Song Writing Workshops

Recent workshop have included “Song Writing Theory”, “Understanding Melodic Structure”, “Lyric Writing”, “Music Theory Tricks for Songwriters”, “Anatomy of A Parody”, and “Reverse Engineering a Song”.

Performance Workshops

Past performance workshops have included such topics as “Using Relaxation Improve Performance”, “Gaining Confidence Performing”, “Overcoming Stagefright”, “How to Make an Audience Like You (Whether You Can Sing OR Not)”, and Juried One-Shots.

Instrument Workshops

These workshops tend to concentrate on guitar technique, though we have held workshops on other instruments such as harp, drums, mountain dulcimer, the mini moog synthesizer, and even harmonica.

Recent workshops have covered “Cheat Chords & Tricky Fingering”, “Fingerpicking Guitar”, “Beginning Guitar”, “How to Select the Right Guitar”, “The Care and Feeding of Your Instrument”, “DADGAD Guitar” and “So You Wanna Be A Rock ‘N Roll Star”..

Other musical technique workshops not focused on a single instrument have included “How to Jam”, “Blues”, “Melodic Accompaniment”, “Instrumental Improvisation”, and “You’ve Got Rhythm”.

Singing Workshops

These workshops have included “Improvising Vocal Harmony”, “Beginning Voice”, and “Choral Singing”.

Yoga

In recent years, OVFF has hosted a yoga session each mornings to help those interested limber up and relax before a long day of dodging puns, reaching for high notes, and other strenuous activity.  While we do not have an organized yoga session this year, you are welcomed to sign up to reserve a room for Sunday morning to enjoy some quiet meditation.

To Host A Workshop

If you would like to host a work shop please fill out this form and submit it to our programming team.  Please note that submitting this form is not a guarantee of acceptance or a slot on the schedule unless we have already been in contact with you.  This form just gets us the information we need so that we can contact you and make arrangements if we have not already done so.