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Welcome to Homestead Online!


The Homestead Pickin’ Parlor®
& The Armatage School Community Education Program

Proudly Present

 An Evening With

Bryan Bowers
& Karen Mueller
(Members of the Autoharp Hall of Fame)

Friday, January 15, 2010
8:00 PM

Armatage School Auditorium
2501 West 56th Street, Minneapolis


$ 17.00 in advance, $20.00 Day of Concert

Tickets Available Now at Homestead

Bryan's Web Site

 

Bryan Bowers has been a major presence on the North American folk music scene for some forty years.  A powerful singer and performer, he is best known as one of the world’s most accomplished masters of the American folk instrument, The Autoharp®. 

A Flying Fish and Seattle Sounds recording artist, Bryan’s music has been captured on seven albums: “Home, Home on the Road”, “By Heart”, “For You”, “The View From Home”, “Friend for Life”,   “Bristlecone Pine”, and “September in Alaska”.  He also has an instructional DVD titled “Autoharp Techniques” on Homespun to his credit.

The Chicago Sun-Times said about Bryan “He plays the Autoharp® and when he picks up the instrument, the entire room changes…a very magical world, a music never heard before.

Bryan simply says “I want to have a good time and I want people to have a good time.  I want the joy of bringing people together and communicating…If I can say it like I see it, I can bring happiness.

 

Karen Mueller won the 1986 International Autoharpâ Championship held at Winfield, KS.  She has since performed for audiences internationally.  Like Bryan, Karen is considered one of the outstanding Autoharp® players performing today.

She has four CDs to her credit; “Clarity”, “Still Point”, “Autoharp Gourmet”  and “Landscape of the Heart” She is a published author having written Celtic Autoharp  and having contributed to Dulcimer 2000  both published by Mel Bay Publications.  Her playing is also featured on two widely circulated anthology compact discs, Masters of the Mountain Dulcimer II  and Autoharp Legacy.

We are very proud to have Karen as a member of the Homestead Pickin’ Parlorâ teaching staff.  She teaches at the West Bank School of Music as well.

 

And There's More...

An Autoharp® Workshop

Featuring
Bryan Bowers
& Karen Mueller

(Members of the Autoharp Hall of Fame)

 Thursday, January 14, 2010
6:00 – 9:00 PM

This workshop is a rare opportunity to spend time with two true masters of this beautiful instrument.  Bryan Bowers sightings are far too infrequent and an opportunity to learn his Autoharp® techniques most rare.  Karen Mueller plays and teaches far and wide, and we are lucky that she lives here in the Twin Cities, where she is in high demand as a teacher..

No Autoharp® player of any skill level should miss this workshop.  Bring your instrument and a tape recorder.  Your musical life will never be the same.

Workshop Fee - $50.00

Reservations Recommended

Call Homestead or come to the store at
6625 Penn Ave So
Richfield, MN  55423

(612)861-3308

 

Featured Items!!

These are either items which seem to fly out of the store as fast as we can get them, or they're products we think you should know about.


The Hottest Thing in Tuners

The PT10 Clip-On Tuner from intellitouch



Clip-on tuners have become ubiquitous* in the music world in recent years. If you’ve not yet added one to your musical bag of tricks, intellitouch, the makers of the original clip-on tuner have now given you a good reason for waiting – The PT10.

The PT-10 features the now familiar LCD Screen that tells you what note you’re closest to, but it changes color from red to green when you’re in tune. It is accurate to within one cent. It has a seven octave range from 27Hz to 1,760Hz. At 2” by 1” by ¾” it weighs in at a mere 2 ounces. A standard CR2032 Lithium coin cell will provide 10 hours of continuous operation. An A-ref button will allow you to adjust the reference pitch from 430Hz to 450Hz.

And we’ve saved the best for last. Intellitouch offers a LIFETIME WARRANTY on the PT-10. In their own words “should this product no longer perform as originally intended due to wear, workmanship or even accidental damage, return it postage prepaid and we will repair or replace it at our option”

It’s available now - $ 39.95
The Upper Midwest’s only 6625 Penn Ave So
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Prices May Change -- Please Call

Recently a customer came in to get a book, and the price on the web site was less than the current price.  This sometimes happens when a product is carried on the web site without looking at prices.  Therefore, please don't rely on the web price we show.  If you call (a good idea just to make sure we have your item in stock), ask for the current price.

In other words, prices are subject to change without notice.  (Where have you seen that before?).

 

Folk Music Venues Page

We used to list on the home page a number of venues which often (or occasionally) present something which qualifies as folk or acoustic music events.  We've decided to move the list to its own page, and we'll occasionally make additions and changes to that list.  We hope this will become a useful resource for our customers looking to hear some live music.

Keep us up to date and spread the word.  Not surprisingly, we've found that folks change their internet providers (hence their e-mail addresses) much more often than they do their snail mail addresses.  Should you do so, please drop us a note and let us know where to re-direct our e-mail newsletters.  In the world of acoustic music, we can't afford to lose contact with a single one of our friends in the music.  And if you enjoy reading our periodic e-mail newsletters, forward a copy to one or more of your friends.  Have them send us their snail mail address, along with their e-mail address, and we'll keep them up to date on Homestead happenings as well. 

 

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"At Homestead Pickin' Parlor, meeting the musical needs of acoustic music
fans has never been an afterthought. It has always been our only thought."

Homestead Pickin' Parlor
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