pam bowman
Pam is a northern Michigan native - growing up a "stone's throw" from the Evart (Funfest) area andhailing from Marion, Michigan. A teacher by trade and a musician by birth, Pam Bowman has played guitar and sang from the time she was young. It was in this dulcimer rich region that she first heard andsaw a hammered dulcimer being played by a friend's father, while still a teen. It was nearly 10 years laterwhen she noticed it's unique tones drifting through the atmosphere of a local, historic craft shop - inquiredif it was a hammered dulcimer in the recording - and thought to herself..."I'm old enough to buy one of those now!" Since that time she has been performing with the hammered dulcimer for over 25 years as asoloist, as a duo with guitarist Jeff Gardner, and with a five piece group called Just Jammin' - performinggospel/country/bluegrass music. In 2005 Pam entered and won the Southern Regional HammeredDulcimer Competition in Mt. View, Arkansas. Pam gives private lessons and group lessons (in person andonline) on the hammered dulcimer, as well as teaching work-shops and performing at various festivals.
Her students love and give acclaim to her incomparable hammered dulcimer tablature, which shedeveloped and includes with her lessons and arrangement books. Pam also performs her unique style ofhammered dulcimer and arrangements for many other venues. She has eight recordings available, as well as four books of arrangements for the hammered dulcimer - and a series of instructional cd's focused on hymns. Pam gives all of the glory for her talents and abilities, to our God & Savior and is truly thankful for the gift of music!