Songs
from Canal Days CD with Linda Sigismondi
Folk-Style
Music; Slides,
Songs, & Stories; Folk
Service
Bill
Schilling with Carol Gaj; Bill
Schilling & Folks
Dulci-More:
Folk & Traditional Musicians
Folk Music at
Weatherbury Farm
Available
for Concerts, Programs, Artist in Residence, Workshops,
Lessons
Updated
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Digital Photo
Albums from Bill Schilling
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Digital Photo Albums of
Dulci-More
Concerts
Bill plays 6 and
12 string guitars, autoharp, hammered and fretted dulcimers, bowed psalteries,
6 and 12 string banjo guitars, National steel guitar, ukuleles, recorders,
bazooka, jug, and an assortment of inexpensive or homemade instruments. His
large repertoire of songs includes old favorites or more recent ones by some of
today's singer-songwriters; many to bring a laugh or some to bring a tear to
the listener; ones with special emphasis for particular audiences; or the
occasional original. The concerts become complete as Bill talks about
instruments, songwriters, locations, and other related information on the
songs; or tells stories about the songs, his personal experiences, or many
other subjects. Most of Bill's engagements are for concerts, and he has performed
them in a wide variety of settings all across the country.
Folk Music at Weatherbury Farm
Folk Music at Weatherbury Farm is Bill’s newest venture.
Developed along with Dulci-More members Marcy, Dale, and Nigel Tudor at their
Weatherbury Farm Vacation Bed & Breakfast in
Schilling’s
Slides, Songs, & Stories
The unique
combination of photos and folk-style music, which is Schilling’s
Slides, Songs, & Stories, uses a cassette tape to control a dissolve
unit with two or more slide projectors for flowing, interesting changes between
slides, not the harsh changes associated with single projector shows. The
programs include Bill’s own spectacular natural world photography with live and
taped performances of songs, which compliment the slides.
Finally available
as of
To Order: Send check or money order for $17.00 per CD ($15.00
for CD plus $2.00 for shipping/handling) to Bill or Linda. Use this link to open a printable Order
Form (in a new window) to send along with your order.
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Several other
recordings are partially completed or are in the active planning stages with
work to begin whenever possible. Another recording with Linda is under
consideration. Another recording may feature
Bill
has eight books available presently, 5.5” X 8.5” soft cover copies of Dulci-More Folk
& Traditional Musicians Public Domain Songbook – Volumes 1, 2, 3, and
Christmas Volume, and 8.5” X 11” plastic bound copies of Autoharp
Volume (with Melody Chord Numbers) and General Volume
(with DAA Dulcimer Numbers), (both updated to include over 300
pages in July, 2002), and plastic bound copies of Sing Along Volume (with Lyrics
& Chords) and Lyrics Volume (with Lyrics Only)
available since 2004. Check the Dulci-More
Public Domain Songbook page or the Dulci-More
Public Domain Autoharp Songbook page for more information, song
samples, and indices. He has done the computer layout and design for another
book and welcomes questions about your project. Use this link to open a
printable Order
Form (in a new window) to send along with your order.
The 8.5” X 11”
volumes are all available from Elderly Instruments for those who would
like to order with credit cards. They say, “Huge
songbook – almost 300 titles – with melody, lyrics, guitar chords and numbers
for dulcimers tuned D-A-A. Chord Charts for D-A-A, D-A-D and D-G-G-tuned
dulcimers, too, as well as notes about basic theory and harmony. All songs are
in the public domain, including 45 songs for Advent and Christmas. Great for
singers and other instruments, too! Spiral-bound.” “2002 Revision. Huge songbook – 295 titles including 45 for Christmas –
with melody, lyrics, chords and a special numbered tablature for autoharps of
all kinds! Play chords or melody style on hundreds of familiar songs, plus
detailed notes about basic theory and harmony, a section on chord button
configurations and lots more. All songs are in the public domain – great for
singers and other instruments, too! Spiral-bound.” “2004 Revision. Huge
songbook – 295 titles, including 45 for Christmas – chords and lyrics to all
the songs in Schilling’s song compendia for dulcimers and autoharp! Chords are
in the “
Bill
Schilling and Linda Sigismondi
Bill
Schilling, Linda Sigismondi, & Marge Diamond
This trio from
all over the state of
Artist in
Residence
With ten years of
experience as a classroom teacher, Bill can enrich you elementary school, youth
group, club, organization, camp, or other event through short-term artist in
residence programs featuring music, sound, or multimedia performances and
experiences for your students, members, guests, campers, or (even) adults.
