Name: InSpero Songwriter Retreat 2025
Start: 2025-04-24T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-04-24T17:30:00-05:00
Location: 121 Live Oak Ln

Come and learn more about songwriting and storytelling as Andy Gullahorn & JJ Heller lead in a day retreat followed by an evening concert.
About this Event

For Songwriters and Storytellers: Join us at 10:00 a.m. at the beautiful home of Lucy and Connor Farmer for a day filled with connection, stories, and creative writing exercises.

We will end with dinner/ drinks at 5:30 pm. A concert in the round willl follow at 7 pm.

Please bring a notebook, journal, and guitar if you feel led.

So grateful that Andy Gullahorn and JJ Heller and her husband Dave will lead us in this creative time with songwriting and storytelling.

Lunch and dinner are provided.

A limited number of partial and full scholarships are available for the retreat. Please contact Melinda at [email protected] for more information.

A Bit More Information about our Retreat Facilitators:

Andy, who has served on InSpero's Board of Directors, describes himself as a bowling, badmintoning, high-fiving, disc golfing, nick-naming, basketballing fun facilitator. He also is a singer/songwriter originally from Austin, TX. He moved to Nashville, TN back in the 1900’s to attend Belmont University and upon graduating, he married a girl (Jill Phillips) who was about to sign a record deal with Word Records. This was Andy's greatest achievement. After years of playing guitar on the road with his wife and writing songs for various other artists, he started recording his own records again and returned to the road for solo shows as his wife wanted to be home more with their beautiful children who resemble their father.

JJ: At some point in our lives, we all want someone to believe in us, to remind us there is beauty in the world, and to tell us that everything’s going to be ok.

JJ writes thoughtful and vulnerable songs that feel like balm for the soul. Her soothing voice and inspiring melodies blend with poignant lyrics to stir the hearts of listeners of all ages.

Heller and her husband, Dave, work creatively together co-writing and recording her songs. After over 20 years making music full-time, Heller has 18 full-length albums, a Christmas EP, and dozens of singles to her name.