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Welcome songwriters! We’re happy to announce that the Yosemite Songwriting VITUAL Retreat will take place on Saturday, March 4th and Sunday March 5th from 9am to 10pm (Pacific Time) with a social/informational meet up on Thursday, March 2nd, at 6:30pm PST. All sessions will be held via ZOOM. Our featured teachers are Sloan Wainwright and Mike McNiven (pictured above). Also joining us will be Dr. Matthew Suttor, Gail Dreifus and more! Check back for updates and the program schedule that includes classes, mentor sessions, song salons, creativity workshops and open mic sessions.
Welcome songwriters! We’re happy to announce that the Yosemite Songwriting VITUAL Retreat will take place on Saturday, March 4th and Sunday March 5th from 9am to 10pm (Pacific Time) with a social/informational meet up on Thursday, March 2nd, at 6:30pm PST. All sessions will be held via ZOOM. Our featured teachers are Sloan Wainwright and Mike McNiven. Also joining us will be Dr. Matthew Suttor, Gail Dreifus and more! Check back for updates and the program schedule that includes classes, mentor sessions, song salons, creativity workshops and open mic sessions.
Click this link to see Sloan in a video introduction. https://youtu.be/9OCaYgUWOCw
For our 11th Anniversary In-Person event, we are excited to be featuring, Zack Smith (from Smooth Hound Smith,) Joe Craven and one more fabulous artist who we will reveal shortly. We’ll meet agin at THE GROVE HOUSE in historic downtown Mariposa, CA. Join us for a weekend of music, classes, mentor sessions, and opportunities to connect with other songwriters while developing your skills.
If you attended the Spring 2022 Yosemite Virtual Songwriting Retreat, we want to hear from you. Please share your thoughts using the form below. As an added incentive, if you submit your feedback by next Monday (April 18th), we’ll enter you for a draw to win a guitar strap. Thank you in advance.
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To apply for a scholarship for the Yosemite Songwriting Retreat, please complete the application form and click the ‘Submit’ button. We will be in touch within two weeks to let you know if your application has been successful or not. Our funds are limited and we want to help as many people as possible, so any fundraising you can do for yourself is helpful.
Continue reading “Scholarships”What is a ‘virtual’ retreat anyway? If you’re confused, frustrated and / or anxious about using Zoom, you’re not alone. Fortunately, Adam has all the information you need…
We’re really proud of the live sound at our concerts and open mics. Last year, David Jacobs-Strain commented that he’d never before heard so many acoustic guitars sound like acoustic guitars, and he knows a thing or two about guitar tone! If you’d like to get a better amplified acoustic tone, retreat coordinator and Beat Harvest educator Adam Burns has some tips for you in the video below. To learn more come to Adam’s live performance class at the 2019 retreat.
We are very excited that Mary Gauthier will be teaching at the 2021 Yosemite Songwriting Retreat. Mary is an extraordinary songwriter and a revolutionary educator. Watch her TED talk and get inspired…
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