Bill’s Workshop
Subjects include: Beginning/Intermediate Autoharp; Beginning/Intermediate Bowed
Psaltery; Beginning/Intermediate Mountain Dulcimer; Beginning Hammered Dulcimer;
Beginning Instrumental Accompaniment Styles; Campfire Songs, Skits, &
Stories; Children’s Songs; Folk Revival Songs; Folk-Style Songs &
Instruments; Humorous Songs; Hymn/Gospel/Spiritual Sing; Jugs, Tubs, Kazoos,
Whistles, Washboards, Shakes, & More; Multi-Media Programs; Shaker Songs;
Singer/Songfinders; Songs from Canal Days; Songs from
the Appalachians; Songs of Land & Water; Songs of Love; Songs of Peace;
Songs with Good Choruses; Traditional Songs; Vocal Accompaniment for Folk-Style
Instruments; and Vocal Styles. If there are other subjects you would like
covered, let Bill know since the creative part of putting these workshops
together is great fun for him. Go to Workshop
descriptions.
Lessons
Bill is available
to give lessons on most of the instruments he plays and presently gives lessons
at two locations in the
Select
Featured Performances and/or Workshops
Since its
beginning in Spring 2005, Bill has been the Music
Coordinator and an instructor for many weeklong and weekend courses for many
instruments and subjects at Folk Music at Weatherbury
Farm in
Bill has led a
weeklong beginning autoharp workshop at the John C. Campbell Folk School
in
Some
of the events where Bill and/or Bill with one of his groups have performed
concerts and/or given workshops include: Algonquin Mill Craft Festival, Beaver
Creek State Park, Buckeye Dulcimer Festival, Canfield Fair, Central Ohio
Dulcimer Festival, Central Ohio Folk Festival, Chestnut Ridge Dulcimer
Festival, Cleveland Metroparks Art in the Park at
Chagrin Reservation, Columbiana County Fair, Columbiana County Historical
Society, Defeated Creek Dulcimer & Old Time Music Fest, Dulci-More Festival,
Emerald City Folk Festival, First Night Salem, Fort New Salem Dulcimer Weekend,
Great Dulcimer Round-up, Hale Farm’s Music in the Valley, Harmony Harvest
Campout, Hockhocking Folk Festival, Johnny Appleseed Festival, Kent State Folk Festival, Lawrence
County Fair, Lisbon Historical Society, Little Mountain Folk Festival, McKinley
Museum Celebrations, Mill Creek Park and Morley Perfroming
Arts Pavilion at Mill Creek Park (opening for Bill Staines), Mound Builders
Folk Music Day, Music-nic, Roscoe Village Dulcimer
Days, Salem Heritage Days, Salem Historical Society, Salem Jubilee, Sheepfest, Spring Fever Folk Festival, Warren’s Opening
Night, West Virginia State Folk Festival, WAPS-FM Just Plain Folk, WERE Night
Owls, WEWS Morning Exchange and Weekend Exchange, WKSU Cabin Fever Festival,
Winona Flax Scutching Festival, and Worley Gardner
Memorial Festival. Click here
for some of the upcoming or recent appearances by Bill Schilling.
Musical
& Performance Affiliations
Bill is the
Founder and Leader of Dulci-More: Folk
& Traditional Musicians, director of the annual Dulci-More Festival, a Charter Executive Board Member &
Vice-President of Folknet:
Northeastern Ohio Folk & Traditional Music & Dance Society, Leader of
the Dulcimer Society of Trumbull County,
a Founding Member of the Canton Folksong
Society, the Mountaineer Dulcimer Club, Music Leader for Vespers and other
Services at the First United Methodist Church of Lisbon, and a Member of the
First United Methodist Church of Salem Choir. Bill has been the instructor for
a Continuing Education Course, Folk-Style Songs and Instruments, and the Kent
State University Salem Campus, Folk Service Director at First United Methodist
Church of Warren, a member of the Salem Music Study Club (past president and
Program Chairperson and Counselor for the Salem Junior Music Study Club), a
member of the Wings of Fire Praise Team, a member of the Kent/Salem Community
Choir, a member of the Kent State University Folk Festival Committee, a member
of the North Canton Hammers & Harmonies Hammered Dulcimer Club, a member of
the Psst Storytelling Guild, and a member of the
First United Methodist Church of Salem Brass, Woodwind, & Percussion
Ensemble. Bill has volunteered at the Mountain Rose Coffee House and served on
committees for the Cuyahoga Valley Heritage Festival and other festivals. Bill
originated, managed, and was resident performer at a coffee house in the Salem
Memorial Building many years ago.
Links to Other
Home Pages Developed by Bill
Links to
Other Pages
These links may be
to other organizations with which Bill is involved, other sites that have
agreed to share a link with Bill and/or to include this page in their listings,
other sites that have provided a service to this page, other sites in which
Bill has an interest, or other favorite sites of Bill’s.
Contact Bill Schilling by e-mail.
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Schilling’s Home Page.
Contact
Information
984 Homewood Avenue
Salem, Ohio 44460-3816
330-332-4420
