Announcement: Students who complete both the Songwriting Workshop August 15-18, and Guitar Sessions August 19-24, will receive a $100 discount.

The Songwriting Workshop offers you the opportunity to immerse yourself in the art of songwriting at any level. Classes include Singer/Songwriter Workshop, Melody Writing, Lyric Writing, Creating Your Own Demo and Recordings, and the Business of Songwriting.

• Singer/Songwriter Workshop This course is designed to give everyone a chance to perform their songs and receive feedback from faculty and peers. Songwriters can accompany themselves, have someone accompany for them, or use prerecorded music.
• Music Composition for Songs Topics and techniques include groove writing, melody writing, modes, and interesting and useful harmonic progressions.
• Lyric Writing Topics include prosody (setting words to music and vice versa), brainstorming techniques, and writing from title.
• Creating Your Own Demo and Recordings producing quality demos and ways to market them. MIDI and audio sessions are continually held at Berklee’s Learning Center.
• Business of Songwriting Each class discusses different topics related to songwriting and the songwriter (i.e. publishing, copyright laws, mechanical rights, ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, promoting your songs, etc).
• Concerts Each evening faculty, guest artists, and students will perform their songs in various settings (i.e. concerts or open mic nights). Parents and friends are invited to attend.

The broad variety of songwriting topics offered in the classroom provides you with a chance to focus on your interests. Pick and choose the classes you want to attend, thereby assuring you get as much as possible out of the many courses that are offered.

Who are the instructors?
Members of Berklee's talented and experienced Songwriting Department will teach the classes and workshops. Each day there will be clinics featuring Berklee songwriting faculty or guest clinicians.

Past guest clinicians have included hit songwriters Hugh Prestwood and Phil Galdston, singer-songwriter Beth Nielsen Chapman, Marshall Crenshaw, and Warner Chappell senior vice president John Titta. In addition to day clinics, singer-songwriters Ellis Paul, Jennifer Kimball, Patty Larkin, Gary Nicholson, and Livingston Taylor have presented concerts in the evening exclusively for program participants.

What's the schedule?
At registration you will be provided with a list of the workshop's classes, times, and locations, so you may select and attend those classes that interest you so long as space allows. Most classrooms hold a maximum of 20 students.

Where will I eat and sleep?
Applicants will be sent information and an application for residence hall housing once accepted to the program. Most program participants elect to stay in the Berklee residence halls; however, space is limited. To optimize your chances for on-campus housing, you must return the housing application immediately upon receiving it.

If you apply to the program after mid-May, call the Housing Office at 617 747-2292 to find out if residence hall space is still available.