Franklin Theatre Summer Sessions: Songwriting & Music Business Youth Conference
June 23 @ 8:00 am - June 25 @ 5:00 pm
The inaugural Songwriting and Music Business Youth Conference 3-day event held June 23 – 25, 2025 is open to current high school students by application and is limited to 40 attendees pursuing tracks in songwriting, live performance and arts entrepreneurship.
The curriculum-based approach, taught by Tier 1 career professionals with over 10k hours experience highlights STEM and ELA Language Arts standards and provides practical experience in music business career paths. The Conference culminates in a live public concert at the Franklin Theatre on June 25! The Franklin Theatre is proud to be working with Amanda Colleen Williams and Songpreneurs LLC to bring this opportunity to the students of Williamson County.
Schedule of Events
Day One
The first day of the conference is all about immersing students in the world of the career music business professional, accessing training to help them achieve their personal best outcomes in their chosen track, while making connections with like-minded peers.
Day Two
The second day of conference expands our specific knowledge about creativity, group work and what it takes to make the music business profitable. Students continue to build skills and knowledge for presenting and performing in the finale concert, while exploring other areas of interest within the music business & live performance landscape.
Day Three
The third day is our finale full of excitement and entrepreneurship, show preparations, wrap up skill building sessions and the anticipated public live performance concert for friends, family and community at The Franklin Theatre.
Development training is best delivered as a combination of principle-based criteria that is customizable based on the specific needs of the individual and group.
For this reason, we ask applicant questions to help in advance of the event to help us get to know you, your current experience and better evaluate your overall goals as you work.
This process developed over 20+ years of delivering the highest quality training is proven and effective for helping individuals use their overall strengths and movable skills to achieve self-motivated objectives demonstrated through application and excellence.
Development training is best delivered as a combination of principle-based criteria that is customizable based on the specific needs of the individual and group.
For this reason, we ask applicant questions to help in advance of the event to help us get to know you, your current experience and better evaluate your overall goals as you work.
This process developed over 20+ years of delivering the highest quality training is proven and effective for helping individuals use their overall strengths and movable skills to achieve self-motivated objectives demonstrated through application and excellence.