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Seven adult harmonica students posing in a redwood grove with harmonicas held in their mouths, name badges on

Camps, festivals & one-day workshops

Harmonica Workshops & Music Camps

An amazing foot-stomping, knee-slapping harmonica fandango. The people's instrument is calling all riders.

The harmonica fandango

This workshop is for the absolute beginner to the professionally curious. Now is the time to discover the magical secrets of the harmonica.

For over 150 years the harmonica has been providing joy throughout the world. You'll learn simple folk, pop and blues melodies, and create your own unique train sounds. The harmonica has been a proven stress reducer, and studies show playing it helps maintain a healthy lifestyle.

All students will need a 10-hole diatonic harmonica in the key of C major. So put a smile on your face and let's play!

Where I teach

Festivals, camps and retreats I've taught at and come back to.

Resident teacher

West Coast Ukulele Retreat

Workshop teacher

Kate Wolf Music Festival

Workshop teacher

Wild Iris Folk Festival

Workshop teacher

Redwood Ramble

The whole RiverTunes music camp gathered for a group photo, instruments in hand and arms waving

Bringing a workshop to your event

I run one-day workshops and multi-day camp sessions — beginning harmonica, jamming the blues, and leading jam sessions for mixed rooms where nobody's playing the same instrument.

If you're putting together a festival, a camp or a retreat and want harmonica on the schedule, get in touch with the dates and I'll tell you straight whether I can make it.

Putting together a festival or camp?

Send me the dates and the shape of the thing. I'll come back quickly.