SYNOPSIS OF RESUME'
SUE CARPENTER

PERFORMING AND TEACHING (Mountain Dulcimer)

1998 - 2007 Winter Festival of Acoustic Music, Irving, TX
1999 - 2007 Lone Star State Dulcimer Festival, Glen Rose, TX
2007 Palestine Old Time Music and Dulcimer Fest, Palestine, TX
2007 Dulcimer Days Festival, Coshocton, OH
2007 Heavener Dulcimer Club, Heavener, OK
2007 Hill Country Acoustic Music Camp, Kerrville, TX
2006 and 2007 Sun City Dulcimer Club, Georgetown, TX
2006 Mid-Winter Dulcimer Festival, Shelby, NC
2006 Dulcimer Week, Swannanoa Gathering, Asheville, NC
2006 Jacksonville Jammers Club, Jacksonville, TX
2005 Denton Dulci-Doodlers Club, Denton, TX
2004 Northeast Texas Dulcimer Club, Pittsburg, TX
2004 Mountain Dulcimer Week, WCU, Cullowhee, NC
2004 Pocono Dulcimer Club, Stroudsburg, PA
2000 - 2007 Dixie Dulcimer Festival, Tyler, TX
2000 Southeast Dulcimer Festival, Silsbee, TX
1999 Heartland Dulcimer Camp, Parkville, MO
1998 and 2005 Sawdust Dulcimer Festival, Bennington, OK
1997 Fort New Salem Dulcimer Festival, Salem, WV
1997 Sam Fest, Houston, TX
1996 and 2005 Summer Solstice Festival, Calabasas, CA
1996 and 2003 Buckeye Dulcimer Festival, Ashely, OH
1994 Dulcimer Camp, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY
1994 Housatonic Dulcimer Celebration, New Milford, CT
1993-1994,1999 Dulcimer Daze, Wilmington, VT
1992 Downeast Dulcimer and Harp Festival, Bar Harbor, ME
1992 The Great Black Swamp Dulcimer Festival, Lima, OH
1992-1995, 1997 Dulcimer Workshop, Appalachian State, University, Boone, NC
1991-1992 Autumn Hills Festival, Winsted CT
1989-1996, 2004 Dulcimer Music Fest, Albany, NY
1986-1988 Northeast Dulcimer Symposium, Blue Mountain Lake, NY
1986 Bolton Landing League of Fine Arts, Bolton Landing, NY
1985-1996 Old Songs, Inc., Voorheesville, NY
1985-1996 Heldeberg Workshop, Voorheesville, NY
1985-1991 Flower Carol, Watertown, MA
1985 and 1990 Folkcraft Instruments, Wingdale, NY
1984-1985 Hambone Music, Saratoga Springs, NY
1983 -1996, 1999 Cranberry Dulcimer Gathering, Binghamton, NY
1982 to Present Private lessons  

TEACHING EXPERIENCE (Other)

1973-1977 English teacher, Central Bucks West High School, Doylestown, PA
1979-1997 Substitute teacher, East Greenbush Central Schools, East Greenbush, NY;           per diem in various subject areas and long term in English
1997-1998 English teacher, Ford High School, Quinlan ISD, Quinlan, TX  

ACHIEVEMENTS

2007 Produced and released "Following the Muse" CD
2005 National Mountain Dulcimer Championship, Walnut Valley Festival, Winfield, KS
2003 2nd place National Mountain Dulcimer Contest, Walnut Valley Festival, Winfield, KS
1999 Published Heliotrope Bouquet Tune Book
1993 Co-produced and released "Heliotrope Bouquet" CD
1991 Published Patterns and Patchwork: Fingerpicking Made Easy
1984 Placed 1st in Adult, 2nd in Innovative, and 2nd in Grand Champion Dulcimer Days           Competition, Roscoe Village, Coshocton, OH
1972 MA in American Literature, The Catholic University Washington, DC
1971 BA (major in English, minor in education), Marywood College Scranton, PA
1962-1971 Church organist, St. Isidore's, Quakertown, PA
1954-1971 Studied piano and organ