Donation Possibilities

David hoped his music would be played, recorded, and enjoyed without concern for copyrights, permissions, or royalty payments. He placed all his compositions are in the public domain. In keeping with his wishes, pdf files of all his tunes are available for download. See below for the options. (You may download all three pdf files.)

The pdf files of David’s music are available free of charge. If you would like to make a donation in his memory or honor, here are two possibilities that were very close to his heart. The proceeds from the book David A. Kaynor: Living Music and Dance will be donated to these places as well.

Dance Musicians’ Week at the John C. Campbell Folk School

David was an instructor for this week from its inception in 1994 and instilled it with a supportive, cooperative, fun spirit that has benefited many dance musicians. Participants not only improve skills on their instruments; they also become members of small bands that have chances to play for the nightly contra dances at the Folk School. Make a donation to the scholarship fund for this week here. (Information about Dance Musicians’ Week is available on the Folk School website from January through July of each year.) Donations made to John C. Campbell are tax deductible.

Ashokan Northern Week

Since 1983, David was central to this week of high quality Northern music and dance. Northern He personified its open, welcoming atmosphere. His calling, fiddling, and teaching expertise drew many participants. Make a donation in support of this week here, mentioning David’s name along with the donation. Donations made to the Ashokan Center are tax deductible.

PDFs for Download—David’s tunes combined into these 3 separate files:

• Only the tunes and harmonies that were not included in David A. Kaynor: Living Music and Dance.
• All of David’s tunes, one tune or harmony per page
• All of David’s tunes, two tunes per page when possible. Harmonies printed on the same page as the melodies when possible. This format is the same as is in David A. Kaynor: Living Music and Dance.

These files are available for downloading here: