Voice | Melody Walker | All Levels | Period 1 | Week 4 (July 27-31, 2026)
Roots music is all about being able to sing powerfully, clearly, and sustainably in unamplified settings. Through a mixture of modern pop vocal techniques, key exercises, and mini lessons in front of the class, students will find BIG new sounds and learn how to effortlessly wield them. We will also touch on some deeper and extended techniques
such as mix voice, light distortion, yodeling, and overtone singing. While the work will extend beyond camp, this class will give you the proof and the tools you need to shift your own vocal power into high gear.
About the Instructor
Melody Walker is a GRAMMY-winning songwriter, producer, performer, and fervent believer that songs can change the world. Best known for her writing with Molly Tuttle, Sierra Ferrell, Della Mae and her own band Front Country, Melody’s post-2020 recalibration has found her finally digging into her home of Nashville, TN, co-writing with her talented neighbors and hosting a weekly writers’ round, Writers’ Kitchen in East Nashville. Her blend of grassroots pop has won her accolades from Merlefest to Telluride and now the GRAMMYs with three songs on Sierra Ferrell’s GRAMMY-winning album Trail of Flowers, including winner of the Best American Roots Song “American Dreaming” and co-writes on Molly Tuttle’s GRAMMY-winning albums Crooked Tree and City of Gold. Recent years have found Melody releasing her first solo music in a decade, stepping into her own as a songwriter and artist and finding magic in queer collaboration. Whether teaching at music camps or playing Newport Folk Fest and the Kennedy Center with her Grateful Dead drag band BERTHA, Melody is ready to ride whatever cosmic creative waves the universe sends her way.