NEW! FAMILY SONGWRITING CLASS FOR ALL AGES
December 28 and 30, 2020by Paul Reisler and Chery Toth
In this song writing workshop, these two professional songwriters Paul Reisler and Cheryl Toth, will work with individuals or familes for 2 one-hour sessions, to learn about songwriting and will write a complete song as a group. At the end of the workshop, the participants will receive a professional recording of the song. The songwriting workshops will take place on Monday, December 28 and Wednesday, December 30, both at 7 pm. On Valentine’s Day weekend a 45 minute concert will be held virtually that will include the group song written in class. The theme of the song will be related to love and family.
Cheryl Toth remarked, “We are now offering our songwriting programs in a virtual format, giving both adults and children the opportunity to connect, share, and create during these times of social distancing.”
The cost is $45 per individual registration or family members can join as one group on one internet device. The price includes the online songwriting workshop and admission to the online concert on Valentine’s Day weekend that will include the group song. For more information and to register, click Songwriting Class For additional information, email info@fctstage.org or call 540-349-8760. FCT’s programs are funded in part by the National Endowment of the Arts and Virginia Commission for the Arts.
Songwriter Bios:
Paul Reisler – Ever since he started making up songs at the age of five, Paul Reisler has led the musical life. He’s a composer, songwriter, recording artists, performer and teacher. He’s the founder and artistic director of Kid Pan Alley, co-founder of Trapezoid, as well as his current bands, Paul Reisler & A Thousand Questions featuring Howard Levy, and Three Good Reasons. Over the past 45 years, he’s performed in over 3,000 concerts, recorded close to three-dozen albums, co-written Aesop’s Fables for Orchestra and Narrator, as well as the script and songs for a new musical entitled Bouncin’.He’s has written more songs than the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Stephen Foster combined—somewhere north of 3,000 compositions thanks in no small part to his army of 65,000 short collaborators as well a handful of Grammy-winning co-writers. Artists including Sissy Spacek, Raul Malo, Darrell Scott, Cracker, Corey Harris, Jesse Winchester and many others have recorded his songs. Paul Reisler is one of the most popular songwriting teachers in the country.
Cheryl Toth – When she started school, her ability to sing harmony landed her invitations to join her first choir at the age of 9. This passion led to earning a bachelors and master degree in music education. Cheryl is an avid music educator. She believes in the creative process integrating voice, movement, improvisation and instrumentation as a means of inspiration and discovery. She started her professional career as an elementary school music teacher. This led to a position supervising the elementary music program for 136 schools for the Fairfax County Public School district. Then she served as an elementary school principal for 8 years before joining Kid Pan Alley. Her experience includes teaching preschool students with special needs through high school. She has served coordinator of the All County Choral Festival for 900 voices and assistant conductor for the George Mason Symphonic Chorus. She has performed with the Symphonic Chorus at the Philharmonic in Koln, Germany.
