We are still developing this year’s slate of workshops. Check back in late summer or early fall for more information. The menu of workshops in past years have included workshops on improving instrumental skills, singing skills (choral & individual voice), performance, song writing (melodic & lyric), Chamberfilk, jamming and electronic songbooks.
Workshops that we have had in the past:
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”.
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 until we have confirmed a slot for 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.