What's New Previous audiences have found the duo to be: "engaging, scholarly, delightful, warm, intelligent, flexible, humorous, talented, versatile, enthusiastic, personable, joyful. . . ." "Simply put, Jim and Maggi Dalton are a national treasure." (Calvin Coolidge Historical Site/Plymouth Folk and Blues Concerts)   Welcome! Index What's New About the Artists Programs How to contact us Recordings & Sound Clips Our Currently Featured Program You Can Go Home Again! Picture in Victorian costume takes you to "Historical Programs" Picture by sea takes you to Seasonal and General Concerts photo credits: Lang Photography, Hartford, Ct.(both). Thanks to Harriet Beecher Stowe House/Stowe-Day Foundation (bottom)

Jim & Maggi Dalton Singing String Music Performance/Production/ Publishing/Studio Concerts, Workshops & Residencies Understanding History Thru Music ™ Specialists in 19th- & Early 20th-Century Music From Parlor and Stage American & Celtic Traditions Period Instruments *** Historically-Informed Performance LATEST UPDATE TO OUR WEBSITE: JUNE 2008 GO TO OUR "CURRENTLY FEAURED PROGRAM" PAGE FOR SOME VERY EXCITING UPCOMING 2008 PROGRAMS--AND YOU ARE INVITED! THIS WILL TAKE YOU THERE-- ANNOUNCEMENTS OF JIM AND MAGGI'S UPCOMING PERFORMANCES AND PROGRAMS Our New Book, First in A Series! Clik on the Cover Photo below for more info and/or to purchase. SCENES FROM JIM'S PREMIERE NIGHT! Clik on the pix to get more info Please clik on the poster below to find out more about the issues facing those of us who are the core of the Creative Economy -- artists -- are doing, hoping for, and the issues around which we are organizing. Once again, the wonderful public programs at the Jung Institute entice and invite. Clik on the poster below to find out more. Jim's Book still selling well! Mandolin for Beginners (Alfred/Workshop Arts) WHAT WE DO, AND WHO WE ARE...follow this link! Institute for Music, History, & Cultural Traditions (IMHCT) A Scholarly Nonprofit Organization The "American History and Music Festival" THIS IS THE CURRENT COST OF WAR (and we're just talking "bucks" here, at that) This is where our, your, and your children's future is going. It's been sold. It's going...going. Gone. Don't kid yourself. It's true. Cost of the War in Iraq (JavaScript Error) To see more details, click here.

Please visit our individual sites and our Blog, "Musical Musings" Jim Dalton Maggi Smith-Dalton MUSICAL MUSINGS From Maggi & Jim Dalton & Singing String Music An Online Salon for sharing musings cultural, artistic, and philosophical...and fun! Other Links of Interest Institute for Music, History, & Cultural Traditions (IMHCT) A nonprofit scholarly organization Salem History Society, Salem, Massachusetts Jim Dalton and Maggi Smith-Dalton are members of the six-member founding group for the Society, and currently are officers on the board. (Maggi is President, Jim is Vice President) Cultural Resources/ Other Sites of Interest Back issues of The Singing String News About the Artists--Downloadable PDF form Programs--Downloadable PDF form

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ORDER JIM'S BOOK HERE....

Jim's book,

Mandolin for Beginners, has been published by Alfred Publishing (and National Guitar Workshop)
We're happy to say it is selling very well!

It's available online and in retail stores both nationally and internationally.

You can learn everything from how to hold/ tune a mandolin, how read tablature and strum -- to reading music, tremolo techniques, improvising.

Jim packed it full of interesting tunes and practical advice...and his trademark mellow humor shines thru, too. There's a CD in it, so you can hear as well as read all the good stuff in the book.

48 pages Book & CD

Order it online: NGW Store

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Visit Maggi's new business, which saw its "debut" at the December 9
Salem Open Studios show,
Old Town Hall, Salem, MA.
Thanks to all of you who helped launch our little venture!

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