Katherine Rhoda

Looking for something different? With voice, Marxophone and violin-guitar (play-by-number American fretless zithers sold door to door in the early 1900s), harpeleik, accordion, Lithuanian kanklės (from the land of my mother’s people), and more, I do a blend of originals, traditional music, and off-the-beaten-path covers.

In addition to concerts, I offer historical presentations about fretless zithers.

As a hammered dulcimer player, I have played at a number of weddings. It would be a pleasure and a privilege to do so again!

Steeped in community and church music, I grew up in small town Milo, Maine, where I recall earnestly trying to play my Great-Aunt-Lydia’s piano as a very young girl, until my family got me my own ($1 at a Lion’s Club auction – no other bids!). I took piano lessons from first grade onward, taught myself to play the guitar my mother got me with S&H Green Stamps, and sang at every opportunity.

Since then my musical adventures have included:
- studying at Oberlin College
- busking in the Paris subway and elsewhere
- recording film music
- Boston’s Lithuanian Ethnographic Ensemble Sodauto
- joining the People’s Music Network
- performing (Caffè Lena; Peoples Voice Café, New England Folk Festival, and more)
- being a folk/world music DJ (WOBC-FM and WMPG-FM)
- leading musical activities in nursing homes
- serving as a church musician
- recording two CDs
- marrying a Brit with a stupendous bass voice who leads interfaith chant

My true love David Wallace-Lawrence and I live in Hiram, Maine, and spend part of each year in the north of England.

With voice, Marxophone and violin-guitar (play-by-number American fretless zithers sold door to door in the early 1900s), harpeleik, accordion, Lithuanian kanklės (from the land of my mother’s people), and more, I do a blend of originals, traditional music, and off-the-beaten-path covers.

If the room does not allow for unamplified acoustic music, I use two mics on articulated stands. I can provide my own sound system if that would be helpful.

I prefer to have access to the hall at least an hour and a half in advance to allow for unpacking, tuning, and set-up of multiple instruments.