CULTURAL RESOURCES** LINKS OF INTEREST, USEFULNESS, AND AMUSEMENT

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

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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."*

Picture in Victorian costume takes you to Historical Programs;
picture by the sea takes you to Seasonal Programs.
OK! NOW...ON TO THE DIRECTORY!

ABOUT THIS DIRECTORY:

This resource directory will be growing, albeit a bit "like Topsy"
... scroll below to find the directory to "quick links" on this page.
(ok ok so you don't like to scroll...but we know a lot of people--it's going to be a long list!)

We'll update from time to time...have fun browsing around the categories, AND come back frequently!

CATEGORIES: Here Are Quick Links to Sections of this Directory

HIGHLIGHTED ENTRIES AND OF SPECIAL INTEREST MUSICIANS, COMPOSERS, SONGWRITERS, PERFORMERS, TEACHERS, WRITERS, ARTISTS

HISTORY AND HISTORICAL RESOURCES, MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUPS Follow this link for: Salem, Massachusetts History and Culture

PHOENIX MANDOLINS

Visit the Phoenix Mandolin site.
Jim Dalton endorses and plays a Neoclassical Phoenix Mandolin.
Incredible work by Rolfe Gerhardt.... Study Phoenix Mandolin Construction. Find out where you can shop for your own mandolin. Get great advice on the Phoenix "Care and Feeding"
Quoted from the website: "The only American mandolin specifically designed for full sound with extra-light strings (up to Dr. Thomastik mediums) for mandolin orchestras, and also for easy playing of folk, jazz, Celtic, and modern classical music...." end quote

  ORDER JIM'S BOOK HERE....
   Jim's book, Mandolin for Beginners, has been published by the National Guitar Workshop and 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

Our Favorite "Home Away From Home"...one of our most cherished (and longest-lasting) relationships!
Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
In 2007, a very important celebratory year for Virginia, come visit us at Christmas as we share "300 Years of Christmastime in America" !

The Boston Singers Resource

This staggeringly well-organized and imaginative organization is a major blessing to Boston area (really, New England area) musicians.

Founder Lynn Shane is not only a talented musician and singer herself, but simply one of the classiest, loveliest, completely "good souls" we've met in many, many years of professional associations.

Be sure to visit the website (and hey! you can drop in on someone you know -- here).

In 2004, a two-part article by Maggi on Eliza Poe was published by the BSR. You can read it here: "Market Lass" The Myriad Roles of Elizabeth Poe PART TWO is Here

A WORLD-CLASS TREASURE, BRILLIANT MUSICAL RESOURCE SINCE 1867, and our "home" since the dawn of this millenium... THE BOSTON CONSERVATORY, BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS
M U S I C   D A N C E   T H E A T E R

Another "home away from home," the indispensable resources of the Phillips Library, part of the Peabody-Essex Museum, in Salem, Massachusetts.

The Salem Gazette Salem, Massachusetts.

Maggi is a regular columnist and writer of features for the Gazette on history, arts and culture.

Devoted to the Salem community...and full of great stories for everyone, regardless of place of residence.

OK! Now for some individual musicians, artists, etc.
colleagues, historians,
great friends who do wonderful work...
and all-around great folks for you to know!

Here are some other wonderful, talented, incredible Musicians we know, love, respect, cherish--and encourage you to visit!....

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Musicians, Composers, Songwriters, Performers, Teachers, Writers, Artists ...

Composer extraordinare, Andy Vores. Visit his website -- don't miss listening to his highly acclaimed music .The Boston Globe raves about him...check this out, quoted from Andy's website: "....Cleopatra . . . a remarkable work, vigorous in gesture, imaginatively interconnected, exotic in color. The Boston Globe" --- All we can say is, "Wow."
Songwriter, Composer, and Berklee College of Music prof, Jimmy Kachulis--and one of our best and dearest friends...
His talent has inspired countless students, and his music has been played and loved by an impressive array of national and international performers.

His book,The Songwriter's Workshop: Harmony, by Jimmy Kachulis published by the Berklee Press, is available here: THE SONGWRITER'S WORKSHOP

Seth Austen and Beverly Woods
We've been friends and colleagues for nearly...well, folks, it's been a wonderfully long time!
Both of them are musicians of incredible talent, flexibility, skill, and SOUL.
Don't miss getting their books, or listening to their wonderful recordings: you can find out about them here and here
Jay Ottaway, songwriter and performer
Check out his Lyric Contest Win
Ryan Thomson, aka "Captain Fiddle Music"
Wait 'til you see the amazing books and recordings Ryan offers you...wow! or try Captain Fiddle Music
Keith Hampton, songwriter and performer
Check out his label, the innovative Brave Records

HISTORY AND HISTORICAL RESOURCES, MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES

Erik Smith's Salem, Massachusetts "Salem History Online" site.
Erik's a great guy, and his site is a fascinating collection of facts about each day in Salem, Massachusetts history.

Salem History Society, Salem, Massachusetts

Jim Dalton and Maggi Smith-Dalton were members of the six-member founding group for the Society,
and currently Maggi is founding President and Jim founding Vice President of the Salem History Society Advisory Board.

ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUPS/ONLINE RESOURCES

Institute for Music, History, & Cultural Traditions (IMHCT)
A nonprofit scholarly organization

Follow this link for: Salem, Massachusetts History and Culture

ArtDesy - An Art Directory

Some fascinating and wide-ranging links to art, music, literature, history, etc. resources.

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What's New
About the Artists Programs How to contact us Recordings & Sound Clips
Our Currently Featured Program You Can Go Home Again!

HOW ABOUT...DOWNLOADABLE SOME INFO SHEETS? About the Artists--Downloadable PDF form **** Programs--Downloadable PDF form

Our individual sites:

Jim Dalton

Maggi Smith-Dalton

Fun Stuff

The Garden Gate****Trips 'N' Pix****

MUSICAL MUSINGS From Maggi & Jim Dalton & Singing String Music
An Online Salon for sharing musings cultural, artistic, and philosophical...and fun!

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The Singing String News. About the Artists--Downloadable PDF form

Programs--Downloadable PDF form

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Copyright 1997-2008 Jim Dalton & Maggi Smith-Dalton. All rights reserved.

*(quoted from Calvin Coolidge Historical Site/Plymouth Folk & Blues Concerts)

HIGHLIGHTED ENTRIES AND OF SPECIAL INTEREST	MUSICIANS, COMPOSERS, SONGWRITERS, PERFORMERS, TEACHERS, WRITERS, ARTISTS
HISTORY AND HISTORICAL RESOURCES, MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES	ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUPS	Follow this link for: Salem, Massachusetts History and Culture