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Headwaters Music & Arts!

We are a nonprofit organization in Bemidji, MN that offers private lessons and group classes in music & arts to individuals of all ages.

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February 22, 2022 Updated Mask Policy:

As of Tuesday, February 22, masks are strongly recommended but not required to enter Headwaters Music & Arts. Please wear a mask if you have a cold or sniffles, or if your teacher requests that you wear a mask. Disposable masks are available inside the door. We will continue to have participants wash thier hands with soap and water prior to lessons or classes. All others are asked to wash their hands or use hand sanitizer upon entering the building. Our goal is to keep everyone safe and healthy - thank you for doing your part!

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(218) 444-5606

519 Minnesota Ave NW
Bemidji, MN 56601

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Chris Hudson is officially in Bemidji! Last night

Chris Hudson is officially in Bemidji! Last night he played music for a couple of small audiences at a music enrichment activity and a small house concert. He is performing at Headwaters tonight after his 1.5 hour FINGER PICKING workshop that starts at 5:30pm🎸 You still have a chance to sign up for the workshop and you are more then welcome to attend the free will donation concert with Chris at 7:30pm.

Chris was absolutely awesome last ight and we can't wait to hear him again! Join us🎶

#HeadwatersMusicAndArts #LiveMusic #BemidjiMN #ChrisHudson #GullyWasherCollective

The perfect shirt to wear when waiting for your mu

The perfect shirt to wear when waiting for your music lesson!🤩🎹

Did you know music lesson registration is open at our website?? Click on the big blue button at the top of our webpage and get yourself registered (link in bio)💻🖱

#HeadwatersMusicAndArts #PianoDude #MusicLessons

Multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter, Chris

Multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter, Chris Hudson, joins us this week! Based out of Kansas City, MO, he’ll be bringing his guitar with him when he stops in Bemidji May 19 and 20 as a part of his Minnesota tour. He'll hold a couple of concerts and a FINGER PICKING WORKSHOP🤯🎸

🎸 May 19, 7-9pm | House Concert & Fundraiser at the home of Tom and Elisha Barry of Bemidji | $30

🎸 May 20, 5:30-7pm | 💥Finger Picking Workshop💥 at Headwaters Music & Arts |
$10

🎸 May 20, 7:30pm | Community Concert at Headwaters Music & Arts | Free Will Donation

Find out more, register, and buy tickets at our website (link in bio)🎶

#HeadwatersMusicAndArts #ChrisHudson #LiveMusic #FingerPickingWorkshop #GullyWasherCollective

Did you know that we are a Schmitt Music affiliate

Did you know that we are a Schmitt Music affiliate AND they are currently doing a band and orchestra instrument clearance tour?

Visit Headwaters this afternoon for discounts on a large selection of band and orchestra instruments, print music, accessories and more. Join us for this rare opportunity to find your next instrument at once-a-year special pricing🎻🥁🎹

#HeadwatersMusicAndArts #SchmittMusic #Band #Orchestra #InstrumentSale

Did you hear?? We didn't want you to miss it!

🎤🎶 CALL FOR VOCALISTS🎶🎤

Summer is coming and that means so is our annual Bemidji Sings! Vocal Competition where we celebrate the musical talents of youth and adults who live, work or attend school in Bemidji. Are you someone like that?? OR do you know someone like that?!

HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO COMPETE IN BEMIDJI SINGS! Submit your registration by 5 pm Monday, June 6.

ONCE YOU REGISTER, YOU WILL BE ASSIGNED AN AUDITION TIME TO Sing one song during the preliminary auditions June 11-12 at Headwaters Music & Arts. Up to 7 singers from each age division will be chosen to perform at the July 15 Bemidji Sings! Vocal Competition.

IF SELECTED YOU WILL Perform for cash and prizes during the Bemidji Sings! Vocal Competition on July 15. The first and second place winner from each age division will move on to Minnesota Sings Statewide Finals.

