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Personal:
Born March 22, 1940 in Boston. Married with
four sons.
Lived 43 years in England and Scotland.
Now resident in Rockland, Maine. |
Summary of
Qualifications:
A degree in Theater Arts
Two years teaching pre-school-children
A career as a folklorist and traditional
ballad singer |
Education:
1958-59 Boston University - theater arts and
music
1959-60 Oberlin Conservatory, Ohio - music
1960-65 Montana State University - B.F.A.
degree with honors in Theater Arts and
Speech
1965-66 Montana State University partial
completion of Master of Theater Arts degree
1968
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
partial completion of masters degree in
folklore
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| 1962-64 |
Three years
repertory theatre, Bigfork Summer Playhouse, Bigfork, Montana. |
| 1965-66 |
Acted with
semi-professional theatre company, Port Washington Players, Long
Island |
| 1965-66 |
Assistant teacher in
creative dramatics, Port Washington, Long Island. |
| 1965-66 |
One year study at the
Herbert Berghof-Utahagen Acting Studio, New York City. |
| 1967 |
One Year teaching in a
cooperative pre-school programme in Philadelphia. |
| 1967-70 |
Travelling as a
professional musician throughout North America collecting and
performing traditional North American and British ballads and
songs, accompanied by banjo, dulcimer and autoharp. There
performances included folk song societies, concerts and
festivals. |
| 1967-70 |
Collected songs in
Pembrokeshire in Northern Ontario. |
| 1968 |
Participated in the
"Young Audience" programme in Philadelphian school system,
giving workshops and lectures on folklore and folk music. |
| 1968 |
Part-time music teacher
in city centre Montessori school, Philadelphia. |
| 1969-70 |
Taught two semesters in
adult education programme, Camden, Maine. One course was an
introductory survey of folklore and the other was a creative
dramatics course for intermediate age level (13 - 15 years of
age). |
| 1974-75 |
Music tours of France,
Holland and Belgium. BBC radio and television work. Also
featured on the American public broadcasting system at various
times during career in music. While living in Britain I
collaborated on articles on folklore. |
| 1978-80 |
Folklorist in residence
in New Hampshire schools - Vermont and Maine under New Hampshire
Commission of the Arts. |
| 1970-now |
Professional
performances in folk clubs, concerts, folk festivals, arts
centres radio and television |
| 1989 |
Carried out pilot
folklore collecting project in Hereford, England. |
| 1990 |
Carried out pilot
folklore collecting project in Lancashire, England. |
| 1994 & 1997 |
Staff of Pinewoods Music
Camp in Massachusetts, USA |
| 1998 |
Staff at Woods Camp,
Northern Ontario
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| 2000+ |
Tutor in Song,
Traditional Music School Of Excellence, Plockton High School,
Highlands, Scotland
The Sage, Gateshead,England
The Royal Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow, Scotland |
| 2001 & 2001 |
Song Director of
Pinewoods Music Camp in Massachusetts |
| 2001 |
Staff at Goderich Celtic
College, Goderich, Ontario |
2002, 2006,
2013 |
Staff at Common Ground
on the Hill. McDaniel College, Westminster,MD, USA |
| 2003 & 2004 |
Staff at Banjo Camp
North, Gortonwood, Gorton, Mass. USA |
| 2004 |
Tutored Local singing
group “The Singers Gathering”, Livingston, Scotland |
| 2006 |
Tutored Local singing
group “Sangschule”, Linlothgow, Scotland |
2007, 2008,
2009 |
Staff at Ozark Folk
School |
| 2010 |
Staff at Appalachain
Family Folk Week, Hindman Settlement School, Hindman, KY, USA |
| 2010 |
Staff at Sore Fingers
October Weekend, Kingham, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire |
| 2011 |
Tutored local singing
groups
“Just Singing”, Birnham, Perthshire, Scotland
“Angus Folk” Kerrimuir, Angus, Scotland
Wighton Centre, Dundee, Scotland |
2010, 2011,
2013, 2017 |
Staff at John C Campbell
Folk School Scottish Heritage Week, Brasstown, NC, USA |
| 2012 |
Royal Conservatoire in
Glasgow |
| 2013 |
Staff at Augusta
Heritage Center Vocal Week, Elkins, WV, USA |
| 2013, 2015 |
Mystic Sea Music
Festival |
Memberships:
New England Folklore Society
National Committee of Folklorist and Traditional Musicians
Actors Equity
Musicians Union
Performing Rights Society |