Rod leads an interactive songwriting workshop, all levels welcome, everyone gets to present a song or two and individual feedback and suggestions. Under the auspices of Traditions Week at Common Ground On The Hill, an arts camp at McDaniel College, Westminster, MD, with a top-notch faculty and free admission to their online concerts during the week. From the CGOTH catalogue: "Songwriting with Rod MacDonald From the beginner to the experienced writer, making real songs means respecting your inspiration and learning some technique. This course will motivate you, provide constructive feedback, teach some basic composition skills, and improve your writing at whatever level you are. Speak your mind in an artistic and convincing way, with humor, anger, poetic and musical artistry, storytelling, character and facts, and be understood clearly. Sing Out! calls Rod “A modern day troubadour of the people and for the people.” Sign up is online, or call 443-622-2369 for info.

Rod MacDonald in concert at historic church concert series. With special guest Dean Stevens

Rod in Sunday afternoon house concert. Potluck at 1 pm, bring a dish! Concert at 2 pm. Suggested donation $25.

Rod solo at award-winning winery No cover

Rod teaches guitar, songwriting, singing and sometimes ukelele and/or fingerpicking techniques at this family camp.