The Music Asylum offers an annual Summer Songwriting Session. Learn the art of lyric writing, prosody, chord structures, harmony, song form, rhythm and groove. Students will leave having written at least one song for themselves, will collaborate with other students on song production, and will leave with a great sense of the complexities and joys of creating music.
Intro to Songwriting | Beginner Level
Learn the art of lyric writing, song structure, chord structure, rhythm and groove. For beginner students. End of program performance on July 26th!
- July 8-12, 2019 | 9am-12pm
- Ages 10-18
Spotlights and Prosody: Songwriting Tools and Strategies
Take your songwriting to the next level! We will explore prosody, spotlighting, metaphors, new rhyme types, modal writing, tensions, slash chords, and voice leading, just to name a few. For the intermediate songwriter. Must have prior knowledge of basic songwriting skills (song structure, etc.), and/or have taken our beginner level class. End of program performance on July 26th!
- July 8-12, 2019 | 9am-12pm
- Ages 10-18