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Mountain Dulcimer Music Maker "Vici Gombaski"
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Founding/Member/Leader of MIXED-UP STRINGS of Summit County,
Vici, is an accomplished mountain dulcimer artist and dulcimer teacher.
With numerous mountain dulcimer awards to her credit they including the prestigious,
1999 Mid-Eastern Regional Mountain Dulcimer Champion
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Vici's has been teaching and performing since the early 1980's.
At the University of Akron, she exclusively teaches mountain dulcimer.
Festival workshops presented for:
Kent State University's Folk Festival
Central Ohio Folk Festival
Buckeye Dulcimer Festival
Dulci-More Festival
SouthEastern Dulcimer Festival
Coshocton Old-Time Music Festival
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CD's
"Simply Vici" was released in 2000. A solo effort of traditional mountain music.
Nunerous hybrid dulcimers were used to create this CD: Banjimer, Ginger, Dulci-bro, Baritone as well as the standard dulcimer.
"A Simple Life", was a recording of Vici's dulcimer group the "Mixed-Up Strings". This CD was a companion to the PBS offering by the same name, "A Simple Life". The program recorded the outsiders impressions of the Ohio Amish community.
"Mixed-Up AGAIN!!!", was the second CD for Vici's dulcimer group. Released in 2007 the CD has met with excellent reviews.
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Vici divides her time between family (human as well as four legged), artwork, music, her MIXED-UP STRINGS dulcimer group, and teaching dulcimer.
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MOUNTAIN DULCIMER LESSONS
Mountain Dulcimer lessons -- private, small or large group, when available.
Currently beginner-intermediate dulcimer lessons are being held at the United Methodist Church in Canal Fulton,OH at the .
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For Information
About dulcimer lessons, CD sales
email: vici@uakron.edu or call (330) 825-9475.
Information pertaining to Vici's dulcimer group, Mixed-Up Strings, follow this link:
Mixed-Up Strings of Summit County.