Maggie Sansone
Maggie Sansone
is a talented multi-instrumentalist and a critically
acclaimed recording artist and performer on the hammered
dulcimer. She plays an extremely varied repertoire, either
solo or accompanied by guitar, harp, violin, or flute-
delighting audiences with her mastery. Celtic, Renaissance,
classical, colonial, or popular in origin, Maggie's
innovative arrangements and instrumentation transform Celtic
pieces into period crossovers she calls "cool Celtic."
As a popular hammered dulcimer performer at major fairs and
festivals and a recording artist and teacher, Maggie Sansone
has been a major force in introducing and bringing her
hammered dulcimer style and sounds to thousands of people
around the world. Her early love of music began with piano
studies at the age of eight in her home town, Miami,
Florida. By the time she graduated from high school, she
played recorder, guitar and bassoon. After graduating from
Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, with a Bachelor of Fine
Arts degree, Maggie took up residence in Baltimore,
Maryland, and began her musical career. An active and
versatile musician, she was a member of an Irish band,
directed recorder ensembles, accompanied dance classes, and
studied banjo and mandolin. During a visit to Key West,
Florida, Maggie heard the unique sounds of the hammered
dulcimer and decided to make it her principal instrument.
Books
Mist and Stone
- MBK073
A Traveler's Dream - MBK089
Sounds of the Season
- Book - MBK120
Traditions - Book - MBK124
LIMITED SUPPLY
A
Scottish Christmas (book)
Celtic Meditations into the light
(book)
Maggie's Big Book of Celtic Tunes & More
(book)
Recordings
Mist & Stone
(cd) MRC091
Sounds of the Season Volume I
(cd)
MRC090
"Celtic Meditations" Into the Light (cd)
"Traditions" (cd)
"Mystic
Dance" (cd)
