Thomasina Levy, CT State Troubadour (05/06), is an award-winning songwriter, poet, and internationally recognized mountain dulcimer player whose performances weave together the best of traditional and contemporary folk music. She is a popular virtual workshop leader whose workshops frequently sell out. Her music has been aired in over twenty countries across the globe.

Described as a charismatic performer, she touches audiences with a simplicity, humanity, and strength drawn from the deep roots of the folk tradition. Parallel Universe, her latest full length album, was co-produced with Grammy winning cellist David Darling and is on the Hearts of Space Records label. This instrumental album received a Silver Medal from the Global Music Awards in December 2018, as well as the 2019 NAMA Award for Best Song of the Year. Her 2020 single, We are Thunder, We are Lightning, (https://youtu.be/5MqTPU36XG4) is a song/video that is a call to action to address the climate crisis looming over us all.

Grew up in Detroit, listening to his Viennese father's classical zither recordings and his West Virginia mother's Nat King Cole discs.

Began playing drums, then guitar and later mountain dulcimer - since 1975, but first seen in 1968 played by Brian Jones and friends (Rolling Stones). Learned dulcimer from Margaret MacArthur of VT, with early influences from Jerry Rockwell, Lorraine Lee, Ron Ewing, and a raft of old timey banjo players. Played and taught at dozens of festivals and released four albums from 1977 to 1990. Remained active in playing locally (Seattle and California) while doing research in and teaching biology.

A new album is out in December '22: Mixed Colors - Art of the Four String Dulcimer.

Rob Brereton is considered one of the pioneers in contemporary mountain dulcimer playing. His years of studying classical guitar have polished his playing style while his degree in music theory and composition has given him a fresh approach to arranging.

Rob was one of the first dulcimer players to arrange extensively in chromatic and other alternate tunings. Although he specializes in the standards and early jazz tunes of Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, and the like, Rob is equally adept at playing the more traditional celtic, Appalachian, old time, and other dulcimer repertoire.

Rob has taught all levels of dulcimer at most major music festivals and folk schools across the country as well as internationally. He has won several awards for his playing including a coveted Winfield National flatpicking award. Rob was one of the organizers of the Housatonic Dulcimer Celebration and continues to organize the occasional Dulcimer Cruise. He has been playing dulcimer for over 30 years and has been an internationally recognized performer and instructor since his first CD was released in 1992. David Schnaufer called Rob's playing "...strong and innovative."

Rob's music is featured on his recording, Someone to Watch Over Me available for download on iTunes, CD Baby, and most other music download sites. 

In addition, Rob teaches K-6 music and has many private students. He also composes, arranges, and he directs several choirs near his home in CT. If you're interested in Rob teaching privately or at a venue, feel free to contact him.

Much to his friends' dismay, he also yodels. Please don't hold this against him.

https://robertbrereton.com/someone-to-watch-over-me

Grant is currently a junior at Cedarville University, from Andover, Minnesota, who has played the mountain dulcimer for nine years. He plays fiddle tunes, hymns, and arranges classical songs for chromatic mountain dulcimer. He enjoys composing his own tunes, and building his own dulcimers out of cardboard and styrofoam.

In 2019 he competed and won the mountain dulcimer championship at Winfield, using a cardboard dulcimer he made for 2 of the songs. Since then, he has continued writing and arranging, and built up a collection of youtube videos sharing his music.