New CD!
Live at the Winter Solstice Concert
Helicon and Friends​
Ken Kolodner, Chris Norman, and Robin Bullock
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With guests: The Ken & Brad Kolodner Quartet, Members of Charm City Junction, Alex Laquement, Sean McComiskey, Elke Baker, Rachel Eddy, and Jonathon Srour
A whopping 78 minutes from Helicon's 36th Annual Winter Solstice Concert in 2021

Out from the Shadows
Mary Lynn Michal & Ken Kolodner
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with Elke Baker: Viola, Robin Bullock: Guitar, Rachel Eddy: Fiddle & Guitar, Brendan Hearn: Cello, Charlie Pilzer: Piano
Features Kolodner's arrangements for two hammered dulcimers

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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

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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

The Baltimore Old Time Music Festival has a new home and new date: April 19-20, 2024
Baltimore Museum of Industry

Helicon's 38th Annual Winter Solstice Concerts. 
12/16/23 at Goucher - 3:30 pm
12/16/23 at Goucher  - 7:30 pm
12/9/23 at Dumbarton - DC
(In-person & streaming)

2022 Recording with Mary Lynn Michal of arrangements for two hammered dulcimers (with Connor Hearn on cello, Elke Baker on viola, Robin Bullock on guitar, Charlie Pilzer on piano): Out from the Shadows  

2021 Recording with Scottish National Fiddle Champ Elke Baker: On a Cold Winter's Day 

Ken & Brad CD, Stony Run released March 13, 2020. 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 19th Annual Sandbridge Hammered Dulcimer Retreat - Fall Weeks September-October 2023 - Hybrid of IN-PERSON and ONLINE
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Ongoing

The Baltimore Old-Time Jam is back! Peabody Heights Brewery, 401 E 30th St, Baltimore, MD
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Every other Tuesday night from 7-10:00. Slow jam 7-8:00. Fast jam 8:00 - 10:00 More info
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Video Lessons

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​video lessons & PDF sheet music for more than 100 tunes! Hammered dulcimer and fiddle

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