Antonio Andrade
Antonio Andrade enthusiastically engages the audience with his energetic passion for "presenting the song". This singer/songwriter accompanies himself on guitar and harmonica as he delivers original songs along with classics (and "not so classics") that are lyrically affecting and stimulating.
Contact Antonio at lifeshakes.com
Richard Broadbent
Richard Broadbent performs solo with 6 and 12 string guitars and harmonicas, playing his original music alongside traditional folksongs and cover tunes from Dylan to Merle Haggard, Iris DeMent to Steve Goodman. Richard’s first recording Christiana, released in November 2003, is a collection of songs 53 years in the making.
Contact Richard at browoowho@aol.com or (301) 447-6290
Bruce Campbell
Bruce Campbell offers string bass services for most musical genres, including Bluegrass, Folk, Gypsy, Dixie, Swing and big band. For more information please view his website: www.fatfiddle.com
Contact Bruce at bruce@fatfiddle.com
Todd Clewell
Todd Clewell plays fiddle with the Contra Dance band Contra Rebels and guitar with "Strings on Wings". He also performs with Late For Supper, a banjo/fiddle/guitar trio featuring vocals and instrumental pieces from a variety of sources with a strong old-time influence.
Contact Todd at tclewell1@msn.com or (717) 880-2540
Joe Cooney
Joe Cooney is a very active singer and guitarist in the Capitol Area music scene. Joe and his band, Joe Cooney and Friends, have been delighting audiences in the region for years. They consistently book 100+ events each year. They present fun sets including classic rock, folk, and country. Joe also coordinates monthly Jams for SFMS. And he hosts open mic events at multiple venues. Visit JoeCooneyMusic.com, find him on Facebook, and check him out on YouTube.
Contact Joe at (717) 599-1181 or email jdkbcooney@msn.com
Dan Diviney
Dan Diviney plays Irish and Scottish music on whistle and bodhrán with Across the Pond throughout the Mid-Atlantic & New England regions, as well as Ontario & Québec. He also appears in coffee shops and nursing homes as a solo performer, adding guitar. Dan hosts an open traditional Irish session at The Garryowen Irish Pub in Gettysburg each month. You can find more information and receive periodic updates by connecting with him on Facebook.
Contact Dan at Irishtrad@embarqmail.com or (717) 451-4880
Tom & Betty Druckenmiller
Tom and Betty Druckenmiller play and teach American old-time tunes on fiddle, banjo and guitar, and they sing too. They specialize in the music people used to play for themselves and their neighbors, before the time of radio and recordings.
Norm Williams frequently joins Tom and Betty, adding mountain dulcimer, guitar, excellent vocals and harmony. Together, these experienced presenters provide both the music and the stories that give life to the old songs and tunes.
We can all/each teach workshops on our instruments, vocals and harmony, and provide entertaining sessions about the history and background of old-time music.
Contact Tom & Betty at bhdrux@gmail.com.
Beth Folkemer & Stephen Folkemer
Beth and Stephen Folkemer offer programs and workshops on a wide variety of topics including Songs from PA and WV (especially from the Samuel P. Bayard Collection); Scottish and Irish music; Civil War Era songs and tunes, hymns, carols, and thematic topics such as Jean Ritchie’s Songs, and more. They sing and play guitar, mountain dulcimer, concertina, piano, and organ, as well as writing and arranging music. Stephen is also a choral conductor and composer.
Beth and Stephen perform in Cormorant's Fancy, Dearest Home (see entries under Ensembles) and Schola Cantorum of Gettysburg. Also see their entry under Support Services.
Contact the Folkemers at beth.folkemer@gmail.com or sfolkemer@uls.edu or or (717) 253-1254 or (717) 253-4889
Lesl Harker
Lesl Harker, Irish flute: Lesl specializes in the fluid old-style music of East County Galway, drawing from a long association with the late Galway flutist and National Heritage Fellow Michael Rafferty. She has authored two Mike Rafferty tunebooks, capturing his flute settings and his approach to Irish traditional music.
