Songwriting | Cassidy Dickens | All Levels | Evening Mini-Class | Week 2 (July 13-18, 2025)
This workshop will take place on 4 consecutive days: July 14-17, 6:00-7:15 p.m. each evening.
From passing down wisdom, to commemorating life’s most important moments, to simply making each other laugh, cry, and laugh some more—story songs are one of the oldest and most powerful forms of human connection.
“Songtelling” is a hands-on workshop where you’ll learn to spin your own stories—from your life, your memories, or your imagination!—into songs.
Open to writers and singers of all experience levels, “Songtelling” is anchored in the fundamental belief that EVERYONE has a story to tell. No prior songwriting experience or instrumental skill is required.
About the Instructor
Marrying a powerful sense of traditional Appalachian storytelling with a modern folk sound, West Virginian artist Cassidy Dickens brings a “unique fusion of vulnerability, resilience, unguarded sincerity, and soul-stirring melodies” to the world of acoustic Americana. (HONK MAGAZINE)
Soon after releasing her debut album, Ghosts, in 2015, Cassidy made the leap from small-town West Virginia to Music City, where she cut her teeth collaborating with up-and-coming Nashville recording artists and earned a Josie Music Award nomination for her songwriting.
Today—with more than 15 years of touring, 7 years of professional songwriting, three full-length albums, and several songwriting awards under her belt—she’s thrilled to be back at home in the Mountain State.
Her newest album, All I’m Missing, was inspired by the story of her journey back home, with songs that call back to the people and places that first inspired her music career.