What is Musical Headwaters?

Musical Headwaters is a Musica Sierra initiative that commissions new works of music inspired by the Sierra Valley in order to bridge nature based education with the visual and performing arts and deepen children's social and emotional connection to the earth.

Artist Residency

Composers and musicians spend one week at the historic Lemon Canyon Ranch nestled in the headwaters of the Middle Fork of the Feather River to compose and perform original works which reflect the surrounding beauty of the Sierras.

Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA)

Musical Headwaters’ original compositions are freely available to parents, students, and educational institutions to enhance all Nature-Based or natural science curricula through the inclusion of the Visual and Performing Arts and Project Based Learning. 

Member Institutions 

  • The Sierra County Arts Council

  • Feather River Land Trust, Learning Landscape

  • Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified School District (SPJUSD)

  • Plumas Unified School District (PUSD)

  • Plumas Arts