GAYLA M. MILLS
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 I'm available for workshops, book clubs, readings, and music performances.


Past Events

Fall for the Book
Book Festival
@ George Mason Univ, Fairfax

I presented "Music Barn Storming: Ways to nurture music in your community"
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"Building Community Music"
Book Launch/Parties
@ C'ville Coffee, Charlottesville
@Westover Station, Richmond
@ Rapunzel's Coffee and Books, Lovingston


Short readings from my book followed by musicians featured in it:
Dr. Levine and the Dreaded Blues Lady (blues), Johnny B Clark (jazz),  The Free Radicals (Americana), the Good Question Band (bluegrass), Mojo Pie (Americana), and Gene and Gayla Mills (folk).
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WMRA Books and Brews
@Pro Re Nata Farm Brewery, Crozet
@Pale Fire Brewing Company, Harrisonburg

I was the featured author with interview and book signing, followed by the Center for Inclusive Music Engagement with ukulele demo. Everyone got to play!
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Workshop: Musical Barn Raising
@ Pamunkey Regional Library,
Ashland


Workshop: How to Get Started with Music
@ Pamunkey Regional Library, Ashland

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Make Music for Life
@ The Shepherd Center's Open University

Four-week class on: the benefits of music; how older music learners approach music differently; how to meet others and make music at music camps, jams, and with bands; and ways to sing and play despite setbacks.
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  • Home
  • Book
    • Purchase
  • Essays & Features
    • On Music >
      • All Steamed Up
      • Music Under a Tennessee Moon
      • A Future Imagined
      • Nashville Lights
      • Finding the Right Key
      • Practice
      • 12 Reasons Live Music
    • On Family >
      • Opening a Closed Book
      • Powers of Two
      • A Father's Spring
      • The Last Day >
        • Spry Interview
    • On Home >
      • Brick by Brick
      • Best not to Know
      • The Bouquet
    • On Mortality >
      • Dead Bodies
      • Being Whole
      • Shaken Ground
      • Soft Spot
    • On Living Fully >
      • Everything's in Color
      • Becoming Human
      • The Immortal Years
      • The Cost of Jury Duty
      • Broken Bones
  • Fiction
    • Enraptured
    • Buried Treasure
    • Soaring
    • Evening
  • Contact