NOTE: Due to the increased demand for our 20th Anniversary Workshops, some classes may be full with waitlists. We encourage folks to call our office at 828-298-3434 before registering to see what classes are still open.
Contemporary Folk Week celebrates our landmark 20th Annniversary Gathering with a veritable “Who’s Who” in the singer-songwriter world, offering a dazzling array of all-levels classes guaranteed to enhance your abilities and stimulate your skills. Whether you’re a closet songwriter trying out material at a local ‘open mike’, a performer with some experience interested in making a career in music, a working musician looking for some help in reaching your next goal, or someone who would simply like to feel more confident when pulling your guitar out at a party, we’re here to help, and you’ll have more fun and inspiration than you can imagine in the process. Our staff of top-notch, experienced professionals, knowledgeable in the various aspects of both the art and business of the contemporary folk world, can help you achieve your goals. In addition, our limited enrollment and small campus encourage frequent and informal interaction between students and staff to create a supportive community of peers with whom you’ll have much to share, and ensure that you go home energized and empowered to make the most of your music.
We are honored to welcome back Master Music Maker Tom Paxton, Kathy Mattea, and first-time Gathering instructors Janis Ian, Patty Larkin, and Danny Ellis along with many of your (and our) favorites from previous years. All of our instructors are not only great artists, but gifted teachers of their craft. Choose from a variety of songwriting, performance, vocal and creativity classes which all stress supportive interaction among staff and students and individual attention to students’ needs. Each day’s schedule will address both artistic and commercial questions and concerns, while also providing time for sharing music on an informal basis, and social activities will include open mikes, concerts, song circles, and special commemorative events. Contemporary Folk Week runs concurrently with our Guitar Week using the same schedule, so it’s easy to take classes in either program. Please do note that the open mikes are open only to those who have declared themselves to be Contemporary Folk Week students and are taking at least two classes in the Contemporary Folk Week program.
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