our CDs: Wild Things Museum Store at the Virginia Living Museum, Newport News!

January 28, 2014

Today's featured fine store that carries our CDs: All About Virginia and More, in Suffolk, VA!

January 27, 2014

Today's blog post, 'Worth: inherent or in a context', talks about music, but also more broadly about an important aspect of all parts of our lives:  How do you judge the worth of someone or something?  Where does value reside?  Read here!

January 22, 2014

Jamestowne Rediscovery has recently published a video about their high school student archaeological program, with our music in the background: 'Cumberland Gap' with Dwight Diller's banjo and Timothy's hammered dulcimer, from the album Virginia Wildlife.  Have a watch!

 

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News in 2015

December 30, 2015

Virginia Water Radio has included a clip from Timothy's version of 'Greensleeves' in their latest episode!  The clip is from the album Celebration of Centuries.

December 12, 2015

This week, from December 12 to December 21, all CD orders will be automatically shipped via Priority Mail so you can get them more quickly, at no extra cost to you! Here's the new e-mail that explains it.

December 7, 2015

Virginia Water Radio has published a new episode on the Monroe Doctrine, and it features clips from our 'New World Overture' on the album Jamestown: On the Edge of a Vast Continent!

November 28, 2015

With the recent reorder of the album Sycamore Rapids, we now have made over 128,000 tapes and discs! (As well as countless downloads, of course.)

Also, check out the beautiful new slide show on Youtube made by Dawn Chandler using two tracks from that album, documenting her hike on the Long Trail of Vermont!

November 16, 2015

Historic Jamestowne at Colonial National Historical Park has just posted this great drone video of the historic island, and it features my mountain dulcimer composition 'Little Brown Bats Eating Mosquitoes' from the album Virginia Wildlife.

October 20, 2015

In his new blog post Timothy discusses how he adapted Pachelbel's Canon in D for solo hammered dulcimer, and the post includes a pdf of the full musical score he notated of the way he played it in the much-viewed Youtube video!

October 1, 2015

They've needed to cancel this weekend's festival in Newport News Park because of the impending storm.  We're going to miss this event we've loved to be at for many years, but... Stay dry yourselves!

September 26, 2015

New blog post today: A musician's feedback loops that happen as he or she plays.

September 13, 2015

Today's short blog post is a reminder to keep your musical instrument out where you live!

September 5, 2015

Finally I have another blog post: two different approaches to music performance, experiential and architectural.

August 26, 2015

A new store that carries our CDs is Willow Grove Primitives, in Norge, Virginia.  We think they go very nicely with the distinctive one-of-a-kind decor items featured in this fascinating shop!

August 3, 2015

In education news, Timothy has accepted a part-time position as music teacher at Providence Classical School in Williamsburg, Virginia.  This school year will have many opportunities for nurturing young minds, as well as his many other activities at Pine Wind Music!

July 31, 2015

We've been really busy traveling to Kentucky, the Cumberland Gap, Northern Virginia, Michigan, upstate New York, and more, during the past six weeks, but we're home again for a while!

Today we needed to order another 1,000 copies of the Civil War album Tenting on the Old Camp Ground, so now the total number of tapes and discs we've made is about 128,000!

June 8, 2015

Today's new blog post briefly discusses the value of using the 'repeat one' feature in digital playback systems, for working on new musical tunes and ideas!

June 5, 2015

We've just uploaded FIVE new videos to Youtube, at the request of families having weddings this month.  These pieces are often played by Timothy at nuptial ceremonies:

Bach's 'Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring', Bach's Praeludium I from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Clarke/Purcell's Trumpet Voluntary, Beethoven's Ode to Joy, and Arlen's 'Over the Rainbow'!

May 29, 2015

Today's blog post: Thoughts about a great song, Phil Keaggy's 'Our Lives'

May 19, 2015

Today's new blog post discusses music's acoustic environment --- how ALL music is in a particular sound location.

May 5, 2015

Today's new blog post is some helpful advice for practicing a difficult passage of music: Isolating it to concentrate on it!

April 28, 2015

Virginia Water Radio's new episode about bats features a snippet of my 'Little Brown Bats Eating Mosquitoes' from the album Virginia Wildlife:

April 27, 2015

Today's blog post is another short story, this time about alpacas and my hammered dulcimer!

April 25, 2015

New blog post: The brief story of my hero pennywhistle!

March 28, 2015

New informal video: Improvisational duet on two hammered dulcimers with Ann Robinson!

March 26, 2015

The new e-newsletter today asks for suggestions regarding our new album in the planning stages!

And the e-news a couple of days ago asks for ideas for a trip Timothy is taking in April between Williamsburg, VA, and Chicago, IL --- are you along that route and would like to set up a lesson or event? Here's the link.

March 18, 2015

Hooray: We've just ordered another large quantity of the album Here On This Ridge, to total about 26,000 tape and disc copies of that title, and now totaling 127,000 albums in all!

March 17, 2015

For Saint Patrick's Day we've just made and uploaded two new videos: 1) the great Irish air 'Blind Mary' by Turlough O'Carolan, played on pianistic solo hammered dulcimer; 2) another excellent Irish air, 'Down By the Sally Gardens,' on pennywhistle!  ('Blind Mary' is also available in a studio recording with additional instruments on our album Celtic Airs.)

March 9, 2015

We've posted another video, StringWind Trio's improvisational version of 'Far Away' by Peter Jung, similar to the version we learned from our friend and colleague, Celtic harper Ardie Boggs.

Two more days left in the special two-for-one CD offer!  It ends at midnight Tuesday.  Thorough details are in the e-mail newsletter we just sent out.

In the newsletter we also talk about possibilities for lessons and performances on Timothy's trip in early April, if you live along the route between Williamsburg, VA and Chicago, IL.  Again, lots of details are in the e-mail newsletter.

March 8, 2015

Timothy has just joined with Ann Robinson and Phillip Skeens (Trio StringWind) to make a video of one of their favorite English country dance tunes, 'Child Grove,' done in their own unique and intriguing improvisational way.

March 5, 2015

New blog post on composition: A New Idea Every Day!  it includes a new video with a new tune!

March 4, 2015

Today is the tenth anniversary of our company, Pine Wind Music, Inc.!  To celebrate, we've recorded a new video of one of Timothy's original compositions, 'Hiking in the Highland Firs!'  It can also be found in studio versions on the albums Sycamore Rapids and Common Wealth.

Also to celebrate, we're offering a CD TWO-FOR-ONE DEAL!  To take advantage of this, all you have to do is order any CD here on our website and in the message window (in the last window of the order there's a place called 'Instructions to shipper' --- or you can e-mail the info if you prefer) tell us which title you would like the second one to be.  you'll only pay for the first and its shipping cost, and we'll just throw the free second CD into the package!  This offer will be in effect until midnight, March 10, 2015. There's no limit to the number of CDs you can order this way (e.g., order multiple copies to save on shipping, or combo deals, and just ask for the comparable number of free ones to match the number ordered). Here's a link to the discography page.

And we've just sent out the latest music newsletter, here.

February 20, 2015

We've just posted another informal video of an Irish tune on pennywhistle called 'Boys of Blue Hill,' one Timothy has played since the 1970s.  In this video he's playing a Jerry Freeman Bluebird whistle.

Just a note about the performance calendar: We had mistakenly listed the Peninsula Fine Arts Center event as February 21, but it's actually on March 21!  It's now been changed in the website calendar, but if you go to that wonderful gallery tomorrow, Timothy won't be there!

February 16, 2015

The first in a series of new Celtic videos for Saint Patrick's Day: 'Samhradh, Samhradh' ('Summertime, Summertime' in Gaelic --- appropriate for a snowy night!) on pennywhistle.  It's also recorde with ensemble on Timothy's album Wayfaring Stranger.

January 13, 2015

Today's blog post is mainly for hammered dulcimer players: a product review of the new Dusty Strings Dulci-Tune electronic tuner!

January 6, 2015

We've just successfully completed our first SkypeTM hammered dulcimer lesson!  That makes it official, that Timothy is able to offer lessons via SkypeTM using his stereo webcam with a Zeiss lens.  The rates are the same as for in-person lessons (pretty reasonable), and they can be done in any time zone!  If you'd like more information, you can Facebook message him, e-mail him at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or call at 757-746-8899.  Here's a link to general lesson info.

January 5, 2015

Historic Jamestowne on Jamestown Island (the first permanent English speaking settlement in America) has produced a beautiful short video about their archaeology and nature, etc., and they've used our music in it!  The track is Phil Skeens's composition 'Great Blue Heron' on our album Virginia Wildlife.

