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“SVSA Music News”

SVSA’s newsletter is the record of the monthly meetings, member performance alerts, workshops, announcements, networking opportunities, songwriting tips, and products for sale. SVSA members take turns writing a feature article each month. Newsletters are in PDF format. Adobe Reader software to view the PDFs can be downloaded from the Adobe.com web site.

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Interested in joining SVSA?

Songwriters and would-be songwriters of all ages and skill levels and music genres are welcome at SVSA. Applications are accepted year-round. Annual dues are $20.00.

SVSA Membership Application (PDF format)

SVSA Membership Application (Word document)

SVSA Board Members 2011

Larry Sakayama | President

Britt Mistele | Vice President

David Simpkins | Secretary

Greg Trafidlo | Treasurer

Mike DeGiorgi | Board Member

Kathy Acosta | Newsletter Editor/Web Designer

What's SVSA like?

Curious about what it's like to attend an SVSA meeting and/or to have a song critiqued? SVSA member Mike Franke has written this article that contains tons of "insider" information.

SVSA Meetings

Meetings are held on the fourth Wednesday of each month, except for November, at 7:30 p.m. Meetings generally begin with a short introduction and may include a songwriting exercise and/or a presentation by a guest or a member. The remainder of a meeting is devoted to critiques of members’ songs. Song critiques are limited to members only, but guests may attend an introductory meeting at no charge and are encouraged to sit in on the discussion and participate in any exercises.

SVSA meets at Third Street Coffeehouse, located in the basement of Trinity United Methodist Church in Roanoke, Virginia. Doors open at 7 p.m.; the meeting begins promptly at 7:30 and lasts until the last song critique is finished, or 10:30 p.m., whichever comes first.