Belfast, MAINE –  In partnership with Torchlight Media, award-winning songwriters Sara Trunzoand Tiffany Williams, on tour in Maine from Nashville, are offering a Song Clinic for songwriters of all levels on Friday, September 6, 2024, from 4:00PM - 8:00PM, during which participants will get two-on-one feedback, analysis, and support for one of their songs, followed by an informal song circle for all participants from 8:00 - 9:00PM.

Participants are invited to sign up for a 25-minute individual session in which they will play a song for Trunzo and Williams, share written lyrics, and receive both initial reactions, deeper inquiry into songwriting decisions, and a syllable-by-syllable review of the work. Songwriters will also have a chance to describe any puzzles or problems they are having with the song and will be offered some alternate approaches, language decisions, or melodic directions. They may go home with reflections that can be used to bring the song to fulfillment, or they might just button it up during the session. The 8PM song circle will be an informal opportunity to gather with all participants and share either the songs they were working on during the session, or another song. Sara and Tiffany will also share a song during this time.

Pre-registration is required. Participant fee is $50. Full information and a registration form are available at: https://www.saratrunzo.com/songclinicseptember6. 

Torchlight Media, located in downtown Belfast at 158 High St., is a community-based multimedia arts and production studio that provides access to production tools and skills, builds long-term sustainability for local public media outlets, creates education and mentorship opportunities, and improves community connection through storytelling and events.

Sara Trunzo is a Maine-based singer-songwriter, community organizer, and creator and host of “Country & Northeastern” on WERU Community Radio. She has shared stages with Suzy Bogguss, Carlene Carter, and Malcolm Holcombe and played venues such as The Bluebird, Club Passim, and the Birthplace of Country Music Museum. Trunzo has been a Joseph A. Fiore fellow, a Music to Life juried artist, and has received honors from International Acoustic Music Awards, New England Songwriting Competition, Tennessee Songwriters' Week, Hazel Dickens Songwriting Competition, and Women’s Freedom Song. Her debut EP, Thanks Birdie, was released in 2017, followed by the LP, Dirigo Attitude in 2019, which reached #22 on the Folk Alliance International chart and featured collaborations with Darrell Scott (Great Day to Be Alive; Long Time Gone; You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive) and Mary Gauthier (I Drink; Mercy Now). The lead single “Food and Medicine” reached #3 on the FAI chart and won 1st prize at the 2018 Maine Songwriters Association awards. Her most recent release "Taking My Power Back” addressed Mainers’ struggle for energy democracy and was produced by Rachael Moore (T Bone Burnett, Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, Showtime's George & Tammy), came out as a single in Fall of 2023 and Adobe and Teardrops called it “political country music at its finest.” She is the co-founder and past director of food security organizations Veggies For All and Waldo County Bounty.

A coal miner’s daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter from Eastern Kentucky,Tiffany Williams lives in Nashville, where she writes songs and fiction. She is the recipient of the 2011 Jean Ritchie Fellowship for Appalachian Writing and the 2017 Denny C. Plattner Award for fiction, a 2021 Kerrville New Folk songwriting competition finalist, a 2023 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artist, and has been featured on NPR’s Mountain Stage and WMOT/NPR Live Sessions Finally Friday From Home. Her debut EP, When You Go, was released in January 2019 and reached No. 15 on the North American College and Community Radio Folk Chart and No. 12 on the Folk DJ Chart. Her sophomore EP, I’ll Be Back Soon, includes a cover of “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive,” featuring Darrell Scott, which reached No. 4 on the Folk DJ Chart, with the album coming in at No. 8. Her debut LP, All Those Days of Drinking Dust(2022), peaked at No. 5 on the FAI Folk Chart and No. 6 on the NACC Folk Chart. Her latest EP, Wasted Luck, was released on August 2, 2024.

For more information or press inquiries contact saratrunzomusic@gmail.com.

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