Belfast Nashville Songwriters' Festival

Panarts Song Writing Convention™

Thurs 23^rd - Sat 25^th February 2012

The Song Writing Convention ticket gives you access to a choice of sixteen workshops and all festival concerts held in Madisons Hotel during the 2012 Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival. Concerts include; Dan Donnelly, Gordon Giltrap (ENG) & Woody Mann (USA), Todd Snider (USA), 8^thBelnash Birthday Concert (3 Songs Each with Nanci Griffith & Friends), PRS for Music After Shows.

 See brochure or belfastnashville.com for more info. Some workshops overlap, so please choose from the list below. Your Song Writing Convention laminated card and full details can be collected from Reception at Madisons Hotel, 59 Botanic Avenue Belfast from Wednesday 22^ndFebruary 2012. Please bring ID to collect.

Hope you have a great Convention and enjoy the concerts at Madisons Hotel. Don’t forget – you can join in the Acoustic Song Session, Wed 22^nd - Sat 25^thFebruary In the bar area at Madisons from 6pm-8pm each night.

Colin Magee, Panarts Director, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Thursday 23^rd February

Song Writing & The Music Business, John Oates (of Hall & Oates),

4.15pm-5.15pm 1^stFloor The Taphouse Bar

5 Lower Crescent, Close to Botanic Avenue, Belfast

Actually...It Doesn't Have To Be Perfect, Mark Nevin

5.30pm-6.30pm Workshop Room 3

Crescent Arts Centre, 2 University Rd Belfast

Song Writing With Dan Donnelly

7.15pm-8.15pm Workshop Room 4

Crescent Arts Centre, 2 University Rd Belfast

Friday 24^th February

What we've learned and what we're trying to forget,

Brendan & Declan Murphy, The 4 Of Us

5pm-6pm, Madison Hotel Cellar, 59 Botanic Avenue

Writing A Different Song, Iain Archer

5.15pm-6.15pm, Workshop Room 3

Crescent Arts Centre, 2 University Rd Belfast

PRS for Music Drop in Session, Stuart Fleming

6pm-7pm 1^stFloor The Taphouse Bar

5 Lower Crescent, Close to Botanic Avenue, Belfast

Dana Cooper on Song Writing

6pm-7pm Castlereagh Civic Centre

Number 1 Bradford Court, Upper Galwally

Close to Forestside Shopping Centre (workshop before his concert)

Income Streams for Songwriters, Simon Aldridge Broadcast Music Inc.

 7pm-8pm, Board Room

Crescent Arts Centre, 2 University Rd Belfast

Saturday 25^th February

Musicians Union Drop In Session, Jennifer Hunter

11am-2pm, 1^stFloor The Taphouse Bar

5 Lower Crescent, Close to Botanic Avenue, Belfast

Collin Raye On Song Writing

12noon-1pm, Workshop Room 4

Crescent Arts Centre, 2 University Rd Belfast

Bap & Brenda Kennedy on Song Writing

1.30pm-2.30pm, Workshop Room 4

Crescent Arts Centre, 2 University Rd Belfast

Open Tuning For Songwriters, Paul McMordie of Ossia Belfast

2.45pm-3.45pm, Workshop Room 4

Crescent Arts Centre, 2 University Rd Belfast

Songwriting From Dreams, Maura & Pete Kennedy (USA)

2.45pm-3.45pm, 1^stFloor The Taphouse Bar

5 Lower Crescent, Close to Botanic Avenue, Belfast

Todd Snider On Song Writing

4pm-5pm, Workshop Room 4

Crescent Arts Centre, 2 University Rd Belfast

Saying Hello to the Cruel World: embracing difficult issues in song writing

Mike Seal & Bernadette Maguire, Red Bird Sky

5.15-6.15pm, Workshop Room 4

Crescent Arts Centre, 2 University Rd Belfast

Songwriting - From Inspiration to Completion, Eleanor McEvoy

7pm-8pm, 1^stFloor The Taphouse Bar

5 Lower Crescent, Close to Botanic Avenue, Belfast

This programme may change if there are circumstances beyond our control

Colin Magee

Panarts Director