
For 18 years, Steve taught Audio Production/Recording, as well as Copyrights, Publishing, & Music Licensing at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina (retiring in 2014).
Songwriting and Copyrights Workshops
Guitar Workshops
Playing the Music of Jim Croce on Guitar
This class is also good for Upper Intermediate and Advanced guitar players. Have some fun playing and singing some of Jim Croce’s most memorable songs: “Time in a Bottle,” “I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a Song”, “I’ve Got a Name” and others. We’ll be playing together, and you’ll learn Jim’s unique guitar style and the identifiable runs and chords that make Jim Croce’s music so special. INTERMEDIATE
Banjo Workshops
Ukulele Workshops
Beginning Ukulele:
Starting with the basic terminology of the ukulele, how to place your left and right hands properly on the uke, moving on to begin forming basic open chords in several keys and how to play them cleanly so that they ring true. Simple right hand ukulele strumming will be taught. You will learn to play the chords and chord progressions for many familiar songs. BEGINNER SKILL LEVEL [No experience necessary]
Ukulele Tunes &Technique:
Learn the variety and styles of music that can be played on the ukulele with an assortment of chords, melodies, strums, rolls, and fingerpicking patterns. You’ll learn to use these techniques on many popular songs. Both vocal songs and instrumental tunes will be taught. ADVANCED BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE SKILL LEVELS
The Aloha Music of Hawaii
The ukulele is most associated with Hawaii and its Pacific island music. Learn to play the Hawaiian way on ukulele. You’ll learn traditional Hawaiian and “Hapa Haole” (mixing Hawaiian and English lyrics) songs including Israel 'Iz' Kamakawiwo'ole’s “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” Learn the ukulele with Steve, who lived inHawaii and played music professionally there for 15 years. [ADVANCED BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE]
Early American Folk Songs on Ukulele:
You'll learn to play and sing well-known American folk songs from the mid-1800’s, such as “Oh, Susanna,” “Hard Times Come Again No More,” “Wayfaring Stranger,” “Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane” and the original accurate Appalachian folk ballad “Tom Dooley.” Learning to play these songs will increase your ability to play ukulele easily in the keys of D and A minor. NOVICE
Playing Clean Uke Chords & Progressions:
Take that next step in your ukulele by playing chords and progressions in a smooth and clean way. Learn more chords in the three most common ukulele keys that can embellish the songs you currently play and new chords and progressions that will enable you to play new more advanced songs. Also learn the basic fingerstyle ukulele roll. INTERMEDIATE
Fingerpicking the Ukulele
Fingerpicking on ukulele can be a little daunting if you're only used to strumming chords. This workshop will start you out easy with ukulele fingerpicking the simple way so you'll be up and running in no time. It's easy when you know how - and then practice those patterns regularly. You'll learn picking patterns for 4/4/ and 3/4 timing and also combining strums and finger patterns. Fingerpicking works well for playing arpeggios and melodies. INTERMEDIATE
Other Workshops
How to Create Effective Concerts:
Steve's workshop teaching credits include:
QuaranTUNES Virtual Dulcimer Festivals
Merlefest, Wilkesboro, NC
Black Mountain Music Festival, Black Mountain, NC
Walnut Valley Festival, Winfield, KS
The Dulcimer Jamboree, Ozark Folk Center, Mountain View, AR
Kentucky Music Week, Bardstown, KY
Kentucky Music Winter Weekend, Louisville, KY
John Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC
Southern California Dulcimer Heritage Festival, Costa Mesa, CA
Central Florida Dulcimer Festival, Mt. Dora, FL
Winter Creek Reunion Music Festival, Bennington, OK
North Georgia Foothills Dulcimer Association Fall Festival, Helen, GA
ODPC FunFest, Evart, MI
Cranberry Dulcimer and Autoharp Gathering, Rensselaerville, NY
Wood-n-Strings Dulcimer Shop and Pickin' Porch, Townsend, TN
The Smoky Mountain Dulcimer Retreat, Knoxville Area Dulcimer Club, TN
The Buckeye Dulcimer Festival, Ashley, OH
Dayton Dulcimer Society Festival, Dayton, OH
Pocono Winter Dulcimer Fest, East Stroudsburg, PA
Upper Potomac Spring Music Weekend, Shepherdstown, WV
New Mexico Dulcimer Festival, Albuquerque, NM
The Suwannee Dulcimer Retreat, Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center, FL
Dulci-more Festival, Lisbon, OH
The Ola Belle Reed Music Festival, Lansing, NC
Western Carolina University Mountain Dulcimer Winter Weekend, Lake Junaluska, NC
Gebhard Woods Dulcimer and Traditional Music Festival, Morris, IL
Central Florida Dulcimer and Autoharp Festival, Mt. Dora, FL
Indiana Hammered Dulcimer Festival, Woodburn, IN
Cranberry Dulcimer and Autoharp Festival, Latham, NY
River House Dulcimer Retreat, Grassy Creek, NC
Heartland Traditional Music Festival, Elizabethtown, KY
MusicFest 'n Sugargrove, Sugargrove, NC