Fractured History: Martha Redbone Songwriting Workshop

Roots music singer and songwriter Martha Redbone will be in residence during her Cal Performances' Illuminations concert visit to campus, and is offering a songwriting workshop to students based on the idea of a songwriting haiku: not a single word wasted, every word has meaning.

The workshop is open to UC Berkeley students at all stages of songwriting ability including singer songwriters, musicians who usually focus more on the melody, creative writers who are not musicians, and singers who can write lyrics but don't play an instrument. Redbone will be joined by her collaborator and bandmate Aaron Whitby for the workshop.

Students interested in attending will need to fill out an application, open Dec 1, 2024 through Jan 27, 2025. The applications will be reviewed by a panel and attendees announced Feb 5, 2025.

This workshop is a collaboration between Cal Performances' Illuminations, the Department of Music, and the Arts Research Center. All ARC programming is supported by the Dean's Office of the Divition of Arts & Humanities.