Singing Joyfully, Soulfully and Spontaneously! with Hattie & Joe Craven - Workshop

Your voice is the most portable, versatile, amazing musical instrument you'll never buy! ANYONE can do creative things with their voice when the right person is there to show them and thousands of people can tell you that Joe Craven is one of those people! He will awaken your voice to new possibilities quickly and in very fun ways so you can find greater confidence in music making and add greater expression to your singing of a song or scatting melodies right in the moment. Show up “empty handed and open minded” as Joe and his daughter Hattie will help release your creativity in a super supportive way. They will deepen our connection to spontaneity, movement and seeing the value of not being attached to the outcome when letting your creative juices flow. This is not an ability-based class; anyone can do what the Cravens will bring to this workshop! They connect creativity to what you already do and moves you forward from there. You’ll think differently about sound, fearlessness, and yourself!

Joe is a creativity educator, former museum curator, camp director, poet/storyteller, fashion insultant, coast to coast music festival emcee (notably Delfest, Telluride Bluegrass, Live Oak & Grand Targhee) and recipient of the 2009 Folk Alliance Far-West Performer of the Year. He’s made music with many things and many folks – from Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia, whirled artist David Lindley and harmonica wizard Howard Levy, to 7 years with banjo fusionist Alison Brown and 17 years with mandolinist David Grisman.

Hattie, in addition to being a seasoned actor in community theater, has built a reputation as one of the finest young, if not youngest, performers on the stages of numerous nationally noted music festivals from coast to coast… and all to standing ovations.