Previous Songwriting Courses: Arvon Online - Dreaming Songs into Life with Kathryn Williams

This March, I am co-tutoring an online course with the immense songwriting talent that is Kathryn Williams. We’ll be dreaming, and collaborating, and spinning our ideas into life.

More info and draft timetable at:

https://www.arvon.org/writing-courses/courses-retreats/online-writing-week-songwriting/

From Arvon:

Have you always wanted to join a songwriting retreat but are unable to travel or take time away from home? Spend a week immersed in songwriting, co-writing and exploring your inner creative musical voice with Kathryn Williams and Emma-Lee Moss (Emmy the Great) direct from your own space. Over the week, there will be online workshops with your tutors, which will help you to fill your notebook with lyrics and ideas. You’ll then be given the tools to co-write songs with other members of the group, via Zoom, which you will then be empowered to share at the end of each day. The week will be welcoming, playful and satisfying, with a focus on trusting your intuition and making space for your creative dreams. All welcome, you do not need to be able to play an instrument to attend and we can help support you with any concerns you might have around technology.

For more information, please email arvonathome@arvon.org.

We’ll help you to make ‘Arvon at Home’, turning your own place into a writing cocoon, capturing the transformative power of our acclaimed Arvon residential courses: two brilliant author-tutors at your service, a caring and sharing group, the time and space to devote to your writing, invaluable feedback, new writing pals, and the unique creative progress that happens in a dedicated week of writing.

You will be offered the best of a classic Arvon residential week, with a few virtual tweaks. Spot the difference: a carefully balanced combination of tips to help you focus, daily workshops, one-to-one tutorials with both tutors, get-togethers to chat about the day’s work, a mid-week guest reading offer, the celebratory Friday collective reading, and lots of time and encouragement for you to write every day.

All gatherings, one-to-one or group, will be delivered via Zoom, so you’ll need to have a reliable internet connection. Your Arvon host will offer support as you need it, including any help you may need with your computer set-up.

To participate, and to get the most out of the week, you’ll need to turn up online for all planned sessions, Monday to Friday. Last but not least, we urge you to read your tutors’ published work before the week starts.