Matthew Abelson is an American
hammered dulcimer
The hammered dulcimer (also called the hammer dulcimer) is a percussion-stringed instrument which consists of strings typically stretched over a trapezoidal resonant sound board. The hammered dulcimer is set before the musician, who in more trad ...
player. Originally from
Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton is a municipality with a borough form of government in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was established on January 1, 2013, through the consolidation of the Borough of Princeton and Princeton Township, both of whi ...
, he lives in
Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
Abelson performs in a variety of styles from classic
Celtic
Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to:
Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
* Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Fo ...
tunes to
Folk-Rock. His audiences have included President Bill Clinton, Vice President
Al Gore
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, author
Anne Rice
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She was best known for her series of novels ''The Vampire Chronicles''. B ...
and others,
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/ref> and he has played over 1,000 shows throughout the continental United States and Canada. Abelson has presented workshops on aspects of being a performing musician and on the history of the dulcimer at the Starwood Festival
The Starwood Festival is a seven-day Neo-Pagan, New Age, multi-cultural and world music festival, taking place every July in the United States of America. The Starwood Festival is a camping event which holds workshops on a variety of subjects.
Th ...
, Sirius Rising,Witchvox Article
/ref> Wellspring Gathering, and other events in the festival circuit. He has released three full-length CDs on his own label, Flying Dulcimer Recordings. Abelson is now performing, recording, and teaching full-time. He appears extensively at colleges, universities, major festivals and coffee houses throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, Michigan and his home state of Ohio. In May 1999, Abelson took first place at the Mid-East Regional Hammered Dulcimer Competition.
Discography
*''The Flying Dulcimer'' (Flying Dulcimer Productions)
* 1997 - ''From Here To There'' (Flying Dulcimer Productions)
* 2001 - ''Perspective'' (with Sam Bush
Charles Samuel Bush (born April 13, 1952) is an American mandolinist who is considered an originator of progressive bluegrass music. In 2020, he was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame as a member of New Grass Revival.
...
, Vassar Clements, and others) (Flying Dulcimer Productions)
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References
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External links
Official web site
Hammered dulcimer players
People from Princeton, New Jersey
Musicians from New Jersey
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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