The Women’s Music Summit Announced: 8/27-8/31, in Woodstock, NY
A new immersive event is taking place late this summer near Woodstock, NY.
The Women's Music Summit promises to be a unique gathering near Woodstock, this August.
The Music Masters Camp Series, a full schedule of highly interactive events taking place at Full Moon Resort in Big Indian, NY has announced The Women’s Music Summit (WMS), taking place August 27 – 31, 2012.
The Women’s Music Summit integrates a blend of academic, instructional and social elements, as well as personal interface with highly accomplished artists – not only at forums, panels, classes, and jam sessions, but also at meal times and throughout evening activities.
WMS explains the new gathering as follows:
“This week of music immersion is the first of its kind to focus on female musicians. The Summit will present skill workshops, panels, performances, and more.
Players of all instruments and levels are invited to come together to learn, practice, perform, and connect. The week’s events include instructional workshops, master classes, round table panels, group dinners, jam sessions, social gatherings, and much more. All instruments will be covered including guitar, bass, voice, keyboards, and drums. Workshops will discuss songwriting, business and promotion as a musician, health and yoga, and more.
Meshell Ndegeocello will be an artist instructor at WMS.
Respected female musicians will teach master classes and ensemble workshops, as well as participate in panel discussions, presentations, seminars, and Q&A sessions. Summit artist instructors include Kaki King, Meshell Ndegeocello, Melissa Auf der Mer (Hole, Smashing Pumpkins), Marnie Stern, Malina Moye, and Bibi McGill (Beyoncé, Pink), with more special guests to come.
Music industry panels will also contribute to discussions about different aspects of the music business. Industry panelists include Laura Taylor of Guitar Center and Laura B. Whitmore, Summit co-producer and columnist for Guitar World.
Whitmore comments, ‘This first of its kind event will enable many women musicians and industry leaders to study, perform, and network. It’s our mission to shine the spotlight on women as performers, instructors, aspiring artists, and role models. We want to support and inspire women of all ages and skill levels.’
Laura Taylor, Senior Vice President of Operations for Guitar Center, added, ‘We are very excited to be participating in the very first Women’s Music Summit. It is so important to encourage women to study and perform music and also give them an environment to do so. This is a great opportunity for women musicians of all levels to get together with artists and industry leaders to perform and talk about everything music.’”
Other programs in this year’s Music Masters Camps include Dweezil Zappa, Ricky Skaggs, Richard Thompson, Medeski Martin & Wood, Todd Rundgren, Paul Gilbert, Umphrey’s McGee, and more.
For more information on the Women’s Music Summit, go to http://www.womensmusicsummit.com.
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