Dance, Music, & Song Camps
Sam Bartlett is a traditional musician known throughout the United States for his banjo, mandolin, and guitar playing as well as his original music. His compositions have been profiled on NPR’s All Things Considered, aired on the Thistle & Shamrock, and his playing has been featured in two Ken Burns documentaries, Prohibition and The Dust Bowl.
Sam has performed and taught traditional music to communities throughout the country and beyond for the past 45 years, from venues as diverse as Wolf Trap and Jacob’s Pillow, to the Skopje International Festival in Macedonia, the National Theater of Taiwan, and the Alaska Folk Festival.
Sam’s banjo playing is featured on Garry Harrison’s legendary Red Prairie Dawn album. He has also recorded with a virtual who’s who of other American traditional musicians, among them: Paul Brown, Brad Leftwich, Pete Sutherland, Dirk Powell, Rodney Miller, and Larry Unger.