Brenda Hunter

Multi-instrumentalist, Brenda Hunter, is classically trained but feels she found her niche when she discovered the hammered dulcimer in 1992 and, consequently, the world of traditional music. Since winning the National Hammered Dulcimer Competition in 1996, she has been a featured performer/instructor at numerous festivals across the country. Keene, CA is her home base where she plays regularly throughout the area as a soloist on both dulcimer and Celtic harp.

Brenda also performs in a duo, Flutter-by Music, with fellow dulcimer player Patti Amelotte, and with her world/Celtic band, Banshee in the Kitchen. Brenda retired from her high school music teaching job in 2018 and is enjoying having more time to devote to her musical pursuits!