Performance

Clare Zuraw is a musician and teacher based in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Trained as a classical pianist as a child, she discovered traditional folk music when she began playing the hammered dulcimer as a teenager. She performs an eclectic mix of traditional and original music on the hammered dulcimer, jouhikko, and piano.  

For booking, contact Clare.


2022 Schedule

Public performances continue to be limited this year due to COVID-19. Stay tuned!


Selection of Past Performances

Thu. 1/7/21 7pmHiawatha Music Co-op Live from the Fold – virtual concert, solo hammered dulcimer

Sat. 1/25/20 – Heikinpäivä Tori (Hancock, MI)

Sat. 11/2/19 – 41 North Film Festival – solo hammered dulcimer (Houghton, MI)

Sat. 4/20/19Finnish Heritage Society – jouhikko presentation & performance (Canterbury, CT)

Sat. 10/20/18 – Finn Funn Weekend – jouhikko presentation & performance (Troy, NH)

Thu. 6/28/18 – Copper Country Contra Dance – with Dave Morehouse & Kevin Blackstone (Finnish American Heritage Center, Hancock, MI)

Sun. 6/24/18 – jouhikko performance with the Ilon Kaiku Kantele Ensemble (Jacobsville Chapel, Jacobsville, MI)

Friday 6/22/18 & Saturday 6/23/18 – Juhannus – Jouhikko building workshop with Alice Margerum & music workshop with Clare Zuraw. (Finnish American Heritage Center, Hancock, MI & Agate Beach, Toivola, MI)

Sun. 1/28/18 – performance with the Ilon Kaiku Kantele Ensemble (Zion Lutheran Church, Hancock, MI)

Sat. 1/27/18 – Jouhikombo at Heikinpäivä Tori – (Finnish American Heritage Center, Hancock, MI)

Tue. 1/23/18 – Jouhikombo at Heikinpäivä – lecture and performance with Alice Margerum, Matthew Durocher, and Oren Tikkanen (Finnish American Heritage Center, Hancock, MI)

Tue. 12/12/17 – Jouhikko Lecture & Demonstration – with Alice Margerum and Matthew Durocher (Portage Lake District Library, Houghton, MI)

Sat. 11/4/17 41 North Film Festival – hammered dulcimer with Kevin Blackstone (Houghton, MI)

Sat. 10/21/17 Keweenaw Co-op Harvest Festival – solo hammered dulcimer (Hancock, MI)

Fri. 10/20/17 Copper Country Community Arts Center 25th Anniversary Celebration – solo hammered dulcimer (Hancock, MI)

Sun. 10/8/17 – Italian Hall Memorial Fundraiser – piano accompaniment for The 1913 Singers (Calumet, MI)

Sat. 9/23/17 – Keweenaw National Historical Park – hammered dulcimer with Kevin Blackstone (Calumet, MI)

Sat. 9/2/17 – Lake Linden Farmer’s Market – solo hammered dulcimer (Lake Linden, MI)

Sat. 8/19/17 – Tunes at the Tori –hammered dulcimer with Kevin Blackstone (Hancock Tori, Quincy Green, Hancock, MI)

Fri. 7/7/17 – Music on the Menu – solo hammered dulcimer (Portage Lake District Library, Houghton, MI)

Thu. 4/27/17 – Music at the Museum: Songs of the Copper Country – hammered dulcimer with Oren Tikkanen [guitar, mandolin, vocals], Alice Margerum [vocals, mandolin], and Kevin Blackstone [guitar, banjo, vocals] (Carnegie Museum, Houghton, MI)

Sat. 4/8/17Night of Hope Relay for Life – solo hammered dulcimer (Rozsa Center at Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI)

Sat. 2/18/17 – Zik’s Apres Ski – hammered dulcimer with Kevin Blackstone (The Pines Resort, Copper Harbor, MI)

Wed. 2/1/17 – Jouhikko: Forgotten Finnish Folk Fiddle? lecture by Alice Margerum on the history of the jouhikko (Calumet Public Library, Calumet, MI)

Sun. 1/29/17 – Heikinpäivä Hymn Sing & Concert – jouhikko with The Ilon Kaiku Kantele Ensemble (Zion Lutheran Church, Hancock, MI)