'How to Write a Song'

By Nick Barberio, Office of Communications on May 17, 2013, noon
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"How to Write a Song" was a Princeton Atelier course at the Lewis Center for the Arts taught by Paul Muldoon and John Wesley Harding where students explored the art of songwriting and performed in public. Read more.

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