NEW 2025 In-Person Songwriting Workshop with Mary Gauthier
“The Heart of the Song: Manifesting Creative Courage in Songwriting”
Sellersville, PA • September 21-24, 2025

Capacity is limited to 10 songwriters, first come first serve. All levels of ability are welcome! This workshop will sell out quickly.

All songwriting workshop registrants are required to stay at The Washington House Hotel & Restaurant (lodging not included in workshop registration price)

Join acclaimed songwriters Mary Gauthier and Jaimee Harris for a 2 ½ day immersive workshop designed to help you find clarity in your songwriting through manifesting and demonstrating deep creative courage. Whether you’re a seasoned songwriter or just beginning to explore the craft, Mary will hand you tools that will increase your confidence to help you create brave songs that reflect your authentic self.

Each day will begin with a morning session where Mary will share insights and inspiration from her own songwriting journey. Through prompts, guided exercises, and open discussions, you will develop skills and explore new ways to approach your art. The workshop will include opportunities to share your work, receive constructive feedback from Mary, and learn from your peers in a supportive, collaborative environment.

Your Registration Includes:

• A gourmet group meal on the evening of September 21

• A delicious, complimentary breakfast at The Washington House Hotel & Restaurant each morning of your stay

• 2 ½ days of workshopping with GRAMMY-nominated songwriter and author Mary Gauthier (September 22-24)

• One ticket to Mary Gauthier’s September 24 concert at The Sellersville Theater (Mary Gauthier with special guest Jaimee Harris)

Highlights:

• Daily sessions featuring songwriting exercises, discussions, and group activities

• One-on-one guidance with Mary to deepen your creative process

• Feedback sessions to refine your songs and strengthen your writing

• Community connections with fellow participants who share a passion for songwriting

• You will leave with a richer understanding of your creative voice, new songs and/or ideas in process, and a renewed sense of inspiration to carry forward into your life and art

• Only workshop registrants will be staying at The Washington House Hotel, making for a uniquely immersive experience!

No prior songwriting experience is necessary—just bring your openness, curiosity, and desire to tell your story through music.

A song is more than music. Songwriters carefully compose words to pair with music to create meaning and human connection. While music in and of itself is moving and cathartic, songs, when written in a certain way are moving, cathartic, and transformational. Songwriting is not the domain of the virtuoso, but the brave. The virtuoso’s focus is on performance and perfection, with the intention to impress, while the songwriters’ focus is on dissolving the separation of stage from the audience. Successful songwriters pull listeners in close. They confide. They are in the business of human connection. The job is simple expression of complex truth. They expose hopes, and dreams, wins and losses, strengths and weaknesses, so we might recognize ourselves there. The purpose of songwriting as an art is not to bedazzle, it is to generate empathy and deepen our understanding of what it means to be human.

Refund Policy: Refunds will be available up to 60 days before the workshop begins.

Questions? Please email jaimee@folkhelper.com for more info