Join MUSIC FOR PEOPLE in our ANNUAL DEEP DIVE into musical renewal, mindfulness, and creativity. For musicians and vocalists experienced in any musical tradition – classical, jazz, theater, rock, ethnic, avant-garde, et al. In an energetic, humorous and open-minded environment, discover how to move beyond the limits of musical training while playing at the peak of your technical and expressive ability. All instruments welcome – acoustic, electric, winds, strings, hand drums, percussion and home-made innovations. For beginners and professionals alike. Prior experience in improvisation is not necessary.

Led by Mary Knysh, Irene Feher, Alina Plourde and David Rudge – with help from members and graduates of Music for People’s Musicianship and Leadership Program, you can:

• Discover skill and confidence. Release your musical inhibitions.
• Jam with other creative participants in large and small groups in unique combinations.
• Experience why listening and imitation are the most fundamental musical skills. In this approach, there are “no wrong notes.”
• Create music “in the moment” by playing through your heart.
• Record with other workshop participants.
• Choose from sessions on:
  • Developing and practicing group facilitation skills.
  • Exploring vocal expression.
  • Deepening your musicianship with improvisation.

Location

The workshop will be held at Hamilton’s College School of Music in Clinton, New York.

The nearest airport is in Syracuse, New York. The nearest Amtrak/Bus station is in Utica, a 20 minute drive to the campus. (We will work on providing shuttle rides from the Syracuse Airport and Union Station in Utica.)

Housing

There are rooms available in two dorms:

• Skenandoa (air conditioned): single or double rooms with bathroom for each room. Only a small community kitchen on the 1st level; no kitchens in the rooms. 15-minute walk to music building. Elevators for upper floors.
• Morris (not air conditioned): six-person suites with kitchen, bathroom, 2 doubles and two singles. 10-minute walk to music building. Upper floors accessible only by stairs.

(There is parking right by the music building so people can drive back and forth between the dorm and music building. Read more about the dorm housing.)

To Register:

Register on this page for tuition and housing in a dorm without a meal plan, and you are staying for the week.

Additional registration considerations:

• If you are financially able, please consider making a donation to Music for People’s Scholarship Fund.
• Limited scholarships are available for those interested in using this training in their professional work. Contact the Music for People office at mfp@musicforpeople.org.

Register Below for the Week: Tuition and Housing

• You must choose 1 tuition option.
• You must choose 1 housing/dorm option.
• If you want to arrive the day before the workshop begins – Saturday, July 26th – and stay in the dorm, select and pay for that option.

For questions or any problems registering, please contact mfp@musicforpeople.org.