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One Road Over

One Road Over , Asheville based Melodica and keyboard ensemble specializing in transcriptions of classical, folk and traditional music.
All 6 members of One Road Over were trained as classical musicians in a a former life. In those days, they belonged to orchestras (Miami, Lexington, NYC and Chicago Opera Theaters, New Orleans, Knoxville), and taught music at colleges and universities (Oberlin and Berea Colleges, Peabody Institute and the Universities of Knoxville, Minnesota, Pennsylvania) as well as public school classrooms. Many are also recording artists, on recordings with rock bands for movie soundtracks, Baroque orchestras, folk groups and music by contemporary composers. Because each member plays several different instru- ments - Irish whistle, flute, hammer dulcimer, cello, synthesizer, percussion, clarinet, saxophone, viola da gamba, accordion, harpsichord and guitar - One Road Over musicians play in a variety of styles: Celtic, Scandinavian folk music, medieval, English and American country dance, Latin, shape note, classical Cambodian music, big bands, in the pit for shows on Broadway, early music.