Rick Spencer & Dawn Indermuehle

Rick Spencer and Dawn Indermuehle

RICK SPENCER AND DAWN INDERMUEHLE develop and present theme-based music and history programs, from the Colonial era to the present day. They perform songs that give cultural insight into interesting times, places, and events in American history. They carefully craft their vocals and accompaniment to sound as true to a song’s era or style as possible. Rick worked for 20 years as a staff musician, researcher, and program developer at Mystic Seaport Museum. He toured widely in America and Europe as a member of the sea chantey quartet Forebitter. Dawn researches, develops, and creates program material and period-appropriate vocal accompaniment for a wide range of historical American songs. She is a proud host Mom for high school students from China. [2026 Connecticut Sea Music Festival website]

Rick Spencer and Dawn Indermuehle are recognized internationally for their work developing and presenting theme-based historic music programs in the American folk and popular music traditions. Their presentations are well-researched, informative and highly entertaining.

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We proudly announce the release of our new CD “The Anchor, Plow and Ballot.” 14 Sea Songs, 7 songs of Farm and Rural Life and 2 songs from the American Woman Suffrage Movement. Order or download selections from this album here.

Rick’s resume includes having worked for 20 years as a staff musician, researcher and program developer at Mystic Seaport Museum. During that time he toured widely in America and Europe as a member of the sea chantey quartet “Forebitter.” Rick worked at two historic house museums in eastern Connecticut. He was site administrator of the Hempsted Houses in New London, as well as curator and director of the Dr. Ashbel Woodward Museum in Franklin. He served on the board of directors of the New London County Historical Society.

Dawn is responsible for researching and developing program material and creating period-appropriate vocal accompaniment on a wide range of historical songs from throughout American History. In addition to her duet work with Rick, she also performs as a member of the ensembles LongSplice and Locomotive Shipwreck. She has worked as business manager for several performing artists. Dawn is a proud host Mom of international high school students and is an Airbnb “Superhost”.