 

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December 17, 2013

The seventh and last in this series of new holiday videos: 'The Wexford Carol.' We hope these have been a blessing!

December 16, 2013

The sixth of the seven new Christmas videos: 'Away in a Manger.'

December 15, 2013

The fifth of the seven new holiday videos: 'What Child Is This' ('Greensleeves')!

December 14, 2013

The fourth of the seven new informal videos of hammered dulcimer for the holidays: Vivaldi's Winter Largo from The Four Seasons!

December 13, 2013

Another e-newsletter was just sent out about two big events in January at this link.

And the third installment of seven Christmas dulcimer videos: We Three Kings of Orient Are!

December 12, 2013

Our latest e-newsletter is available at this link!

And the second of a series of seven new informal videos is 'The Holly and the Ivy'!

December 11, 2013

For hammered dulcimer players, in my blog here's an explanation of my new arrangement of 'The First Noel,' with a video of the arrangement. (For anyone to watch and listen to!)

November 26, 2013

Today's blog post features a video and pdf of Timothy's version of 'Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming' on hammered dulcimer.

November 16, 2013

A new informal video: One of Timothy's own compositions, 'Sycamore Rapids'. (Please note that there are meaningful paragraphs in the text area below each of Timothy's Youtube videos.)

November 15, 2013

Here's our new e-newsletter!

November 14, 2013

A new blog post for you hammered dulcimer players: One way of playing 'Silent Night' using 'thirds' harmonies! Time to enrich our Christmas repertoire!

We've posted another video: Timothy's solo hammered dulcimer version of 'The Cuckoo's Nest', 'Redwing', and 'Listen to the Mockingbird' similar to his recorded track on the album Virginia Wildlife!

November 10, 2013

Another informal video by Timothy: The hymn 'Fairest Lord Jesus' on solo hammered dulcimer, arranged using his pianistic separated-hands technique.

November 8, 2013

For many years Timothy has played a unique version of Pachelbel's Canon in D that he developed for solo hammered dulcimer, and he recorded it in 2004 on the holiday album Profound Joy; now it's on an informal video you can watch here.

October 28, 2013

We now have had over 123,000 discs and tapes made! (Plus countless downloads!)

October 24, 2013

New blog post about how hammered dulcimer players can set up on stage: Can they see you?

October 22, 2013

The new blog post: How can a musician make a fresh and creative arrangement of an old or new piece? Here are some ideas!

October 22, 2013

Virginia Water Radio has a great new episode on the Clinch Mountain area, and again they've featured one of our tracks! Have a listen here.

September 28, 2013

A new blog post: Craving wide-open spaces!

September 18, 2013

The new blog entry has two videos of 'Shenandoah' on solo hammered dulcimer, showing and discussing one approach to how a familiar tune can be played spontaneously each time!

September 16, 2012

The new blog post today is an arrangement of the Appalachian folk hymn masterpiece 'Wondrous Love' on solo hammered dulcimer: a video, and, for hammered dulcimer players, a discussion of the arrangement.

September 13, 2013

Today's new video is a pair of Appalachian folk hymns, 'Pilgrim (John Barleycorn)' and 'Bound for the Promised Land' on solo hammered dulcimer. A similar arrangement is on the album Cleansing Fountain.

September 12, 2013

Another new video just uploaded: Timothy's solo hammered dulcimer version of the great Appalachian folk hymn 'Amazing Grace', in a version similar to the one on his album Cleansing Fountain!

September 11, 2013

The newest video posted on Youtube: The African-American spirituals 'Wayfaring Stranger' and 'Wade in the Water' on solo hammered dulcimer, similar to the duet version on our album Wayfaring Stranger!

September 10, 2013

We've just posted a new video of the Timothy's composition 'Preservation' on solo hammered dulcimer, plus a pdf of the sheet music for players who want it!

September 6, 2013

The newest blog post is a link to an archived article I wrote in 1999 about Timothy's musical life up to that point, for Dulcimer Players News.

September 4, 2013

New blog entry "Playing in an ensemble" --- A number of years ago Timothy “brainstormed” a list of topics to consider when you’re a part of a musical ensemble. Here it is for your consideration and use!

