Mitzie Collins

Mitzie Collins

Mitzie Collins is an interpreter of traditional British and American vocal and instrumental music.

She has arranged many songs including Genesse County Waltzes. Collins is a renowned player of both the dulcimer and other instruments. She plays traditional music for the hammered dulcimer. Some of her many CDs include Ornaments—Music for Christmas, Be Thou My Vision—Favorite Hymns for Dulcimer and St. Patrick's Day in the Morning—Music of Irish Inspiration.

For ten years, Collins hosted Sounds Like Fun, a children's radio show on WXXI-FM in Rochester, New York. Collins is president of Sampler Records Ltd. in Rochester, New York. She is also on the faculty of the Eastman School of Music.

Discography

  • Sounds Like Fun (folk songs, games, and poems for children)
  • Scotland the Brave
  • St. Patrick's Day in the Morning (with Roxanne Ziegler)
  • White Dulcimer Christmas
  • Nowell (with Roxanne Ziegler and Glennda Dove)
  • Ornaments (with Roxanne Ziegler)
  • Rejoice (with Roxanne Ziegler and Glennda Dove)
  • By Thou My Vision (with Esther Kreek, Kinloch Nelson, and Glennda Dove)
  • Traditional Irish Music (with William Sullivan)

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