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Andrea provides excellent instruction and follows it up with daily co-writing challenges to practice what we learn. The attendees were talented, personable, and encouraging.

My experience with an Andrea Stolpe songwriting retreat was fantastic. Andrea is smart, agile, facile and funny. I learned a great deal and would recommend her to anyone interested in improving their songwriting capabilities.

The knowledge and skills of the entire team are remarkable. Any person with an open mind will benefit from the retreat in the best way possible. You will face a week of intensity, creativity and you will be turned upside down. In a very positive way. Being around these people is a joy : a blessing. Thank you.

Andrea helped me break what had been a few months of writer’s block. It freed me up in all writing idioms, and now I’m finishing my children’s book and the songs are just a flowing again!

Andrea's sessions were great, full of very useful and actionable suggestions to help keep in the songwriting flow. We also had a great group of songwriters at our retreat so I really enjoyed both the co-writing sessions and the playback of everyone's songs.

The connections made with other songwriters is invaluable. As were the morning sessions with Andrea. A truly transformative experience. Thank you!

Ticked Every Box I could not have asked for a better experience. The retreat struck just the right balance between practical discussions around the mechanics of songwriting/lyric writing, and offering the opportunity to put those ideas into practice in the afternoon co-writings sessions. I also loved the fact that there was ample opportunity to pick up instruments and play, and share both songs and the joy of playing music, with other musicians. Andrea herself was present and engaged and encouraging and Madison’s assistance was invaluable throughout the entire week. Lastly, meeting the beautiful, supportive people in my group was the icing on the cake. Feel so lucky to have had this experience.

This is a life-changing workshop, filled with great hands-on pragmatic songwriting tools to get the creative juices flowing. Andrea offers concrete examples of tools and tips from established songwriters. You will find collaborators and a community of friends here, all passionate about songwriting. I am already thinking about the next retreat!