4 week course: Foundational Songwriting

  • September 21, 2024 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

  • Folk School of Fayetteville

    207 West Center Street
    Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701
Ticket Price $158.61 This event is now over
Description

During the Foundations in Songwriting workshop, Christopher Felton will take some time to illuminate all of the basic building blocks of songwriting in deep dives over the course of four weeks. 

Sept 21, Sept 28, Oct 5, Oct 12
11am-1pm

From the light touch of the individual notes of a melody, the lush harmonies of notes working together, all the way to songcraft, structure and form, lyricism, and final arrangements. This is a workshop geared towards songwriters that are interested in understanding more about their craft, but is wholly designed to be understood by individuals that would like to enter into songwriting, or simply gain a much deeper critical understanding of the songs that they love, by any artist. 

Our key goals are to identify and understand all of the components one would encounter in songwriting/composition in a way that is easily understood by all experience levels. 

Participants will be encouraged to take the tools we use each week to compose, and there will be time for instructor feedback during each session.

Date & Time

Sat, Sep 21, 2024 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Venue Details

Folk School of Fayetteville

207 West Center Street
Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701 Folk School of Fayetteville
Folk School of Fayetteville

FOLK SCHOOL OF FAYETTEVILLE is a 501(c)3 non-profit music organization popularly known as Fayetteville Roots. 
For over a 13 years we have carried out our mission to connnect community through music and food. Over that time we have fostered concerts & community/educational events in Northwest Arkansas. We believe in our music community and strive to create opportunies for connections and learning. 

In 2022 one of our signature events, the Fayetteville Roots Festival, was paused. 2023 brings a new chapter and a new location for our organization. The Folk School of Fayetteville, located in the historic Walker Stone House near the Fayetteville Square, will open in late Spring 2023 with space for lessons, classes, workshops, jams, and more.


What is a Folk School and why do you need to know about it?
Folk Schools originated as a way for communities to learn from each other, especially vital to communities that didn’t have access to “formal education”.     Folk Schools create an environment that encourages People teaching People, rather than a classical education approach of Professor and Student.

Folk School of Fayetteville is continuing this model by providing space for musicians to learn from each other, for new players to learn, and for long time musicians to develop new technique and skills — and this is available to ALL the FOLKS (people).  Folk School is open to all genres, identities, and cultures, and is excited to host music that is as dynamic and varied as our community.


Folk School of Fayetteville is buit on the body of work (13 years) of Fayetteville Roots Festival, and is fostered on many of its guiding principles:
Create opportunities for our music community
Support and present multivaried music genres, identities, & cultures
Commitment to free & low-cost community learning
Creative re-use of existing urban spaces
Collaboration with the community & music/arts organizations
Low waste & low impact sustainable events


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