Margie Ellison

Margie Ellison is a life-long resident of Summit County. 

She’s been playing the piano since 1963 and picked up the mountain dulcimer in 1974. 

She’s been a member of Mixed-Up Strings since 1996. 

In 1998 she won second place in the Open Competition at the Mid-East Regional Mountain Dulcimer Competition at Roscoe Village, and in 2004 she placed second at the Ohio Hill Folk Festival Dulcimer Competition. 

She teaches mountain dulcimer to beginners at various folk festivals and at an annual “post-polio” conference in Branson, MO. 

“While I play several instruments, it’s the Mountain Dulcimer that allows me to explore my creative side!”