Fantastic Voyage:
Infusing Rhythm and Music into Writing and PerformanceLyrical City Workshop #7
Saturday, June 5, 2:00-4:30 pm, Historical Society of Washington, DC, 801 K St. NW
Workshop Facilitator: Holly Bass
Busboys and Poets resident writer Holly Bass guides participants through a joyous odyssey of poetry, performance and sound. Participants will uncover new ways of infusing music into their written texts. Special focus will be given to freeing the voice—both written and spoken—as a way to connect with audiences on a deeper level. How can we evolve our ears to enhance our writing? What do musicians, DJs and nature have to teach us about sound and communication?
This workshop is open to all but it is especially recommended for writers, solo performers, poets and musicians. Participants will leave the workshop with new work and an opportunity to be featured performers at Busboys and Poets’“Sunday Kind of Love” series taking place June 20th at 4pm.
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 To register for the workshop, please send an email to langstondays@gmail.com with:
-your name
-a brief statement (50-150 words) explaining what you hope to get out of the workshop
-one poem or short prose sample (optional, to give facilitator a sense of your style)
Applicants will be notified on how to make advance payment.
Participants will be invited to present their work at a reading at Busboys & Poets in June!
Participants are also welcome to join the five-day Twitter poetry writing workshop which precedes this workshop.This workshop is a partnership between Busboys & Poets and the Historical Society of Washington, DC and is funded by the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
About Lyrical City
Lyrical City is a writing workshop series facilitated by award-winning writers with a strong DC connection. The workshops focus on various cultural aspects of the city and in particular DC’s African-American poetry tradition. Participation is limited to 15 people, on a first-come, first-served basis. The sessions are open to all. The cost of each workshop is $35. A few partial scholarships are also available.