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 Application for Young Musicians

Young  Musician's Showcase - Will Mclean Festival
Laura Jo  Julian
Young Musicians Program Director
Carolynn Dunn 
Assistant Director

 Young Musician's Showcase

The Young Performer Program is on hiatus for 2022 except for the rewarding of scholarships. This was due to Covid concerns.

Typically, we have a full weekend of workshops, showcases and open mics for our young performers. The program is open to young musicians of all levels between ages of 11 & 21. See link at top of the page for our young performer application.

Will McLean and his songs have been an important part of Florida’s cultural heritage and celebrate historic events, the beauty of our land and nature, stories about people and places, and the world we live in. To continue these traditions, young people are encouraged to become a part of Florida’s folk music community, and at Willfest they will have an opportunity to meet with other young performers, singers and musicians with similar interests who will be attending this festival.

If you know of young people or have kids of your own who may be interested in folk music and seeing live music performances by others their own age please let them know about the festival. Everyone is encouraged to bring their instruments and participate in the workshops and other music activities during the event. We’ll also have some extra instruments available if they want try something new, such as a banjo or a mandolin, at the workshops.

WORKSHOPS 

While many schools have excellent music programs they often do not include folk music in their curriculum. The Willfest workshops will introduce the songs and instruments used in folk music and help young singers and musicians who are already in music programs to improve their skills.

Our Youth program is on hiatus for 2022 due to Covid concerns but past festivals have had an incredible line up of both young performers and accomplished musicians leading workshops. The workshops are open to all ages and anyone with an interest in one, or more, of the workshop topics, is strongly encouraged to attend. The Young Performers Program should be back in full swing for 2023!

Many of our workshop leaders have years of experience and are pursuing full-time careers in music. They will provide new insights and creativity at all levels, and they will definitely provide a positive and fun workshop experience – don’t miss out on this opportunity.

 See Young Performer's Showcase

musicians that previously performed in our showcase