Have you read this far and you are still interested? Well then you should visit our website (link in bio) and fill out our quick and easy registration form. We can't wait
to work with you to set up your audition time📅🎙

Please let other singers in your life know about this opportunity by sharing this post. Thank you🤩🎶

#HeadwatersMusicAndArts #BemidjiSings #VocalCompetition #MinnesotaSings #BemidjiMN

The rain is reminding us of this drizzly day a cou

The rain is reminding us of this drizzly day a couple weeks ago when we had our community planting even. It is much warmer now though, which we really appreciate. We imagine the plants do too. The sun and rain have got our little seedlings popping in our south garden bed - take a gander when you stop by 🌱🌿

We hope you are doing well during this rough weather patch hitting our area. We are sending safe wishes to you 🎶🎨

#HeadwatersMusicAndArts #Plants #Spring #Growth #MinnesotaWeather

We are Grateful to Tom and Elisha Barry for hostin

We are Grateful to Tom and Elisha Barry for hosting an intimate house concert featuring Chris Hudson at their home on on May 19, 7-9, pm The event supports Headwaters’ Music Scholarship Program, and will include appetizers and beverages to pair with Chris’ music.

Chris Hudson is actually stopping through Bemidji for a couple of concerts and a finger picking workshop next week 🎸 Chris is a multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter based out of Kansas City, MO, and the leader and founding member of Gullywasher and Gullywasher Collective. Join us for:

🎸House Concert & Fundraiser | May 19, 7-9pm at the home of Tom and Elisha Barry of Bemidji. $30

🎸 Finger Picking Workshop | May 20, 5:30-7pm at Headwaters Music & Arts, $10

🎸 Community Concert | May 20, 7:30pm at Headwaters Music & Arts, Free Will Donation

Read more, register and get tickets at our website (link in bio)🎶💻

#HeadwatersMusicAndArts #ChrisHudson #BemidjiMN #LiveMusic #FingerPickingWorkshop #GuitarWorkshop

🎤🎶 CALL FOR VOCALISTS🎶🎤 Summer is com

🎤🎶 CALL FOR VOCALISTS🎶🎤

Summer is coming and that means so is our annual Bemidji Sings! Vocal Competition where we celebrate the musical talents of youth and adults who live, work or attend school in Bemidji. Are you someone like that?? OR do you know someone like that?!

HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO COMPETE IN BEMIDJI SINGS! Submit your registration by 5 pm Monday, June 6.

ONCE YOU REGISTER, YOU WILL BE ASSIGNED AN AUDITION TIME TO Sing one song during the preliminary auditions June 11-12 at Headwaters Music & Arts. Up to 7 singers from each age division will be chosen to perform at the July 15 Bemidji Sings! Vocal Competition.

IF SELECTED YOU WILL Perform for cash and prizes during the Bemidji Sings! Vocal Competition on July 15. The first and second place winner from each age division will move on to Minnesota Sings Statewide Finals.

Have you read this far and you are still interested? Well then you should visit our website (link in bio) and fill out our quick and easy registration form. We can't wait to work with you to set up your audition time📅🎙

Please let other singers in your life know about this opportunity by sharing this post. Thank you🤩🎶

#HeadwatersMusicAndArts #BemidjiSings #VocalCompetition #MinnesotaSings #BemidjiMN

There's so much going on in Bemidji and we are exc

There's so much going on in Bemidji and we are excited to see this upcoming concert at the Historic Chief Theater in Bemidji. It is a show put on friends and Headwaters students/parents Mark and Brandy Larson. It is free will donation concert on Wednesday, May 11 with a Go Fund Me page to help cover costs of these talented performers' Bemidji stop. Mark tells us, "Mandy has toured with Brandi Carli and is the guitarist for Allison Russel." She has played on the Jimmie Kimmel show, Ellen, and recently at the Grammy's."

Check it out and read more at the link in our bio🎶💥

#HeadwatersMusicAndArts #BemidjiMN #SwayWild #HistoricChiefTheater

Did you hear about our next upcoming concert? Next

Did you hear about our next upcoming concert? Next week Chris Hudson for a workshop and a couple of performances in May. Chris is a multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter based out of Kansas City, MO. He’ll be bringing his guitar with him when he stops in Bemidji May 19 and 20 as a part of his Minnesota tour.

