Curtis Fye joins the Herd to collaborate in the creation of instrumentation for the original song, “Love Sandwich,” lyrically created by participants in the prior session. Curtis will teach the skills of music producing and engineering as the Herd collaborates together online learning and using Pro Tools technology in classes. This session will culminate with Herd members going to In Your Ear Studios in Richmond Virginia to record their song in person, with online participants submitting their contributions to be incorporated as well as joining the recording session via Zoom.

“Love Sandwich” will be registered with ASCAP and the Library of Congress, and will be performed live with Kori Withers and the Friends in our June production of FreeHorse Arts Songwriters Series Celebrating the Music of Bill Withers with Kori Withers & Friends.

Join us in exploring where different pollinators live and ways that we can help them thrive! We will build a Pollinator Hotel to help support our pollinator community in the garden.

Saturday, April 19, 2025

12:00 - 1:30 p.m. followed by Volunteering in the Community Garden

Join us in integrating our herd members and witnessing what building healthy community feels like within our natural world.

The Herd welcomes Talita Jackson, Director of The City Dance Program and Co-Director of City Dance Theatre Rodney Williams. Together, in collaboration with FHA participants and City Dance dancers, Talita and Rodney will lead the Herd in dynamic choreography for the celebratory performance of FreeHorse Arts Songwriters Series Celebrating the Music of Bill Withers with Kori Withers & Friends!

Curtis Fye joins the Herd to collaborate in the creation of instrumentation for the original song, “Love Sandwich,” lyrically created by participants in the prior session. Curtis will teach the skills of music producing and engineering as the Herd collaborates together online learning and using Pro Tools technology in classes. This session will culminate with Herd members going to In Your Ear Studios in Richmond Virginia to record their song in person, with online participants submitting their contributions to be incorporated as well as joining the recording session via Zoom.

“Love Sandwich” will be registered with ASCAP and the Library of Congress, and will be performed live with Kori Withers and the Friends in our June production of FreeHorse Arts Songwriters Series Celebrating the Music of Bill Withers with Kori Withers & Friends.

The Herd welcomes Talita Jackson, Director of The City Dance Program and Co-Director of City Dance Theatre Rodney Williams. Together, in collaboration with FHA participants and City Dance dancers, Talita and Rodney will lead the Herd in dynamic choreography for the celebratory performance of FreeHorse Arts Songwriters Series Celebrating the Music of Bill Withers with Kori Withers & Friends!

Curtis Fye joins the Herd to collaborate in the creation of instrumentation for the original song, “Love Sandwich,” lyrically created by participants in the prior session. Curtis will teach the skills of music producing and engineering as the Herd collaborates together online learning and using Pro Tools technology in classes. This session will culminate with Herd members going to In Your Ear Studios in Richmond Virginia to record their song in person, with online participants submitting their contributions to be incorporated as well as joining the recording session via Zoom.

“Love Sandwich” will be registered with ASCAP and the Library of Congress, and will be performed live with Kori Withers and the Friends in our June production of FreeHorse Arts Songwriters Series Celebrating the Music of Bill Withers with Kori Withers & Friends.

In 2022, FreeHorse Arts participants curated our first BE HERD celebration. This extended 2024-2025 session will focus on our January Gratitude Gathering honoring Songwriters Hall of Fame President & CEO, Linda Moran

A final run-through prior to our Gratitude Gathering honoring Songwriters Hall of Fame President & CEO, Linda Moran.

In 2022, FreeHorse Arts participants curated our first BE HERD celebration. This extended 2024-2025 session will focus on our January Gratitude Gathering honoring Songwriters Hall of Fame President & CEO, Linda Moran.

Experience the potent solstice silence with the horses.

In 2022, FreeHorse Arts participants curated our first BE HERD celebration. This extended 2024-2025 session will focus on our January Gratitude Gathering honoring Songwriters Hall of Fame President & CEO, Linda Moran.