September 3, 2013

Here are four of our newest videos, all posted today: Timothy's unique versions of classic Scottish airs 'Loch Lomond'; 'Wild Mountain Thyme'; 'Auld Lang Syne'; and 'Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonny Doon'!

August 30, 2013

Another new blog post: Today's it's a video of Timothy's first composition from 1990, Midwinter Etude, played on solo hammered dulcimer, and with fairly detailed information for interested hammered dulcimer players.

August 29, 2013

New blog post: The hammered dulcimer in many lands. Did you know that this instrument has been around for a very long time in many parts of the world? Lots of information is available, and this blog entry points you to some of it!

August 28, 2013

We've just updated and expanded the informational blog entry on pennywhistles, including various explanations of fingering, temperature, etc. Feel free to take a look!

August 22, 2013

There are lots of ways you can create meaningful musical lines to fill in the open spaces in the melody. Timothy's new blog entry explores these!

August 21, 2013

Interested in pennywhistles? Timothy demonstrates twelve different models in this new video!

August 20, 2013

Did you know that the piano came about because of the hammered dulcimer? The new blog post tells about it.

August 13, 2013

An informal video of Timothy's stage performance at the world's largest hammered dulcimer festival in Michigan last month is up! You can view Part 1 here. And Part 2 here. We hope you enjoy them!

August 10, 2013

Newest blog post: Playing without a plan can be great! Are you a musician who is tied to the page? Do you need to have notes printed in front of you in order to play? Or do you have to depend on a carefully rehearsed repertoire?...

August 7, 2013

Alan Raflo at Virginia Water Radio has featured our music on several of his episodes about our state's waterways and nature. Here's the latest one about river bluffs!

July 31, 2013

Today's blog entry: Crossing thresholds. Often when musicians are practicing a new technique or working toward mastering a passage, we find ourselves coming up against the proverbial brick wall: It sure looks like we’re working in vain! Yet a few more earnest runs through the series of movements of our hands, and we still seem to be making no progress….

July 11, 2013

As of today, we have had 122,000 tapes and discs made! (As well as countless downloads.)

July 3, 2013

The new blog entry, for performers: Playing to the audience, or in your own private world! Read it here.

June 27, 2013

Today's blog post: Choosing a hammered dulcimer of your own! Read it here.

June 21, 2013

Today's blog post: It's the Summer Solstice (not the first day of summer)! Read it here.

June 20, 2013

Happy sesquicentennial today to my native state, West Virginia! On June 20, 1863, the western counties of Virginia were admitted to the Union. (By the way, if you're in the Mountain State and would like to get one of our CDs, they have them at the Seneca Rocks Discovery Center!)

June 19, 2013

This week's new blog entry: "Three kinds of tempo flow." Read it here.

June 13, 2013

The new blog entry today: "Phrasing for drama and meaning"! Read it here.

June 10, 2013

Virginia Water Radio has just published their latest episode, and it features one of our compositions on the CD Virginia Wildlife! Listen here.

June 7, 2013

Have you considered whether Timothy's live hammered dulcimer music would enhance your event --- wedding, reception, cocktail hour, dinner, or party? Call us at 757-746-8899 or e-mail us and we can discuss our setup and send you informational materials.

June 4, 2013

Now 121,000 of our discs and tapes have been made (besides countless downloads)!

June 3, 2013

New blog entry: Observations of how we hear music differently --- Read it here.

May 31, 2013

Newest addition to the many fine stores that carry our CDs: Blue Skies Gallery in Hampton, VA!

May 29, 2013

This week's new blog entry: EXCELSIOR! Ideas concerning the concept of "Up" in music arranging --- Read it here.

May 21, 2013

Another new blog entry! A lot of helpful ideas for playing pennywhistle! Read it here.

Also, they've used our music in a marvelous art exhibition called "The Gift of Inspiration" at the Philmont Museum in Cimarron, New Mexico, where I was a backpacking instructor ("Philmont Ranger") for four glorious summers long ago! Read here and here.

May 15, 2013

New blog entry: Stage setup for the audience to see and hear! Read it here.

May 8, 2013

New blog entry: Musical modes are the same as scales! Read it here.

May 7, 2013

Now we've had over 120,000 discs and tapes made, plus countless downloads!

May 2, 2013

For hammered dulcimer players: The new blog entry is about making sure you are heard well by an audience. Are you sure? Read it here (hear?) --- and players of other instruments may get some ideas too!