Leader and founding member of Gullywasher and Gullywasher Collective, the public will have a chance to hear Chris’ guitar stylings an join in a finger picking workshop with him:

🎸 House Concert Fundraiser, 7:00-9:00 pm Thursday, May 19 - $30
🎸 Fingerpicking workshop, 5:30-7:00 pm Friday, May 20 - $20
🎸Community Concert, 7:30 pm Friday, May 20 - Free will donation

We encourage you to check out tickets and the guitar picking workshop at our website (link in bio)🎸🎶🎟️

#HeadwatersMusicAndArts #FingerPicking #Workshop #Guitar #LiveMusic #BemidjiMN

April snow showers bring… May music! Join us ton

April snow showers bring… May music! Join us tonight, 7pm, to beat the springtime blues and greet this warm May sunshine with a mix of great music and talent at Headwaters Open Mic and CoffeeHouse. This monthly community gathering offers a friendly open mic opportunity and welcoming environment for folks to listen and perform. Mattea Elhard takes the stage as the featured performer.

Mattea, an alumni of Bemidji State University, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with focus on piano and voice. She sang both alto and soprano in the Bemidji Choir and Chamber Singers and was Madrigal Dinner Queen in 2010. Mattea has taken her music abroad with the Bemidji Choir, singing in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Latvia, and Lithuania. While at BSU Mattea also performed as a percussionist in the Wind Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, Pep Band, and she sang with the Blue Ice Jazz Band, the Twin Cities-based choir From Age To Age, and the Twin Ports Choral Project in Duluth. Mattea’s other accomplishments include directing the Bemidji Boy Choir, BSU Women’s Choir, serving as the Bemidji Choir Vice President and as the President of BSU’s chapter of the Collegiate Music Educators National Conference. A former music instructor at Headwaters Music and Arts, Mattea now works as the Office Manager at BSU’s Department of Music. She performs in the percussion section of the Bemidji Symphony Orchestra, and directs the Bemidji-based volunteer choir Sanford and Friends Singers.

Held on the first Friday of most months, the Headwaters Open Mic offers a welcoming and supportive community for musicians and spoken-word performers. All ages and skill levels are encouraged to sign up for a 10 to 15 minute set. We'll see you here tonight☕🎶☀

#HeadwatersMusicAndArts #OpenMic #CoffeeHouse #LiveMusic

No rest for the Pickers - we really dig this band🎻🪕🎸

Watch these guys perform John Prine tunes on our YouTube Channel this evening at 7pm, when we premiere our recording of "Souvenirs: A Tribute to John Prine" (link in bio)!

You can also catch these guys live this Saturday, May 7, at The Historic Chief Theater in Bemidji as they open for Monroe Crossing. There are just a few tickets left so pick yours up on our website now🎟🎶 And then tune in at 7pm tonight to hear all of the awesome performers who made our perfectly packed, and lovely April 9 tribute show a delight🎶📺🍿

#HeadwatersMusicAndArts #SouvenirsATributeToJohnPrine #LiveMusic #BemidjiMN #NoRestForThePickers

Calling all fiddlers, strummers and pickers (from

Calling all fiddlers, strummers and pickers (from age 8-adult)! Grab your guitar, fiddle, cello, bass, uke, banjo or mandolin and get ready for your best week of the summer, June 20-24, 9am-4pm. Jam with instructors and performers Brian Milller, Mary Vanorny, Eric Carlson and Carrie Dlutkowski during one-on-one and small group sessions as well as a couple of public shows. Experience Minnesota’s music traditions with a demonstration by North Star Draft Horse Association and other special guests.

