Staff Bios

Zoe Lewis is a band in a body! She plays jazz, jump jive, latin grooves, swing, international folk, funk originals […]

Freebo. From bass player/band member with Bonnie Raitt for a decade to countless studio sessions and tours with artists ranging

Musician, composer, producer, Patrick Landeza is considered a leading exponent of the Hawaiian slack key style. Born and raised  in

In 2012, Cary took the folk world by storm by placing 2nd and 3rd in the Rocky Mountain Folks Fest

Tom Prasada-Rao doesn’t really teach songwriting. He encourages and facilitates and strives to create an environment of comfort and safety

Heralded by Sing Out! magazine as “one of the leading singer-songwriters on the current scene,” Jud Caswell has won eight

Although a major part of Harold Payne’s career has involved songwriting, with song credits that extend from Rod Stewart and Patti

Performing songwriter Rebecca Troon accompanies herself on guitar, banjo and percussion. She won first place in songwriting at the Gig

Vito Petroccitto Jr, another veteran of many SummerSongs and WinterSongs camps, and a guitar legend in New York’s Hudson Valley,

David Roth has taught at nearly every WinterSongs and SummerSongs since the camps began in 1999, and now serves as the