LEON ROSSELSON SONGWRITING WORKSHOP http://www.leonrosselson.co.uk/
Saturday 11 July 2015
10.45 a.m.- 4.45 p.m.
Places £35. Booking form available here.
The Elephant & Castle,
White Hill,
Lewes
BN7 2DJ
Leon has been at the forefront of songwriting in Britain for over 50 years. He started writing songs seriously (and humorously) in the early 1960s and hasn't stopped yet. His early songs were topical-satirical (several were featured in the TV satirical show That Was The Week That Was) but he broadened out from there, absorbing different influences from Music Hall to French Realist song, and experimenting with different song forms. His songs range from the lyrical to the satirical, from the personal to the political, from the humorous to the poignant. He has written songs for children, songs for community shows, songs for Interaction's Fun Art Bus and songs for a stage production of They Shoot Horses, Don't They? His most famous song is The World Turned Upside Down which has become an anthem for protest movements in the States and Australia as well as in this country.
The workshop will cover the best approach to writing a song, the most effective and singable song language, song form and technique and the contribution that music makes in bringing a song to life.
LEON ROSSELSON PERFORMS AT LEWES SATURDAY FOLK CLUB IN THE EVENING
AT THE ELEPHANT & CASTLE
(admission £8; advance tickets available from address at end of the booking form)
Provisional Timetable
| 10.45 | Registration & coffee; order lunch (refreshments are not included) |
| 11.00 | What is a song? How to turn ideas into a song form |
| 12.30 | Lunch |
| 13.30 | Is there a song language? Form and technique - crafting a song |
| 15.00 | Tea/coffee break |
| 15.15 | The contribution of music to song. Listening & assessing participants' already written songs. If time, we'll write a communal song. |
| 16.45 | Finish |
N.B. Booking is recommended as numbers are limited.
Maps & accommodation lists will be sent in advance if requested.
Valmai Goodyear,
20, St. John's Terrace,
LEWES,
East Sussex
BN7 2DL
Tel. (01273) 476757
e-mail: Valmai Goodyear
Website: http://www.lewessaturdayfolkclub.org/