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Mark Gilston has been performing traditional folk music for over thirty years. His vast repertoire encompasses songs and instrumentals from North America and most of Europe, particularly the British Isles, Scandinavia, and the Balkans. His performances are laced with humor and a wide base of eclectic knowledge. Mark, an award-winning mountain dulcimer player (first place, 2004 Oklahoma State Mountain Dulcimer Championship), also plays concertina, guitar, banjo, Bulgarian bagpipes, pennywhistle, ocarina, tambura, and others.
He has given concerts at numerous colleges, clubs and coffee houses throughout the United States as well as England and Canada and has been a featured performer and workshop leader for various folk music societies including the New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club and the Folk Song Society of Greater Washington as well as groups abroad. He is currently performing music and living in Austin, Texas.
Mark presents and demonstrates items from his instrument collection.
Now you can watch Mark perform on YouTube!
NEW CD AVAILABLE NOW - "PLAYING AROUND WITH DULCIMERS"
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Playing A Round With Dulcimers |
Playing A Round With Dulcimers, is a delightful feast of wonderful rounds, some familiar, some not so familiar, some old and some new. The parts are fully harmonized and each is masterfully played by Mark Gilston on a separate dulcimer ranging from bass to soprano. Playing Around With Dulcimers is a thrilling instrumental musical excursion.
The track list for Playing Around With Dulcimers includes:
Welcome Welcome Every Guest | Now We Are Met | Frère Jacques | Kum Bachur Atzel | Come Follow Me | Row, Row, Row Your Boat | Dona Nobis Pacem | When Jesus Wept | Célébron Sans Cesse | Christ Church Bells | Ring in the New Year | Great Tom is Cast | Hey Ho, What Shall I Say? | Go To Joan Glover | Rose Rose Rose Rose | Cakes and Ale | Margery | Fox and Geese | Thou Poor Bird | Kookaburra | Cuckoo, As I Me Walk-ed | Ho Young Rider | Hie We To Another World | Hey Ho Nobody Home| Joy and Temperence and Repose | Turn Again Whittington | Tzena Tzena | Shalom Chaverim | Good Night, Good Night | Total Running Time: 64:03
NEW DULCIMER BOOKS - NOW EACH IS AVAILABLE WITH A LOVELY CD WITH ALL THE TUNES IN THE BOOK!!!
PLAYING A ROUND WITH DULCIMERS
28 wonderful old and new rounds masterfully arranged for Mountain Dulcimer with words and a comprehensive history of the songs
CONTENTS
Welcome Welcome Every Guest | Now We Are Met | Frère Jacques | Kum Bachur Atzel | Come Follow Me | Row, Row, Row Your Boat | Dona Nobis Pacem | When Jesus Wept | Célébron Sans Cesse | Christ Church Bells | Ring in the New Year | Great Tom is Cast | Hey Ho, What Shall I Say? | Go To Joan Glover | Rose Rose Rose Rose | Cakes and Ale | Margery | Fox and Geese | Thou Poor Bird | Kookaburra | Cuckoo, As I Me Walk-ed | Ho Young Rider | Hie We To Another World | Hey Ho Nobody Home| Joy and Temperence and Repose | Turn Again Whittington | Shalom Chaverim | Good Night, Good Night
Order directly from Mark with a CD containing all the tunes in the book. Send $30 plus $5 for postage and packaging to:
Mark Gilston
1507 Fall Creek Drive
Cedar Park, TX 78613
Order directly from Mark with a CD containing all the tunes in the book. Send $30 plus $5 for postage and packaging to:
Mark Gilston
1507 Fall Creek Drive
Cedar Park, TX 78613
Overseas orders, please add $12 for postage and packaging.
IF YOU ORDER TWO OR MORE BOOKS, POSTAGE AND PACKAGING IS FREE