Yosemite Songwriting Retreat

For our 11th Anniversary In-Person event, we are excited to be featuring, Melody Walker, who has worked as a co-songwriter with Molly Tuttle who won the 2023 Best Bluegrass Album Grammy for her studio recording titled: Crooked Tree. We’re also delighted to have Zack Smith (from Smooth Hound Smith,) who is a wonderful songwriter and an excellent guitarist. The incomparable Joe Craven will also join us again and share his deep musical wisdom. We’ll be meeting 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 own skills.

Photo by Sharon McCarthy, showing some of the wonderful people who made music in 2022

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.

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.

By Gail Dreifus

I was coming back from Joe Craven’s” Rivertunes” camp and frankly I wanted more.  More chances to hang out with musicians, meet new people and set aside time to write and play music.  However, I did not want to drive a long distance again in pursuit of my musical desires so the obvious answer to my passion was to create my own songwriting retreat in my neighborhood.   Continue reading “How Did YSR Begin?” →