Traditional Song Week Schedule -2024

This will be updated to 2025 in the spring.

7:30-8:30

Breakfast

8:30- 8:50

Vocal warm-ups (staff)

9:00-10:15

Songs From the Irish Tradition (Cathie Ryan)	Sea Chanteys: How They Were Used (Chris Koldewey )	I Know My Chords – Now What? (Kay Justice)	Mind Over Matter: Vocal Therapy (Shirley Smith)
Community Singing For the Soul (Saro Lynch-Thomason)	Me, Myself & Inspiration (Susan Cattaneo)

10:15-10:45

Coffee/Tea Break

10:45-12:00

Choices: How to Get the Most Out of Performing Your Songs (Matt Watroba)	Songwriting Inspired by Tradition (Sam Gleaves )	Fingerstyle Guitar for Singers (Joe Newberry)	Movement & Protest Songs (Saro Lynch-Thomason)
Singing Well for a Lifetime (Cathie Ryan)	Traditional Gospel Choir (Shirley Smith, Pamela English)

11:30-1:00

Lunch

1:15-2:15

Community Gathering & Special Events (no signups required)

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

How Are Songs Made?
(Cattaneo, Gleaves, Newberry)

Traditional Southern Singing
(Justice, Lynch-Thomason, Goforth)

Free time

2:30-3:45

The Master Toolkit (Susan Cattaneo)	Shape-Note Singing (Josh Goforth)	From the Appalachians to the Ozarks (Joe Newberry)	Play the Blues on Almost Anything (Rev. Robert Jones)
Duet Harmony Singing (Kay Justice, Sam Gleaves )	Ain’t You Got a Right to the Tree of Life? (Reggie Harris)

4:00-5:15

Community Singing: For the Sake of the Song (Matt Watroba)	Songs of Hope & Freedom (Reggie Harris)	Context From Content in Maritime Music (Chris Koldewey )	The Spirit of the Blues (Rev. Robert Jones)
Music Theory (Josh Goforth)	Contemporary Gospel Choir (Shirley Smith, Pamela English)

5:00-6:30

Supper

6:15-7:15

Singing Sessions by Genre (Tuesday: Ballads; Thursday: Bluegrass and Classic Country; Friday: Gospel)

7:30-?

Evening Events (concerts, dances, jam sessions, etc.)