Founded in 2022, the Gloucester Songwriters Circle is a network of songwriters who gravitate towards Gloucester, Massachusetts. Our primary activity is to meet every two weeks and sit in a circle, share the songs we are working on, and talk shop. We perform locally every now and then. Please reach out with any questions.

Events

Magnolia Porch Fest
June 14, 2025, 4 to 6 PM
Play Music on the Porch Day 2025
August 30, Details TBA

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Members

A few of our members, currently listed in order of how quickly they respond to email requests for bios….

Jonathan Feist, founder of the Gloucester Songwriters Circle, works at Berklee College of Music as the editor in chief of Berklee Press, and as the online instructor of Project Management for Musicians. He is the author of Berklee Contemporary Music Notation and several other books about music, and has released two albums of songs. Jonathan holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in composition from New England Conservatory of Music. Listen to his music on Spotify, YouTube, and other sites.

Kitt Cox at Magnolia Porch Fest 2024

Kitt Cox is an educator, musician, and advocate for babies and their families. “Greasy Pole”, “Eats No Trash,”  and “Wrong Side of the Wheel” are among the many original songs Kitt’s written inspired by the lore and legends of Cape Ann, his family’s adopted home. Kitt’s current community-based music projects include the North Shore Lullaby Project, Play Music On The Porch Day () and Busking for Babies. Listen to Kitt’s music here.

Jessica Healy is a psychotherapist and musician. She attended NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, graduating with a BFA in Drama, and worked for 12 years in NYC as an actor. Jessica also played and sang in Brooklyn bands The Inklings, The Secret History, World Atlas, and Rhinestone. She is a hoarder of many demo recordings that are emerging at long last. Her passion as a therapist is working with creative folks of all stripes using techniques informed by Internal Family Systems theory. Her musical project is Jae Snow, with more information available at Bandcamp and Instagram

Joel Rosen performs with Jug of Punch, an Irish band, and Spacetown, which plays tunes from the American Songbook. He plays mandolin and guitar. He also leads a weekly jam at the LaPierre Art Studio on Rocky Neck in Gloucester every Sunday evening. Joel is the founder of Rosen & Goyal, P.C and is a graduate of Brown University and Northeastern University School of law. He has published legal articles in Lawyer’s Weekly and the Mass Bar Association eJournal and on general interest subjects as an editor at Boston Magazine and a columnist for the Eagle Tribune. He resides in New Hampshire.