Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Carole King, Aretha Franklin, Joan Baez–these are just a handful of the singer songwriters who have shaped our musical and cultural landscape with their songs, lyrics, and storytelling. Jake Gunnar Walsh leads a new class on how to take your original songs and make them as powerful and expressive as they can be.  Learn about the history of the singer-songwriter tradition including the social/political impact this genre has had through many different cultures globally.  Instruction will feature a combination of songwriting workshops as well as guest masterclasses with singer-songwriters in the Ithaca community.  Our Fall term will culminate in a free public recital of new original songs and will be professionally recorded.