Maggie Sansone is a hammered dulcimer

Hammered dulcimer

The hammered dulcimer is a stringed musical instrument with the strings stretched over a trapezoidal sounding board. Typically, the hammered dulcimer is set on a stand, at an angle, before the musician, who holds small mallet hammers in each hand to strike the strings...

 player and recording artist from Miami, Florida

Florida

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Biography

Sansone started recording her music in 1984. Since then, she has made over a dozen recordings, both solo and as a guest artist or in collaboration with numerous recording artists such as Bonnie Rideout

Bonnie Rideout

Bonnie Rideout is a fiddler in the Scottish style, consistently featured on The Thistle & Shamrock, a Celtic music radio show broadcast by the United States' NPR. She lives in Alexandria, Virginia.-External links:*...

, Al Petteway

Al Petteway

Al Petteway is an American guitarist known primarily for his acoustic fingerstyle work. He won a Grammy award in 2005 for his rendition of "The Thornbirds".-Biography:...

 and Ensemble Galilei.

Although she is perhaps best known for her hammered dulcimer recordings, she also plays the piano, guitar, mandolin, and Northumbrian small-pipes.

Sansone has performed at the Maryland Renaissance Festival

Maryland Renaissance Festival

The Maryland Renaissance Festival is a Renaissance fair located in Crownsville, Maryland. Set in a fictional 16th century English village named Revel Grove, the festival is spread over and is the second largest renaissance festival in the United States...

 for more than twenty years. She currently resides in Maryland.

Maggie's Music

Sansone operates her own music label, Maggie's Music. The label features over fifty recordings of Celtic and contemporary acoustic music featuring twelve recording artists that include Al Petteway

Al Petteway

Al Petteway is an American guitarist known primarily for his acoustic fingerstyle work. He won a Grammy award in 2005 for his rendition of "The Thornbirds".-Biography:...

, Amy White, Bonnie Rideout

Bonnie Rideout

Bonnie Rideout is a fiddler in the Scottish style, consistently featured on The Thistle & Shamrock, a Celtic music radio show broadcast by the United States' NPR. She lives in Alexandria, Virginia.-External links:*...

, Robin Bullock, Karen Ashbrook, Paul Oorts, the City of Washington Pipe Band

City of Washington Pipe Band

The City of Washington Pipe Band is a grade one pipe band located in Washington, D.C. City of Washington is one of only four grade one bands in the United States, the others being the Los Angeles Scottish Pipe Band, the Oran Mor Pipe Band of Albany, NY, and the City of Chicago Pipe...

, Ensemble Galilei, Sue Richards, Hesperus Early Music Ensemble with Tina Chancey and more.

Discography

• Hammer Dulcimer & Guitar (1984) cassette album: out of print, now included on Traditions
• Hammered Dulcimer Traditions (1987) cassette album: out of print, now included on Traditions
• Sounds of the Season, Vol. 1 (1988)
• Traditions (1989)
• Sounds of the Season, Vol. 2 (1990)
• Mist & Stone (1990)
• Music In The Great Hall: Instrumental Music From The Ancient Celtic Lands (with Ensemble Galilei) (1993)
• Ancient Noels (with Ensemble Galilei) (1993)
• Dance Upon The Shore (1994)
• A Scottish Christmas ( 1996) (with Bonnie Rideout and Al Petteway)
• A Traveler's Dream (1999)
• Celtic Meditations: Into The Light (2001)
• Merrily Greet the Time (2003) (with Sue Richards on Celtic harp)
• Mystic Dance: A Celtic Celebration (2004)
• A Celtic Fair (2007)
• Wind Drift: Celtic grooves, mystic moods (2010)

External links

• Official website
• Maggie's Music, her record label