Beth Wood is an award-winning, poet, songwriter, joyful singer, teacher, and believer in the power of word and song. Beth has released fifteen albums, three books of poetry, and a collection of funny stories from the road. Beth's poetry book Ladder To The Light is the winner of the 2019 Oregon Book Awards People's Choice Award and was a finalist for the 2019 Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry. Her dream is to build community through music and poetry, and to move something with her art, whether it's a swirling emotion or a curious mind or tapping feet. Beth's teaching practice includes creativity and song coaching as well as leading and facilitating workshops, classes, and retreats. Her musical philosophy is that there are no wrong notes. She lives in Oregon with her dog Hannah Laroo.