workshop Rhinebeck, NY

Music for Everyone

Creativity, Freedom & Joy

Dates

Sep 13–18, 2026

Tuition

Member: $450.00

Standard: $500.00

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Music for People celebrates 40 years of joyful improvisation, nurturing creativity, mindfulness, and authentic connection through spontaneous, community-based music-making.

See what it's like to join David Rudge and Mary Knysh in Music for People.

Experience the transformative power of improvisation as a path to mindfulness, presence, and genuine connection with this creative journey, rekindling the childlike wonder of moment-to-moment music-making.

Music for People celebrates the enduring belief that everyone is musical—whether a seasoned performer or someone with no prior experience. Improvisation becomes both a practice of authentic expression and a metaphor for life: listening deeply, responding with courage, bypassing the critical mind to embrace spontaneity, and cocreating something larger than ourselves.

Explore practices through drumming, chanting, rhythmic grooving, singing, and group facilitation in an inspiring space where there are no wrong notes.

Cultivate confidence, creativity, and playfulness that extend beyond music into personal, professional, and community life.

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Please note: Workshop begins Sunday at 7:30 p.m.

Workshop Rhinebeck, NY

Sep 13–18, 2026

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    David Rudge

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    Mary E. Knysh

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