{"id":380,"date":"2005-06-25T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-25T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/article\/branson-hosts-hammered-dulcimer-virtuoso-ken-kolodner-jul-2223"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T05:00:00","slug":"branson-hosts-hammered-dulcimer-virtuoso-ken-kolodner-jul-2223","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/?p=380","title":{"rendered":"Branson hosts hammered dulcimer virtuoso Ken Kolodner Jul. 22-23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P><STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=4>I<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/articlephotos\/article_413_ken_Kololdner_Head_web.jpg\" style=\"float:right\" \/>nternationally known hammered dulcimer virtuoso and accomplished fiddler, <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.kenkolodner.com\/\"><B><SPAN style=\"COLOR: maroon\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=4>Ken Kolodner<\/FONT><\/B><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><FONT size=4> comes to Branson for the first time Jul. 22-23, 2005. He will be at the <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:PlaceName w:st=\"on\">Tri <st1:PlaceType w:st=\"on\">Lakes <st1:PlaceType w:st=\"on\">Center <A href=\"http:\/\/library.drury.edu\/Branson\/\">teaching an Old Time Fiddle Work Shop<\/A> on Friday, Jul. 22 starting at 6:30 p.m., a <A href=\"http:\/\/library.drury.edu\/Branson\/\">Hammered Dulcimer Workshop <\/A>all day on Saturday, Jul. 23 and giving <A href=\"http:\/\/library.drury.edu\/Branson\/\">a concert <\/A>entitled, &#8220;Journey to the Heartland&#8221; at 7:00 p.m. on the evening of the Jul 23.<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/P><br \/>\n<P><STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=4> <\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/P><br \/>\n<P><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=4>As a major part of the rebirth of the hammered dulcimer in the <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:country-region w:st=\"on\">US, <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.kenkolodner.com\/\" target=_blank><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=4>Ken Kolodner<\/FONT><\/B><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=4> is recognized as one of &#8220;one of today&#8217;s most accomplished, musical hammered dulcimer artists. Many players view Ken as the most influential player in the <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">United States and he is well known for his improvisational and expressive style that has been described as &#8220;nothing short of astonishing.&#8221;<\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=4> <\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=4>Ken has toured extensively, performing at performing arts centers and major festivals in nearly every state in the continental US as well as <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\">Canada and <st1:place w:st=\"on\">Europe. He has been featured in nationally broadcast concerts and programs on NPR (most recently this past December), German National Radio, the CBC, the Voice of America, as well as countless television and radio broadcasts around the <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">U.S. His 1999 appearance as the featured soloist with a combined chorus (The Baltimore Choral Arts) and chamber orchestra from the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra was broadcast in an Emmy-nominated CBS-TV Christmas special.<\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=4> <\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><FONT size=4><STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">Gail Morrissey, one of the sponsors of the event said, &#8220;This is a once in a lifetime experience&#8221;\u2026 &#8220;there is such haunting beauty to his technique. The New York Times said, <\/STRONG><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">&#8220;\u2026Outstanding\u2026soulfully beautiful\u2026&#8221;<I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">&#8212; <SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic\">The NY Times<\/I><STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"> to hear Ken play it is if he has cast a spell on you, there is such a , without leaving the Ozarks.<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P><STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=4> <\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/P><br \/>\n<P><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=4>Tickets for the concert are $10 and will be available at the door. For further information contact Gail Morrissey by phone at 417-334-5016 or 417-335, via email at <U><A href=\"mailto:Bransonworkshops@aol.com\">Bransonworkshops@aol.com<\/A> <\/U>or <A href=\"http:\/\/library.drury.edu\/Branson\/\">click here<\/A>.<\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;giving a concert entitled, &#8220;Journey to the Heartland&#8221; at 7:00 p.m. on the evening of the Jul 23<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shows-attractions-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}