As you can tell from this photo from last year we have A LOT of fun at Fiddle Camp🎻🎶😍 Register for Headwaters Fiddle Camp (and all our other summer offerings) at the link in our bio💻☀

Headwaters Fiddle Camp | June 20-24, 9am-4pm | $100 (financial assistance available) | Age 8 to adult with minimum one year playing experience

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Headwaters Fiddle Camp is made possible by the voters of Minnesota, through a grant from the Region 2 Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

#HeadwatersMusicAndArts #FiddleCamp #StringCamp #SummerCamp #Summer #BemidjiMN

☀The beginning of May has us thinking summer cam

☀The beginning of May has us thinking summer camps☀ We have 11 summer camps this summer and they are all live and ready for you to sign up over at our website (link in bio)! We can't wait to enjoy the sunshine with you😎🎶🎨⛱

#HeadwatersMusicAndArts #SummerCamps #Music #Art #BemidjiMN #Summer

💥Join us on YouTube as we premiere our John Pri

💥Join us on YouTube as we premiere our John Prine tribute show this Thursday💥

We LOVE live music 😍🎶 This week we have a lot of it with our Open Mic CoffeeHouse on Friday and our Monroe Crossing concert on Saturday, but we're also taking the opportunity to do a throwback! We had a fabulous time at "Souvenirs: A Tribute to John Prine," April 9, in our packed Performance Hall. Through song and story, area musicians and storytellers honored the influential singer-songwriter who died from complications of Covid in 2020. Local and regional artists including Prabin Lama, Dave Virnala, The Eez, Temper Payne, Lisa Dixon, No Rest for the Pickers and Brock Beaulieu performed some of Prine’s most beloved songs.

Regional radio host, John Bauer, was the emcee for the evening while Prine memorabilia and photos were on display in our lobby. Conversation, reminiscing and music ensued as the building was filled with the sweet tunes of John Prine.

Join us on YouTube at 7pm, May 5 to watch the concert. If you didn't see it the first time this is a great time to see it - and if you did watch it the first time you know it is worth a rewatch🤩😎 Link to get notifications about the premier in our bio📺🎶📽

Psst🤭 You can still get Monroe Crossing Tickets but they are going fast!

#HeadwatersMusicAndArts #SouvenirsATributeToJohnPrine #JohnPrine #LiveMusic #GreatMusic

Our biggest fundraiser of the year! 💥Headwater

Our biggest fundraiser of the year!

💥Headwaters Music & Arts is excited to welcome Monroe Crossing back to Bemidji💥

World-class bluegrass entertainers Monroe Crossing perform in concert at the Historic Chief Theater in Bemidji on Saturday, May 7, 2022. The show begins at 7 pm with an opening performance by No Rest for the Pickers followed by Monroe Crossing at 7:30.

Named in honor of Bill Monroe, Monroe Crossing dazzles audiences with an electrifying blend of classic bluegrass, bluegrass gospel, and heartfelt originals. Their airtight harmonies, razor sharp arrangements, and on-stage rapport make them audience favorites across the United States and Canada. The concert will highlight their most recent CD, “Monroe Crossing Plays Classic Country” honoring country legends such as Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash and Hank Williams.

$25 tickets are available at Headwaters Music & Arts, 218.444.5606, online (link in bio) or by stopping in at 519 Minnesota Ave NW, Bemidji. Admission is open seating, advance ticket purchase is recommended

🤭🤫And we thought you should know we ALWAYS sell out 😎😀

“Everyone who came had the time of their life that evening. Your show was just incredible….one of the freshest and original groups I have experienced….I was just blown away.” — Bill Adams, Habitat For Humanity, Waldorf MD

#HeadwatersMusicAndArts #MonroeCrossing #Music #LiveMusic #BemidjiMN

Our biggest fundraiser of the year! 💥Headwater

Our biggest fundraiser of the year!

💥Headwaters Music & Arts is excited to welcome Monroe Crossing back to Bemidji💥

World-class bluegrass entertainers Monroe Crossing perform in concert at the Historic Chief Theater in Bemidji on Saturday, May 7, 2022. The show begins at 7 pm with an opening performance by No Rest for the Pickers followed by Monroe Crossing at 7:30.

Named in honor of Bill Monroe, Monroe Crossing dazzles audiences with an electrifying blend of classic bluegrass, bluegrass gospel, and heartfelt originals. Their airtight harmonies, razor sharp arrangements, and on-stage rapport make them audience favorites across the United States and Canada. The concert will highlight their most recent CD, “Monroe Crossing Plays Classic Country” honoring country legends such as Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash and Hank Williams.