April 23, 2013

Today's blog entry is a curious but, I think, very useful one: Lessons learned from Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass! Read it here.

April 19, 2013

The latest blog entry is about working with scales, chords, and melody: basic chord theory simply explained. You can do it! Read about it here.

April 11, 2013

We've posted a new blog entry, and it's on the more philosophical side: Two schools of musical thought. It spells out a bit of Timothy's personal approach to musicmaking. Have a look!

March 29, 2013

Historic Jamestowne's archaeologists have released a number of videos about the Jamestown Rediscovery project, and several of them use my music, including the newest one about artifacts recently found in a well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyxWLEbn-3E

March 21, 2013

We've added a whole section to this website: The button above, "Music Ed," has information about hammered dulcimers around the world, a set of videos introducing dulcimers, FAQs, links to other interesting music sites, details about our lessons in Williamsburg, etc.! And there will be more to come. Have a look!

March 1, 2013

Our new blog: Timothy has begun a series of blog posts about music, dulcimers, nature, and life --- and four posts are there so far. Check out the ones on improvisation ideas at the blog.

Feb. 25, 2013

Recording: With the recording equipment he uses for his own albums, Timothy Seaman also records projects of many kinds for other musicians, either solo or in groups, with a specialty in acoustic instruments, especially in the folk and Classical genres. Recording can be done either completely live or one instrument at a time using multitrack overdubbing. Call 757-746-8899 or e-mail ("Contact" button above) to get details.

And, by the way, we do sell a couple of brands of fine hammered dulcimers if you're interested!

Feb. 22, 2013

Lessons: For more than two decades Timothy has given lessons on hammered dulcimer at his home in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA, and for a decade in the past taught beginner to advanced beginner flute and folk guitar (and coaching advanced players in expression and improv); now he's offering lessons again on flute, whistle, and guitar, as well as mountain dulcimer and psaltery! If you would like to inquire about these, shoot an e-mail ("Contact" button above) and request the information page, or call 757-746-8899.

Feb. 9, 2013

WELCOME TO OUR NEW & IMPROVED WEB SITE!

There are many new features, including

  1. Sample tracks of all 251 of our album tracks;
  2. Digital downloads of all our albums and tracks;
  3. Complete liner notes and artwork of all our albums;
  4. A featured video (lower left) that we’ll periodically replace with a new one;
  5. Downloadable sheet music of Timothy’s original pieces and Appalachian folk hymns;
  6. Downloadable composition and arrangement ideas, and special hammered dulcimer techniques;
  7. Buttons (above) with links to YouTube and other social media!

And if you’d like to be added to our monthly e-newsletter, feel free to fill in the request form at the left.

We hope you’ll find this new site easy to navigate, interesting, inspiring, and useful. Let us know what you think! There is much more to come.

We look forward to seeing you in person this year at a concert or festival.

Archived News (from the old site)

*** Timothy demonstrates how to play Silent Night. View it here on YouTube. For those looking for the PDF Timothy talks about in the video, you can download it by clicking here.

* Our new recording for the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, Tenting on the Old Camp Ground, is available! Feel free to listen to the samples to the left, and to order through the Shopping Cart! We strive to have a same-day turnaround for CD orders.

*** Please note that ALL OF OUR INDIVIDUAL CD ALBUMS ON THIS WEBSITE HAVE BEEN LOWERED IN PRICE TO $13.00! ALSO, SIXPACKAGE DISCOUNT DEALS HAVE BEEN ADDED, ALSO WITH LOWERED PRICES! See them HERE. ***

** Bart Smith has made a great photo montage about the North Country National Scenic Trail, and he's used our pieces "Hiking in the Highland Firs" and "Hazel River" as the soundtrack! You can view it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S2J9kTocfE.

*** We are on YouTube! Ann Robinson and others have made informal videos of outdoor and indoor performances and posted them; also, Peter Budnikas has videoed a concert and Ann has produced some versions of it for YouTube. To see these, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWmroX2i1rw. ***

* For a YouTube video of Rudolf Serkin as a very old man playing the last part of Beethoven's sublime last piano sonata, click here. This power, depth, beauty, and inexorable structure epitomizes what I wish my hammered dulcimer playing could become! And for another video of a transcendent master: Glenn Gould playing Bach in a manner that encounters ultimate reality, click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aah-wMG9F4A&feature=related

 

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