Lesl serves as a master for the New Jersey and Pennsylvania State Arts Councils' Folk Arts Apprenticeship programs, and also teaches Irish flute and whistle privately. Now local to the Hershey area (but also teaching virtually), Lesl is accepting new students at any level who wish to improve their playing.
Contact Lesl through her website at LeslHarker.com
Randy Heisley-Cato
Randy Heisley-Cato is a singer/song leader who accompanies himself on clawhammer banjo, guitar, harmonica, mountain dulcimer, and limberjacks. He enjoys performing for intergenerational gatherings with folk songs from the Appalachian mountains, including a good bit of novelty tunes and old-time gospel.
Contact Randy at randallheisleycato@gmail.com or (717) 512-5722
Tom Jolin
Tom Jolin plays traditional American music and has recorded on eight albums, including two solo albums. He was a founding member of The West Orrtanna String Band which was active from 1972 to 87. They recorded three albums and also several short historic folk music segments for National Public Radio. From 1987 to '98 he performed with The Orrtanna Mountain Steamers, which also recorded two albums. All the music of these two groups was archived in 2005. The preservation project was funded by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts and The Adams County Arts Council. From 1998 to 2008 he performed with the duet Orrtanna.
Since 1980, he has performed with The Barnstormers, a roots music duet. They performed at the Viljandi Folk Music Festival in Estonia in 2006. They often collaborate with the RockCandy Cloggers. In 2008, The Barnstormers with RockCandy Cloggers performed at two German festivals, Rudolstadt and Moelln. Rudolstadt is Germany's largest world music festival. They performed at the Kennedy Center For Performing Arts in 2016 and the National Folk Festival in 2021.
Tom has been a solo performer since 1978, playing the hammered dulcimer, button accordion, banjo, harmonica and more. In 2012, he performed at the the Scheersberg Folk Fest and Moelln Folk Fest, both in Germany. He was a presenter for the PA Humanities Council on the subjects of traditional American folk music and Civil War Era music. He was a sought-after Pennsylvania artist in residence, spending extended times in various schools, assisting students in making their own school-owned dulcimers and bowed psalteries. His performances are loaded with humor... sometimes intentionally.
Contact Tom at (717) 398-1144 or jolin@pa.net
Henry Koretzky
Henry Koretzky plays mandolin, guitar, mandocello and hammered dulcimer and sings in a wide variety of groups, including The Harrisburg Mandolin Ensemble, with Celtic singer/guitarist Jamie O'Brien as a duo and in The Launies, the swing quartet Sink Or Swing, and with contradance bands such as The Contra Rebels, Unbowed, the Gnutones and Medicinal Purpose. He also performs solo and with other groups and individuals playing bluegrass, old-time, Celtic, Folk and Swing. He gives individual lessons in mandolin, guitar and hammered dulcimer, and is a regular auxiliary faculty member at Folk College and Folk Gathering.
Contact Henry at hrk2@psu.edu or (717) 574-0266
Jessica Mulhollem
Jessica Mulhollem is a highland bagpiper and Scottish smallpiper based in Carlisle, PA. She has won prizes in solo and band competitions, and she has shared a stage with musicians including Natalie Mac Master, the Seán Heely Celtic Band, and local friends Hold Fast and Whiskey Ginger. She is also the piping instructor for the Pennsylvania State Police Pipes and Drums. She plays at weddings, funerals, and other private events but is most likely to be found at local traditional sessions.
Find Jessica on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/mulhollempiper, or email her at jmulhollem@gmail.com
Lorie Nowaczyk
www.TrebleClefGuitar.com - Lorie is a guitar teacher with a Bachelor's degree in music from Messiah College, 2018 graduate. Her experience includes teaching since 2011 and she is also a Certified Suzuki Guitar Teacher. She enjoys teaching all ages. Please make an appointment for a free consultation at her studio.
