Country Sampler

Carol Stober is a multi-instrumental musician, entertainer, teacher, and recording artist. Her music covers a broad range of styles including bluegrass, country, folk, mountain music, traditional and gospel. She has taught autoharp workshops, judged autoharp competitions at major festivals, performed at festivals, museums, churches, country music theaters, and theme parks. She is an Alabama solo arts council artist, conducting residencies in public schools. She was on the staff of The Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago, IL, from 1980 to 1983, before relocating to Alabama where she has continued teaching private students. She graduated from the University of Maryland in 1972 with a bachelor of science degree in secondary education. Carol served on the advisory board of The Autoharpoholic Magazine and contributed articles for publication in it, as well as contributing to The Autoharp Quarterly and The Autoharp Clearinghouse Publications. Carol has recorded three albums with Autoharp. They are Patchwork, Country Sampler, and Rebekah, Down Home Family Band. Her instructional titles include a book-tape autoharp instruction set published by Workshop Records of Austin, Texas, and two Autoharp instruction videos: "Melodic Autoharp" and "Beginning Autoharp" published by Texas Music and Video Co., Levelland, Texas. She has authored an "Appalachian Autoharp" Book with a companion cassette, co-authored a "Gospel Autoharp and Guitar Duet" Book with Steve Kaufman, as well as Cowboy Songs for Autoharp, Love Songs for Autoharp, and a soon-to-be-published Latin American Songs for Autoharp book, all published by Mel Bay Publications, Pacific, MO.