Storytelling In Song | Wed 30 April-9 July | 6.30-8.30pm | £195 (10 wks) | Tutor Anne-Marie Sanderson | Warehouse
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Participants across all levels of musical experience are welcome to join this course. No instrumental ability is required, but there will be opportunities to play songs written during the sessions. Storytelling In Song is a course for anyone who would like to explore lyric-driven songwriting and develop skills and confidence to tell stories that matter to you through song.
What will the class cover and how will it be taught?
Classes will combine music appreciation, singing, and lyric writing to explore a range of styles and subjects. There will be group discussions and both group and individual writing activities.
Sessions will be structured around a theme, from narrative folk songs, journeys and ‘forgotten’ women of folk, to coming of age, and songs of resistance. Each session will use an exploration of an existing song (some well-known, others less so) as a jumping-off point to develop new creative ideas.
Who is it suitable for?
Anyone aged 16+ who would like to explore lyric-driven songwriting and develop skills and confidence to tell stories that matter to you through song.
Important Information
Don’t worry if you don’t play an instrument or have never written a song or sung before. If you can speak, you can sing, and everyone has a story to tell!
If you do play an instrument, you’ll be welcome to bring it after the first session.
There are no sessions during 26 – 30 May
What do I need to bring?
A notebook and something to write with, a willingness to sing and participate in group activities, and an open mind.
Are there any additional costs?
No
About the tutor
Anne-Marie Sanderson is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer, who has been releasing music and performing for more than a decade. She celebrated the release of her new album, Old Light, with an album launch show at Brewery Arts last autumn and is currently recording a follow-up album. Anne-Marie performs regularly, and has toured widely in the UK, EU and US. In addition to writing and producing music as a singer-songwriter, she has composed for choirs and songs from her 2021 work “Finding our way: Songs for the Anthropocene” were premiered at Choirs for Climate in Edinburgh in 2023. Having studied music at King’s College London, she has taught in various settings, from coaching children’s rock bands, to running school choirs and orchestras, as well as instrumental lessons on the various instruments that she plays.
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