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Hear audio samples of our music More about some of the instruments we play

Seth's recordings & books Beverly's recordings and books lessons & workshops instruments for sale

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This site was last updated 11/2003;
all material and photos ©2000-2003 by Seth Austen & Beverly Woods

Beverly Woods has been in love with music since early childhood, and studied piano from the age of 5. Beverly has been performing professionally since 1972, with an eclectic and ever-growing collection of acoustic instruments. For many years a well-known street performer in Boston, Beverly now performs mostly with her partner, Seth Austen, and in various ensembles. Beverly also provides music for film and multimedia presentations, festivals and events of all kinds, New England contradancing, and international folk dance. Beverly has released a number of recordings, most recently Balance On Air with fellow hammered dulcimer player David Neiman. Beverly sings and plays hammered dulcimer, tsimbl, piano, organ and other keyboards, piano and chromatic button accordions, 6- and 7-string guitars, autoharp, mandolin, bouzouki, pennywhistle, hand percussion, fretted dulcimer, folk harp, concertina, nyckelharpa, tenor banjo, and hurdy-gurdy. Beverly is currently working on a book for music publisher Mel Bay, and is featured in "Hammered Dulcimer 2000: The world's finest hammered dulcimer solos."