Music man

Landrum’s songwriting workshop at 7 p.m. May 24 in Sleepy Hollow.

Each Wednesday evening for the last seven weeks, students from all over Westchester County and the surrounding region have been meeting to study songwriting with the Grammy Award-winning composer.  During these sessions, student musicians discuss the history and techniques of songwriting while analyzing songs from all genres and eras, fostering an appreciation and respect for the art and craft of composition.  While instrumental expertise is not required for the class, a willingness to have one’s songs performed is part of the professional experience and the fun.

Composer, arranger, producer Landrum has written scores for the Emmy-nominated “Living the Story: The Civil Rights Movement in Kentucky” (PBS), “A Touch of Fate” (a Lifetime movie starring Teri Hatcher), and songs for albums by John Whelan and Francine Reed.  He was the orchestrator of the Broadway musical, “In My Life,” and won a Grammy Award for his work on the TV series “Twin Peaks,” created by David Lynch.

The concert is is free to the public on a first-come, first-served basis. 

The center is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to nurturing a community in which literary writers and those who love literature celebrate and further the creative process.  The center presents public readings by established and emerging writers, offers a variety of writing workshops in many genres, organizes educational programs for school children and people with special needs, and publishes new works of literature under the imprint of Slapering Hol Press.  The mission of the Slapering Hol Press, the small-press imprint of the Writers’ Center, is to advance the national and international conversation of poetry and poetics principally by publishing and supporting the work of emerging poets.

The HVWC is located at the restored historic Philipse Manor railroad station, 300 Riverside Drive. For more information about the center, the New Play Reading Series, and for an updated schedule of readings, workshops and events, call 332-5953 or visit writerscenter.org.