Norm's class last year
Norm lives with his wife, Erin, in Breinigsville, PA. He has played guitar for nearly 40 years and took up the mountain dulcimer in 1997, the banjo in 2001 and he plays a few other odd instruments as well. He is the co-founder of The Pocono Dulcimer Club and coordinator of their Winter DulcimerFest held every January in Stroudsburg, PA. Norm began teaching out of necessity in 2002 and has been faculty at the Pocono Winter DulcimerFest; DAA Mountain Dulcimer Music Fest in Albany, NY; and August Dulcimer Days in West Dover, VT. Norm also is a lover of Old Time music and plays with the band, Wayfarers & Company.