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Heidi Muller is an award-winning songwriter, guitarist and mountain dulcimer player. In 25 years of performing she has played venues from concert halls and festivals to livingrooms throughout America, taught dulcimer to hundreds of aspiring players and produced five recordings which have given her a firm and respected place in the national folk community. Heidi has headlined at events including the Kerrville Folk Festival, South Florida Folk Festival, Northwest Folklife, Kentucky Music Week and the Northeast Dulcimer Symposium and has shared stages with Nanci Griffith, Tom Paxton, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Jean Ritchie, Bill Staines, the MacArthur Family and many others. Heidi is known for her crystalline alto voice, insightful lyrics, spirited dulcimer playing and her natural ability to connect warmly with her audiences. Described by Dulcimer Players' News as "one of the dulcimer community's best songwriters and performers", Heidi's music is featured on the new Masters of the Mountain Dulcimer, Volume Two recording. She has published two books of music for the mountain dulcimer, So Sang the River, Songs of Bill Staines, Vol. I and Dance with Orion, a collection of original songs and instrumentals. Her latest CD Gypsy Wind is receiving critical acclaim and radio airplay throughout the US, Canada, Australia and Europe. As Richard Middleton wrote in the Victory Review, "Heidi's new release makes clear once again why she is so loved and respected by fans and colleagues across the country, showcasing her lovely alto voice, masterful dulcimer and guitar playing, and excellent writing." Heidi's previous recordings have also been well-received and played nationally on public radio; Cassiopeia and Matters of the Heart held #1 spots for most airplay on WUMB-FM in Boston, and Matters was nominated for the Northwest Area Music Association's Best Folk Album of the Year. For two decades, Heidi was a leading folk performer in the Seattle music scene before moving back to her family home in New Jersey. Her song "Good Road" remains the theme song for Northwest Public Radio's Inland Folk show, heard there since 1989. That same year she was a finalist in the prestigious Kerrville New Folk song contest. In 1998, her song "Gypsy Wind" took second place in the Lakefolkfest Northwest Songwriter's Contest and was selected for the compilation CD A Musical Doorway produced by the Seattle Folklore Society. Her songs have also appeared on Fast Folk, Camp Coho, Victory Music and Northwest Folklife compilations and have been published in the New England Folk Almanac, Victory Review and. Artists such as Small Potatoes, Gail Rundlett, Maria Gillard and Straw Into Gold have covered her original songs on their recordings. A self-taught fingerpicking guitarist from age eleven and a natural singer since early childhood, Heidi took up the mountain dulcimer in the 1980's. She soon became Seattle's primary dulcimer teacher and was invited to give workshops at festivals and on tour in many Western states. Her growing national reputation as a dulcimer player has led to teaching positions at camps and festivals including the Northeast Dulcimer Symposium (NY), Kentucky Music Week, Shady Grove (OH), Heritage Dulcimer Camp (MO), Fort New Salem (WV), Vermont Dulcimer Daze, Housatonic Dulcimer Gathering (CT), and Winter Festival of Acoustic Music (TX), among others. She has also judged songwriting and dulcimer contests including the 2002 Kentucky Mountain Dulcimer Championship. |
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