Aaron O'Rourke

Aaron O'Rourke began teaching and performing on mountain dulcimer at the age of 16. In a short period of time, Aaron became one of the headlining name stays of many dulcimer camps across the country. 

 In 2010, Aaron won the National Mountain Dulcimer Competition held at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS. Aaron is also a past winner in the Florida Old-time music competition held in Dade City, FL and the Southeastern Regional Dulcimer Contest in Mountain View, AR. To date, Aaron has authored twenty instructional books for mountain dulcimer covering a diverse range of technique and repertoire. In addition to teaching at camps and festivals, Aaron is a regular contributor of video lessons to dulcimer school.com. 

As a backup and studio musician, Aaron has performed and recorded in a number of different settings featuring the mountain dulcimer in improvisational jazz, classical, old-time, bluegrass, Celtic, Latin, and progressive rock.