The organizers of The Woods carefully select their staff from the ranks of top North American and international performers. They pay special attention to choosing performers who can also teach and inspire their students. Here is a list of staff members from recent years.
The Woods organizing committee itself includes accomplished musicians and performers, who add their expertise in leading classes and workshops. The committee is: Eve Goldberg, Grit Laskin, Judith Laskin, Douglas Worts, and Catherine Mahler
2015 Staff
- Alistair Brown
- Andrew Collins
- Christina Smith and Jean Hewson
- Jane Lewis
- Bruce Molsky
- Karine Polwart
- Sonny Ochs
2014 Staff (August 9-14, 2014)
2013 Staff (August 25, 2013)
(one-day “Woods in the City”)
2012 Staff (August 9-14, 2012)
2011 Staff (August 10-15, 2011)
2010 Staff (August 11-16, 2010)
- Steve Baughman
- Bev Bernbaum
- Heather Bishop
- Steafan Hannigan
- Jeni & Billy
- Brian Pickell
- Cindy Thompson
2009 Staff (August 19-24, 2009)
2008 Staff (August 20-25, 2008)
- Vikki Armstrong
- Adrian Dolan
- Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer
- James Hill and Anne Davison
- Si Kahn
- Linda Morrison
2007 Staff
- Vikki Armstrong
- Benoit Bourque
- Michael Jerome Browne
- Kimberley Holmes
- James Keelaghan
- Linda Morrison
- Brian Pickell
2006 Staff
- David Kaynor
- Pat Humphries and Sandy Opatow (Emma’s Revolution)
- Michael Jerome Browne
- Mike Stevens
- Raymond McLain
- Cindy Thompson
- José Orozco & Elvis Sanchez
2005 Staff
- Dave Clarke and Lucinda Chodan
- Kim and Reggie Harris
- David Kaynor
- Penny Lang
- Tom Leighton
- Kate Murphy
- Geoff Somers
2004 Staff
2003 Staff
- Heather Bishop
- Fiddlesong Trio Anne Lederman , Debashis Sinha , Tom Leighton
- Raymond McLain
- Paul Mills / Curly Boy Stubbs
- Marian Rose.
- Mike Stevens.
2002 Staff – The 20th Woods Camp!
- Kirk Elliott.
- Matthew Shawn Fleming.
- Kate Murphy.
- Pat Humphries.
- Tess Le Blanc.
- Geoff Somers.
- Bob Walser.
- Ken Whiteley.
2001 Staff
- Eldon Cooper.
- Steve Gillette.
- Mark Haines and Tom Leighton.
- Lizzie Mahashe.
- Cindy Mangsen.
- Debby McClatchy.
2000 Staff
- Eldon Cooper.
- Rick Fines.
- Mark Haines and Tom Leighton.
- Peggy Seeger.
- Christina Smith and Jean Hewson.
1999 Staff
- Jeff Davis.
- Bob Franke.
- Jim Morrison.
- Ragged but Right.
- Christina Smith and Jean Hewson.
1998 Staff
- Gaston Bernard
- Benoit Bourque
- Cathy Fink
- Christine Lavin
- Tom Lewis
- Marcy Marxer
- Lanie Melamed
1997 Staff
- Nathan Curry
- Rick Fielding
- Cathy Fink
- Sara Grey
- Becky Hill
- Marcy Marxer
- James Stephens
1996 Staff
- Nathan Curry
- Becky Hill
- Tom Lewis
- Magpie
- Cathy Miller
- Ken Perlman
- Pierre Schryer
1995 Staff
- Bennett Hammond
- Lorraine Lee Hammond
- Kim & Reggie Harris
- Becky Hill
- Eileen McGann
- Kate Murphy
- Pierre Schryer
1994 Staff
- Steve Fuller
- Lorraine Lee Hammond
- James Keelaghan
- Don Ross
- Bob Walser
- Julie Young
- Kate Murphy
1993 Staff
- Guy and Candie Carawan
- Rick Fielding
- Shelly Posen
- Guy Bouchard
- Bob Walser and Julie Young
- Steve Fuller