Contact Lorie at mnl.nowaczyk@comcast.net or (717) 645-3895
Ray Owen
A candidate for GRAMMY Nomination, and an award-winning singer / songwriter / humorist, Ray Owen has established himself as an accomplished concert and festival performer, as well as an engaging and interactive kids and family entertainer. His feature performances include The Kennedy Center, Wolf Trap, The Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center (Appell Center), American Music Theater, The Whitaker Center, and The Philadelphia Folk Festival, as well as appearances at numerous other national and regional festivals.
Ray’s music spans Folk to Americana, Country-Blues to Bluegrass, CowJazz, Swing, and Celtic Music to Folk’n Roll. He can be counted on to infect his entire environment with his trademark wry sense of humor in the tradition of Mark Twain, Will Rogers, John Prine, and The Guthrie Legacy. From Ray’s early days playing crusty Maryland crab houses, coal miners’ strikes, and small-town juke joints, he has gone on to share the stage with such luminaries as Pete Seeger, Doc Watson, Van Morrison, Earl Scruggs, and Arlo Guthrie, as well as tours with the likes of Willie Nelson and Jerry Seinfeld.
Ray performs with his partner Christine in Christine and The Road King (eclectic folk), The Rovin’ Bog Hoppers (Irish/Celtic), and The Song Imagineers (family/kids).
Contact Ray at (717) 334-8631
Rodney Owens
Rodney Owens performs Irish/Celtic music on the Highland Pipes, the Irish Uilleann Pipes, whistles, bodhran, and Irish Tenor Banjo, individually and with the traditional Irish music band, Irishtown Road.
Contact Rodney at rowens53@comcast.net or (717) 512-8052.
Greg Rohrer
Greg Rohrer plays mandolin, mandola and some guitar (just chords). He plays mostly bluegrass but is also interested in fiddle tunes and waltzes, and learning some Celtic music.
Contact Greg at grrohrer@hotmail.com or (717) 651-5258
Sharon Sacks
Sharon Sacks plays clawhammer banjo with Ladies in the Parlor, an all-women Old Time string band. The Ladies play and sing for private events, concerts, contra and barn dances and have been together since 2003.
Sharon plays banjo and fiddle with the Oley Rollers, a trio of Mitch/Dave Miller and Matthew Ward. They play and sing Irish and Old Time.
Sharon plays Irish traditional music on fiddle and accompanies on piano along with various local Irish music players and singers. She has been fortunate to study with Matt Cranitch and Patrick Ourceau, and currently focuses on Sliabh Luachra tunes.
Contact Sharon at sharonsacks1@gmail.com. For Ladies in the Parlor, contact Suzanne Gates at Suzanne@ladiesintheparlor.com or (717) 259-0319.
Ed Stockton
Ed Stockton fell in love with folk music upon hearing the Kingston Trio, the Weavers, the Limelighters, the Chad Mitchell Trio and their contemporaries. He learned to play the 6 and 12 string guitars, and in 2015 he joined his favorite group, The New Christy Minstrels, (Still) Under the Direction of Randy Sparks®, with which he still tours. He recently moved to Harrisburg and would love to make friends and pick with some of the local folks and find some venues, too. And when he gets excited he can finger pick really fast.
Contact Ed at Folksinger1@me.com or (412) 526-2904
Craig Zumbrun
Craig is a member of the band Celtic Wood and Wires, playing and singing the music of Ireland and Scotland.
Contact Craig at czumbrun@gmail.com or (717) 586-7381
Randall Zwally
Randall Zwally, M.M., M.L.S., is recently retired Director of Guitar Studies and Senior Lecturer in Music at Messiah University. He is a guitar (and banjo) educator and performer who holds Master's degrees in Guitar Performance and Music Librarianship, and a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education. He plays acoustic steel string guitar (general, country flat pick, finger styles, praise/worship), classical guitar, and 5-string banjo (folk and bluegrass).
Contact Randy at rzwally54@gmail.com or (717) 951-2177
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