Ask Christie Burns how she started playing the hammered
dulcimer, and she'll tell you it was love at first sight.
The instrument drew her into the world of folk music, and
led her to pursue her B.A. in Ethnomusicology at UCLA.
During her senior year abroad in Ireland, Christie founded
and directed the Cork Dulcimer Festival, and there began to
network with musicians from all over the world. Christie
has taken her music to Sweden, England, Scotland, Belgium,
Hungary, Switzerland, and Germany, as well as festivals all
over the United States, and has collected music in every
place she's been. Christie has her M.A. in Folk Studies
from Western Kentucky University, and has now made
Chattanooga her home. Christie is a co-founding director of
Chattanooga's Mountain Music Folk School, and between her
administrative work, teaching, and playing, she maintains a
music blog at www.christieburns.com.