May 19, May 26, June 2, June 9. For singers, songwriters and musicians who are already writing and performing songs by themselves and others. This class is for those pursuing a career as a performing artist, looking to improve their skill set as a writer, within a small knit group of fellow musicians. "Being part of the Jan Bell's Songwriting Workshop truly helped me look at my approach to writing songs from a fresh perspective. It taught me new tactics for getting past mental and physical blocks in my writing process and provided me with a brand new arsenal of creative strategies for noticing things to write about. Though, perhaps the best part of the workshop was the atmosphere Jan created for the members of the class. It was a completely relaxed, fun, creative, and non-judgmental environment. It was as if someone turned on a new faucet in me that I didn't even know I had a handle for!" Rachel Lee Walsh. About Jan Bell: Jan Bell is a member of the Emerging Leadership Institute APAP (Association of Performing Arts Presenters) 2011. Since founding Little Red Hen Music Collective in 1999 Jan Bell has presented 2000+ original artists and singer songwriters in NYC. Jan is a British born multi - award winning singer songwriter with six critically acclaimed albums, including Independent Music Awards Best Alt. Country album. A featured artist in The Village Voice, The Sunday Times, Nashville Scene, New Orleans City Life, Americana UK. Jan plays both sides of the pond from 'The Real Deal' Songwriter' Masters Stage at Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, to Glastonbury Festival. NYC highlights include The Woody Guthrie Archives, Joe's Pub, Highline Ballroom, River to River Festival and opening for Emmylou Harris, Odetta, Wanda Jackson, Ferron, and Steve Earle. Jan is also band leader of The Maybelles.