Treat yourself to an opportunity to deepen your relationship
to the life-changing miracle of music-making, through the ukulele.
Open creative doors inside you may have never known were there.
Engage in intimate conversation with your musical muse.
Learn a powerful methodolgy for taking your playing to the next level,
and delight in the joyous spirit of the world’s happiest instrument.
Be well fed, nurtured, loved up, and have a total BLAST with other women,
all on a New England summer paradise weekend
to the life-changing miracle of music-making, through the ukulele.
Open creative doors inside you may have never known were there.
Engage in intimate conversation with your musical muse.
Learn a powerful methodolgy for taking your playing to the next level,
and delight in the joyous spirit of the world’s happiest instrument.
Be well fed, nurtured, loved up, and have a total BLAST with other women,
all on a New England summer paradise weekend
* Pop-up Song Circles and Jams. Learn new songs, make new friends, and have the time of your life making music, music, music with other women. Just us gals.
* Nightly Grand-Slam Jams: Group play-along, with full band! Ukuleles, Bass, Drums, Guitar – all women! Spacious modern chapel with mind-blowing acoustics, overlooking rolling hills and mountains. Easy-to-play, super-fun music provided for all.
* Gentle Restorative Yoga for Musicians (chair-yoga option). Gentle yoga positions, mindful breathing, and gentle stretches specially designed by Certified Yoga Instructor (and fellow uke-player!), Erica Zinter. Open up, expand, relax, and connect with your music-making muscles, breath, and energy channels.
* Gateless Writing: Engage in dialogue with your tender, precious musical-self in a loving supportive space, through guided journal-writing exercises.
* Sacred Ukulele Sunday Morning Circle: Discover the simple and perfect magic of a mystical 5-note sequence, found in melodic sacred music in every human culture across time. Create prayerful meditative music with ease and grace, and experience a profound connection with the timeless mystical spirit of music.
* YOU-Time: Rest and relax deeply. Play music to your heart’s content, with all the time and space in the world. Wander the gardens, explore the forest. Cozy up out on the screen porch to read, or write in your journal. Drift and dream in a spectacular country retreat on a sweet Vermont summer weekend.
* Intimate Listening Concert: Lisa McCormick will play a set of her original songs on guitar, banjo, and ukulele in the acoustically enchanting chapel sanctuary.
* Note2Self: An introduction to a transformative philosophy of music-making, interconnecting self and music in a circular, paradigm-shifting, approach. Reach unbelievable new heights of joy and musical ability through Note2Self exercises and experiences, led by Lisa McCormick.
* Beginner-friendly! Ukulele-angel-mentors will be on hand to help beginners. Ukuleles will be available to borrow for the weekend, or purchase.
* All-inclusive: Tuition includes comfy overnight accommodations, lovingly home-cooked healthy meals featuring local organic ingredients (with vegetarian and gluten-free options), freedom to wander perennial gardens in full bloom, vast wildflower meadows, peaceful quiet woods, dip your toes in natural freshwater ponds, cozy up on a serene screened-in porch, bask on the spacious patio, attend any and/or all activities. Comprehensive take-home handbook/songbook also included.
* Travel: Minutes from Brattleboro, VT, I-91, Exit 3. 2 hours from Boston. 3.5 hours from NYC. Brattleboro can be reached via Amtrak. Nearest airport: Bradley International, Windsor Locks, CT. (1 1/4 hour drive from Retreat).
* Nightly Grand-Slam Jams: Group play-along, with full band! Ukuleles, Bass, Drums, Guitar – all women! Spacious modern chapel with mind-blowing acoustics, overlooking rolling hills and mountains. Easy-to-play, super-fun music provided for all.
* Gentle Restorative Yoga for Musicians (chair-yoga option). Gentle yoga positions, mindful breathing, and gentle stretches specially designed by Certified Yoga Instructor (and fellow uke-player!), Erica Zinter. Open up, expand, relax, and connect with your music-making muscles, breath, and energy channels.
* Gateless Writing: Engage in dialogue with your tender, precious musical-self in a loving supportive space, through guided journal-writing exercises.
* Sacred Ukulele Sunday Morning Circle: Discover the simple and perfect magic of a mystical 5-note sequence, found in melodic sacred music in every human culture across time. Create prayerful meditative music with ease and grace, and experience a profound connection with the timeless mystical spirit of music.
* YOU-Time: Rest and relax deeply. Play music to your heart’s content, with all the time and space in the world. Wander the gardens, explore the forest. Cozy up out on the screen porch to read, or write in your journal. Drift and dream in a spectacular country retreat on a sweet Vermont summer weekend.
* Intimate Listening Concert: Lisa McCormick will play a set of her original songs on guitar, banjo, and ukulele in the acoustically enchanting chapel sanctuary.
* Note2Self: An introduction to a transformative philosophy of music-making, interconnecting self and music in a circular, paradigm-shifting, approach. Reach unbelievable new heights of joy and musical ability through Note2Self exercises and experiences, led by Lisa McCormick.
* Beginner-friendly! Ukulele-angel-mentors will be on hand to help beginners. Ukuleles will be available to borrow for the weekend, or purchase.
* All-inclusive: Tuition includes comfy overnight accommodations, lovingly home-cooked healthy meals featuring local organic ingredients (with vegetarian and gluten-free options), freedom to wander perennial gardens in full bloom, vast wildflower meadows, peaceful quiet woods, dip your toes in natural freshwater ponds, cozy up on a serene screened-in porch, bask on the spacious patio, attend any and/or all activities. Comprehensive take-home handbook/songbook also included.
* Travel: Minutes from Brattleboro, VT, I-91, Exit 3. 2 hours from Boston. 3.5 hours from NYC. Brattleboro can be reached via Amtrak. Nearest airport: Bradley International, Windsor Locks, CT. (1 1/4 hour drive from Retreat).
ENROLLMENT OPTIONS:
*Full weekend, Fri-Sun, all activities, meals, and overnight accommodations.
*Saturday Only, 3 meals, all activities.
*Grand-Slam Jams (1, or both. Friday and/or Saturday night)
Click for detailed information about program and costs (or to register)
*Full weekend, Fri-Sun, all activities, meals, and overnight accommodations.
*Saturday Only, 3 meals, all activities.
*Grand-Slam Jams (1, or both. Friday and/or Saturday night)
Click for detailed information about program and costs (or to register)
