Class Name:
Songwriting
Instructor:
Ann Zimmerman
Schedule:
4 day workshop- June 3, 5, 10, & 12 from 7:00 to 7:50 PM
Class Size:
Minimum 3, maximum 12
Age Range:
Ages 12 and up
Materials Required:
Paper, pen or pencil, guitar or other instrument
Course Objectives
This four-session workshop will take students through the fundamentals of songwriting, focusing on lyric writing and matching lyrics with melody.
We will discuss and sing examples of beats, syllables, repetition, rhyme, the use of vivid language and adding new lyrics to familiar melodies. After those basics, we will do songwriting from prompts that allow students free range to write songs from scratch. We will have a piano available, and students can bring guitars or other instruments to use in the creative process.
Classes will meet in the Stiefel Theatre Watson Room
