Sunday February 1st from 3-5pm at the Paul JAS Center Empowering Youth Through Songwriting Workshops For students new to songwriting, JAS has partnered with Music Therapy Retreats, to offer group songwriting workshops. Led by award-winning singer-songwriter and board-certified music therapist Mack Bailey, these workshops are designed to support youth in expressing themselves authentically
Saturday January 31st from 3-5pm at the Paul JAS Center Registration is full! Empowering Youth Through Songwriting Workshops For students new to songwriting, JAS has partnered with Music Therapy Retreats, to offer group songwriting workshops. Led by award-winning singer-songwriter and board-certified music therapist Mack Bailey, these workshops are designed to support youth in expressing themselves
Open to Students Grades 5-12 Entries must be received by February 1, 2025 Winners will be announced by March 1, 2025 One High School winner will receive a cash prize of $500 plus the opportunity to perform your song live at a JAS Cafe event! On Middle School winner will receive a cash prize of
Free Singer/Songwriter Workshop Friday January 13th, 5-7:00pm Session 3: Hip Hop Identity, Power, & Hip Hop with Denver Artist Devin Urioste Identity power and hip hop will be a workshop that will embody you as a human being and individual. Hip Hop is a culture that is made of multiple ethnicities and cultures. It isn’t just one thing or one type of person. In this workshop we will break down who we are as individuals by creating an identity wheel that Identifies our different parts of our identity. We will discuss why it is important to know yourself and be able to express who you are as an individual, and then we will be discussing how Hip Hop can be used as a tool to express yourself. The writing aspect will take place at the end by using the different parts of our identity that we wrote down to generate similes and metaphors in writing. All levels welcome. Available via zoom by request. To receive link email jazzaspensnowmass@jazzaspensnowmass.org
Free Singer/Songwriter Workshop Session 4: Final Edit 6:15-7:15 Beginner 7:15-8:15 Intermediate Led by singer/songwriter Natalie Spears. Available via zoom by request. To receive link email jazzaspensnowmass@jazzaspensnowmass.org
Free Singer/Songwriter Workshop Session 2: Musical Elements - How to use chords and melody effectively in a song, how to expand harmonic and melodic ideas 6:15-7:15 Beginner 7:15-8:15 Intermediate Led by singer/songwriter Natalie Spears. Available via zoom by request. To receive link email jazzaspensnowmass@jazzaspensnowmass.org
Free Singer/Songwriter Workshiop Session 1: Lyrics and Song Form - Idea generation, parts of a song, tools for getting unstuck 6:15-7:15 Beginner 7:15-8:15 Intermediate Led by singer/songwriter Natalie Spears. Available via zoom by request. To receive link email jazzaspensnowmass@jazzaspensnowmass.org
Congratulations to our Winners! Big thanks to every student who shared their music with us this year. The amount of talent was astonishing and we can't wait to hear more from you all soon! Below is a list of the winners and their songs, including our Grand Prize winner and Honorable Mention broken out by
