Mandolin Instruction

A native of Pemberville, Ohio, Steve holds a Bachelor's Degree in History from Capital University, Columbus, Ohio (1981) He received the Hilmar G. Grimm Award for excellence in History, Honorable Mention for poetry (1977) and was chosen a member of the Kappa Alpha Pi honorary society. At Capital, he was a member of Alpha Phi Omega (service) fraternity and sang in the Men's Glee Club and the Varsity Quartet. While at Capital he studied ear training and arranging from David Wheeler.

He earned the Master of Divinity from Trinity Lutheran Seminary where he focused on innercity ministry as a participant in the SCUPE (Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education) in Chicago. (1983).

He earned a Master of Music Education Degree from the College of Fine Arts at Boston University in 2008. His final curriculum project designed a 2-year, standards-based, Understanding By Design curriculum to teach hammered dulcimer to 5-8th grade students in private lessons.

He was active in bands and on stage in musicals in high school (Eastwood High School, Pemberville, Ohio) and was a founding member of the singing groups, Beloved and Handmade.

Instruments:
I teach all levels on: Mountain & Hammered Dulcimers, Guitar (flat-pick, finger-pick, old-timey, bluegrass, folk, celtic, blues) , Mandolin Beginning Level : Bowed Psaltery, Bodhran (Irish Frame Drum), Hand Percussion (Djembe/Ashiko)

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