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.

As part of the FreeHorse Arts Songwriters Series featuring the music of Paul Williams, participants will be working on the repertoire for the show along with dance & choreography, building and using props, playing unique instruments such as wash boards, jugs, spoons and staging the show.

Creative Collaborator Chase Kniffen will collaborate with InterConnected participants to uncover the magic of projection design through creating, gathering, editing and programming video content that will be used in the upcoming FreeHorse Arts Songwriters Series featuring the music of Paul Williams.

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As part of the Songs and Stories with Paul Williams concert, we will be studying and performing excerpts from some classic muppets movies and shows. Many of these songs involve unique instrumentation such as wash boards, jugs, spoons and more. Joined by guest musicians, we will take a turn playing these instruments, learning about their origin and identify ways we can join in on the songs during the show.

Creative Collaborator Chase Kniffen will collaborate with InterConnected participants to uncover the magic of projection design through creating, gathering, editing and programming video content that will be used in the upcoming FreeHorse Arts Songwriters Series featuring the music of Paul Williams.

Register Here

As part of the FreeHorse Arts Songwriters Series featuring the music of Paul Williams, participants will be working on the repertoire for the show along with dance & choreography, building and using props, playing unique instruments such as wash boards, jugs, spoons and staging the show.

Creative Collaborator Chase Kniffen will collaborate with InterConnected participants to uncover the magic of projection design through creating, gathering, editing and programming video content that will be used in the upcoming FreeHorse Arts Songwriters Series featuring the music of Paul Williams.

Register Here

As part of the FreeHorse Arts Songwriters Series featuring the music of Paul Williams, participants will be working on the repertoire for the show along with dance & choreography, building and using props, playing unique instruments such as wash boards, jugs, spoons and staging the show.

Creative Collaborator Chase Kniffen will collaborate with InterConnected participants to uncover the magic of projection design through creating, gathering, editing and programming video content that will be used in the upcoming FreeHorse Arts Songwriters Series featuring the music of Paul Williams.

Register Here

As part of the FreeHorse Arts Songwriters Series featuring the music of Paul Williams, participants will be working on the repertoire for the show along with dance & choreography, building and using props, playing unique instruments such as wash boards, jugs, spoons and staging the show.

Creative Collaborator Chase Kniffen will collaborate with InterConnected participants to uncover the magic of projection design through creating, gathering, editing and programming video content that will be used in the upcoming FreeHorse Arts Songwriters Series featuring the music of Paul Williams.

Register Here