The ensemble will be preparing for the final rehearsals by running through the show content in the classroom space at the top of the month, then transitioning to the Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen during the week leading up to the performance. These rehearsals will begin to incorporate our community choir partners, the professional musicians that will be joining us and a full production team. This is the moment when we apply all that we have studied and learned to actual live performance experiences. We will consciously take time to discuss the “why” of what we are doing and the importance of sharing talents in order to spread joy to others beyond ourselves. A continual focus will be on awareness of the whole production “family”…the HERD… and how everyone works together to ensure safety, successful experiences and fun! Participants will have the opportunity to meet and talk with all of the amazing artists involved in this experience. A culminating gathering to reflect on the experience and share fun stories will be scheduled at some point after the weekend of the show.

In 2022, FreeHorse Arts participants curated our first BE HERD celebration. This extended 2024-2025 session will focus on our January Gratitude Gathering honoring Songwriters Hall of Fame President & CEO, Linda Moran.

The ensemble will be preparing for the final rehearsals by running through the show content in the classroom space at the top of the month, then transitioning to the Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen during the week leading up to the performance. These rehearsals will begin to incorporate our community choir partners, the professional musicians that will be joining us and a full production team. This is the moment when we apply all that we have studied and learned to actual live performance experiences. We will consciously take time to discuss the “why” of what we are doing and the importance of sharing talents in order to spread joy to others beyond ourselves. A continual focus will be on awareness of the whole production “family”…the HERD… and how everyone works together to ensure safety, successful experiences and fun! Participants will have the opportunity to meet and talk with all of the amazing artists involved in this experience. A culminating gathering to reflect on the experience and share fun stories will be scheduled at some point after the weekend of the show.

In 2022, FreeHorse Arts participants curated our first BE HERD celebration. This extended 2024-2025 session will focus on our January Gratitude Gathering honoring Songwriters Hall of Fame President & CEO, Linda Moran.

Spend time in gratitude for the horses and all they teach us (includes optional yoga).

Creating gifts of gratitude from Nature.

Garden of Gratitude: Cultivating gratitude for all that the garden has given us this year.

Participants will begin the process of rehearsing show content in order, learning about entrances and exits and stage cues. We will discuss how to adapt from a basic rehearsal space to a full stage space, how the spaces differ and how to orient yourself to a new space as a performer with the same blocking and choreography. We will incorporate a professional stage manager into the ensemble to instruct and teach us about receiving cues and calls during a show and discuss basic stage terminology that will be applicable to live performance.

Richmond bassist and audio engineer Curtis Fye will take the Herd through the final process of designing sound/audio cues for the upcoming LIVE production: FreeHorse Arts Songwriters Series featuring the music of Paul Williams.

Participants will begin the process of rehearsing show content in order, learning about entrances and exits and stage cues. We will discuss how to adapt from a basic rehearsal space to a full stage space, how the spaces differ and how to orient yourself to a new space as a performer with the same blocking and choreography. We will incorporate a professional stage manager into the ensemble to instruct and teach us about receiving cues and calls during a show and discuss basic stage terminology that will be applicable to live performance.

Richmond bassist and audio engineer Curtis Fye will take the Herd through the final process of designing sound/audio cues for the upcoming LIVE production: FreeHorse Arts Songwriters Series featuring the music of Paul Williams.

Participants will begin the process of rehearsing show content in order, learning about entrances and exits and stage cues. We will discuss how to adapt from a basic rehearsal space to a full stage space, how the spaces differ and how to orient yourself to a new space as a performer with the same blocking and choreography. We will incorporate a professional stage manager into the ensemble to instruct and teach us about receiving cues and calls during a show and discuss basic stage terminology that will be applicable to live performance.

Richmond bassist and audio engineer Curtis Fye will take the Herd through the final process of designing sound/audio cues for the upcoming LIVE production: FreeHorse Arts Songwriters Series featuring the music of Paul Williams.