$25 tickets are available at Headwaters Music & Arts, 218.444.5606, online (link in bio) or by stopping in at 519 Minnesota Ave NW, Bemidji. Admission is open seating, advance ticket purchase is recommended

🤭🤫And we thought you should know we ALWAYS sell out 😎😀

“Everyone who came had the time of their life that evening. Your show was just incredible….one of the freshest and original groups I have experienced….I was just blown away.” — Bill Adams, Habitat For Humanity, Waldorf MD

#HeadwatersMusicAndArts #MonroeCrossing #Music #LiveMusic #BemidjiMN

Happy Earth Day!🌎🥳🌱 Join us in celebratin

Happy Earth Day!🌎🥳🌱 Join us in celebrating this day at our Community Planting event, 4-5:30 pm this afternoon! This public native flora planting event is fun, free, and educational collaboration between Headwaters and Mississippi Headwaters Audubon Society. Attendees will have the chance to plant native wildflowers and grasses that will be incorporated into our existing non-native perennial flower beds with the goal of beautification while also enhancing food, shelter, and nesting habitat for birds, native pollinators, and other beneficial insects. PLUS there will be a small painting project!

We have been celebrating brighter days and trying to do our part for Mother Earth with recent lighting projects. With our 2022 Clean Energy Resource Teams Seed Grant for community-based clean energy efforts we have been installing automated light switches and more efficient LED lighting throughout our building. You'll get a chance to check all that out this evening! What is better than a little gardening and art to celebrate such a fabulous day?!☀🌎🌱🎶🎨

#HeadwatersMusicAndArts #PlantingEvent #EarthDay #Plants #Art

On this snowy spring day we are feeling this cozy

On this snowy spring day we are feeling this cozy picture featuring Executive Director, Tricia, at Woolen Mills recieving this wool blanket donated for our upcoming Monroe Crossing concert on May 7. If you have a ticket and plan to attend you will have the opportunity to join in the raffle featuring this and other local goodies☺ Thank you for the donation Woolen Mills!!

If you want to buy tickets for the May 7 and/OR become a sponser you can do that ouur website (link in bio)🎟🎶

We are excited to welcome Monroe Crossing back to Bemidji for our biggest fundraiser of the year! World-class bluegrass entertainers Monroe Crossing perform in concert at the Historic Chief Theater in Bemidji on Saturday, May 7, 2022. The show begins at 7 pm with an opening performance by No Rest for the Pickers followed by Monroe Crossing at 7:30.

#HeadwatersMusicAndArts #MonroeCrossing #LiveMusic #Concert #Bemidji

Join us this Friday🌱🌾☀! YOU are invited to

Join us this Friday🌱🌾☀! YOU are invited to celebrate Earth Day Friday, April 22 with a public native flora planting event at Headwaters, 4-5:30pm + a presentation by Brick Fevold. The fun, free, and educational event is a collaboration between Headwaters and Mississippi Headwaters Audubon Society that will include equal parts art and planting. Attendees will have the chance to plant native wildflowers and grasses that will be incorporated into Headwaters’ existing non-native perennial flower beds with the goal of beautification while also enhancing food, shelter, and nesting habitat for birds, native pollinators, and other beneficial insects. Participants will also have the chance to take part in a small painting project that day.

We had a similar event a few years back (this photo is from that day) That successful project created a shady woodland pollinator garden right outside our front door to prevent erosion and offer habitat for native fauna. Headwaters is excited and happy to create more flora spaces for the local fauna community and are pleased to have the public take part🌿☀🎶🎨

#HeadwatersMusicAndArts #EarthDay #NativePlantingEvent #FloraAndFauna

Headwaters Music Instructor, Mary Thoreson, will b

Headwaters Music Instructor, Mary Thoreson, will be debuting an original composition at Bemidji State University's Bangsberg hall this Wednesday. She had an interview On Northern Community Radio about her original composition "Birdspiration" and we are including a link in our bio so you can read/listen all about it and plan to attend🥁🎶🐦

We are always delighted to see what creative endeavors the staff of Headwaters are up to!

#HeadwatersMusicAndArts #Music #BSU #OriginalComposition #Congratulations 🥳

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