Age Group:
Adults- Registration is required for this event.
- Registration is no longer available for this event.
Program Description
Event Details
In Partnership with Howard County Library System, Baltimore Classical Guitar Society presents it's Lullaby Project.
The Lullaby Project offers Veterans, Service members and families, the opportunity to take part in a songwriting workshop with Grammy-winning songwriters. Ages 18+ only.
If you missed the Introductory session, but would like to join, please email rohini.gupta@hclibrary.org
Through the Lullaby Project veterans have the option to:
- Write a Lullaby for children/granchildren, a song for a spouse or a special someone in your life, or in honor of a fellow service member OR
- Write a song to celebrate America's 250th Anniversary in 2026
Participants do not need any musical knowledge or experience to take part. This project is offered free to Veterans, Service Members & Families. Ages 18+ only.
The Baltimore Classical Guitar Society has created over 100 songs with parents, grandparents and veterans.
This project is offered by the Baltimore Classical Guitar Society in collaboration with Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute with support from Creative Forces Community Engagement Grants, part of the National Endowment for the Arts’ Creative Forces initiative, in partnership with Mid-America Arts Alliance.
Process and Timeline:
Introductory session. For the recording of the Introductory session and the Songwriting Journal, please email rohini.gupta@hclibrary.org. Collect the Lullaby Project journal. Fill in the journal and bring it to the next Songwriting workshop. The lyrics are extracted from the journals.
February 21, Saturday. Songwriting workshop. A Grammy-winning songwriter is paired with a participant (vet, spouse, whoever will be writing the song), and they discuss the journal they have filled out. From it, they extract ideas for the lyrics. They discuss and develop a melody. Most often, the workshop is an hour-long one-time session, but extra time is allowed in case a follow-up meeting over Zoom is needed to clarify details.
February - April. Arranging, Recording, Editing, Mixing, Mastering. This segment is done by the professional songwriters. After the workshop, the songwriters put the final touches on the lullabies, arrange them, and record them professionally in a music studio. The lullaby is recorded with and without voice (accompaniment only) so that the participants can sing the lullaby themselves, using the accompaniment-only recording.
April 4, Saturday. Celebration of Songs! During the celebration, Grammy-winning songwriters will perform the final lullabies for the participants and their guests.
The participants will receive professionally recorded CD/digital files, along with a keepsake book with photographs from the workshop and printed lyrics.
Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation.