Malcolm Dalglish
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Malcolm Dalglish is an American hammered dulcimer
player and builder, composer, and choral director.
A virtuoso performer on the hammer dulcimer, he is a former member of the folk/Celtic trio Metamora and has performed frequently with the percussionist Glen Velez
. In addition to the dulcimer, Dalglish also plays the spoon
s and bones
(both traditional American percussion instruments). Beginning in the mid 1970s he honed his playing at Hap's Irish Pub in Cincinnati in a duo with flutist and concertina player Grey Larsen. He also composes prolifically for choir, and many of his compositions are for choir with dulcimer accompaniment. He has received more than 50 commissions to compose for choirs around the world. He played the hammered dulcimer in the score for the 1981 film Tuck Everlasting
. Several of his songs with the Ooolite choral group come from the poetic work of Wendell Berry
.
Dalglish attended Oberlin College
and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
. He lives in Bloomington
, Indiana
, where his publishing company, Ooolitic Music, is based.
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 builder, composer, and choral director.
A virtuoso performer on the hammer dulcimer, he is a former member of the folk/Celtic trio Metamora and has performed frequently with the percussionist Glen Velez
Glen Velez
Glen Velez is an American percussionist, vocalist, and composer, specializing in frame drums from around the world. He is largely responsible for the increasing popularity of frame drums in the United States and around the world....
. In addition to the dulcimer, Dalglish also plays the spoon
Spoon (musical instrument)
Spoons can be played as a makeshift percussion instrument, or more specifically, an idiophone related to the castanets. "Playing the spoons" originated in Ireland as "playing the bones," in which the convex sides of a pair of sheep rib bones were rattled in the same way.- Techniques :# A pair of...
s and bones
Bones (instrument)
The bones are a musical instrument which, at the simplest, consists of a pair of animal bones, or pieces of wood or a similar material. Sections of large rib bones and lower leg bones are the most commonly used true bones, although wooden sticks shaped like the earlier true bones are now more...
(both traditional American percussion instruments). Beginning in the mid 1970s he honed his playing at Hap's Irish Pub in Cincinnati in a duo with flutist and concertina player Grey Larsen. He also composes prolifically for choir, and many of his compositions are for choir with dulcimer accompaniment. He has received more than 50 commissions to compose for choirs around the world. He played the hammered dulcimer in the score for the 1981 film Tuck Everlasting
Tuck Everlasting (1981 film)
Tuck Everlasting is a 1981 American film based on Natalie Babbitt's 1975 children's book of the same title.- Plot:The story involves the Tucks, a family who drank from a magic spring from The Foster's little forest and became immortal .In the novel, set in the late 19th century, the protagonist is...
. Several of his songs with the Ooolite choral group come from the poetic work of Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry is an American man of letters, academic, cultural and economic critic, and farmer. He is a prolific author of novels, short stories, poems, and essays...
.
Dalglish attended Oberlin College
Oberlin College
Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, noteworthy for having been the first American institution of higher learning to regularly admit female and black students. Connected to the college is the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the oldest continuously operating...
and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
The University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music is the performing arts college of the University of Cincinnati and is one of the nation's leading music conservatories. In its most recent rankings, U.S. News & World Report ranked Cincinnati sixth nationally among university programs...
. He lives in Bloomington
Bloomington, Indiana
Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County in the southern region of the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 80,405 at the 2010 census....
, Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
, where his publishing company, Ooolitic Music, is based.
As leader
- 1977 - Banish Misfortune (with Grey Larsen) (June Appal)
- 1978 - First of Autumn (with Grey Larsen) (June Appal)
- 1982 - Thunderhead (Flying Fish)
- 1986 - Jogging the Memory (Windham Hill)
- 1991 - Hymnody of Earth (Music Masters)
- 1997 - Pleasure (Ooolitic Music)
- 2003 - Carpe Diem! A Ceremony of Song [live]
With Metamora
- 1984 - Root Crops and Ground Cover (Tarquel Music)
- 1985 - Metamora (Pamlico Sound)
- 1987 - The Great Road (Pamlico Sound)
- 1990 - Morning Walk (Windham Hill)
External links
- Malcolm Dalglish interview by N. Scott Robinson
- [ Allmusic entry for Malcolm Dalglish]