The Complete Guide to Chord Theory & Mapping for the Hammered Dulcimer (Hard copy)
The Complete Guide to Chord Theory & Mapping for the Hammered Dulcimer (eBook - PDFs)
Major expansion & revision: over 100 pages 

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"Ken Kolodner is a world-class instrumentalist....a fiddle and hammered dulcimer virtuoso…just the right amount of fire…totally delightful…”
                     —Sing Out

Videos

The following Youtube videos include Ken performing on fiddle and hammered dulcimer with his primary musical partners including his son Brad, Alex Lacquement, Rachel Eddy, Scottish National Fiddle Champion Elke Baker, and the trio Helicon.

Ken (hammered dulcimer) and Brad (clawhammer banjo) performing Brad's composition "Skipping Rocks" (and title track for our 2013 release Skipping Rocks) on the Washington DC NPR station WAMU

 
Ken and Elke Baker fiddling Ken's composition "Alison's Waltz" at a concert with Robin Bullock in DC. Ken wrote "Alison's Waltz" for his wife and recorded the piece on Out of the Wood (2011)

 
Ken performs with Helicon (with Chris Norman and Robin Bullock), Elke Baker and Brad Kolodner playing a set of fiddle tunes at Helicon's 28th Winter Solstice Concert for an audience of 1750 in 2013. Note the use of "fiddle sticks!"

 
Ken & Brad with Alex perform "Coleman's March/Snake River Reel" at The Kennedy Center in 2014

Recent news

1,250 in-person + 250 Zoomers attended Helicon's 36th Annual Winter Solstice Concerts. Next year's dates: 
12/17/22 at Goucher - 3:30 pm
12/17/22 at Goucher  - 7:30 pm
12/10/22 at Dumbarton - DC
(In-person & streaming)

New Recording with Scottish National Fiddle Champ Elke Baker: On a Cold Winter's Day 
Available now! 

Winners at Clifftop get to perform there in Aug, 2022 - if all goes well! The Ken & Brad Kolodner Quartet were honored to win The Neo-Traditional Band Contest at "Clifftop" August, 2019. Ken's composition "The Swift House" won "Best Instrumental" at Clifftop in 2018. 

New Ken & Brad CD, Stony Run released March 13, 2020. OUCH! Bad timing! But Stony Run hit #4 on The Bluegrass Billboard's Chart

See Ken and Brad's website at www.kenandbrad.com

For Ken's Hammered Dulcimer Retreats: www.sandbridgedulcimer.com

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Upcoming Concerts

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Upcoming Workshops

The 17th Annual Sandbridge Hammered Dulcimer Retreat - Fall Weeks September-October 2021 - Hybrid of IN-PERSON and ONLINE
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Ongoing!

The Baltimore Old-Time Jam is lead by Brad and I at The Five and Dime Ale House 901 W 36th St, Baltimore, MD 21211 See Facebook - "The Baltimore Old-time Jam" Every other Tuesday night from 7-11:00. Slow jam 7-8:15. Fast jam 8:15 - 10:30 or later. More info
​NOTE: We are likely going to start once a month online on Facebook and YouTube - go to The Baltimore Old Time Jam Facebook page; we are back in person as of December (2021)

Video Lessons

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​video lessons & PDF sheet music for more than 90 tunes!

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