Berkshire Music School Slates Semester II Classes09:36AM / Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Several enrichment programs are returning to the roster this winter at Berkshire Music School. Activities range from music for infants, to jazz and chamber ensembles. Classes take place on the School’s campus at 30 Wendell Avenue, Pittsfield. Free parking is available. For information call 413-442-1411, or visit www.berkshiremusicschool.org.
Music for infants, toddlers or preschoolers with Tari Wheeler Roosa will be held Saturdays or Tuesdays beginning January 17. Each 15 week program, designed to increase awareness of rhythm, includes singing and creative movement. Classes and times are: Music for Infants ages 3 to 18 months, Tuesdays, 1-1:45 p.m.; Music for Toddlers, ages 16 months to 3 years old, Tuesdays or Saturdays, 10:15 -11 a.m.; Music for Preschoolers, ages 2 years, 9 months to 5 years, Tuesdays or Saturdays, 11:15 a.m. to noon.
The BMS Orchestra with conductor Norman Thibodeau begins its 10 week term Tuesday, February 3. Community musicians and members of the Stockbridge Sinfonia join BMS students in working on chamber music from 5:15 - 6:45 p.m. each week. Some scholarships are available.
Learn the art of jazz from master player and clinician Bill Chapman beginning Monday, February 2. Ten week sessions include solo improv and ensemble playing. Beginners meet from 4 - 5 p.m., with middle to advanced classes scheduled from 5 - 6:15 p.m.
Tari Wheeler Roosa holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Lowell and a Master of Music in Music Ed. from the University of Colorado at Boulder with additional training in Early Childhood and Suzuki. She has taught music in Massachusetts, Vermont and Colorado. She also plays with the Eagles Band and in the Jovia Trio; a flute, violin and piano ensemble. Tari has been a BMS faculty member since 1994.
Norman Thibodeau holds MMus degrees in Flute and in History of Music from Peabody Conservatory. As a flutist, he was a member of the Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México and the Albany-based St. Cecilia Orchestra, and recorded music of Anthony Holland for Albany Records. He directed the flute ensemble of the Empire State Youth Orchestra. He also composes, and is published by ALRY Publications. Norman first joined the BMS faculty in 1990.
Bill Chapman is a Jazz drummer who resides in the Berkshires, and plays throughout the Northeast. He performs regularly with his quartet The Bill Chapman Group in the Berkshires, and also Straight Ahead Jazz in New York City. Bill has performed with The Empire Brass, The Bob Newhart Comedy Tour, The Nelson Riddle Orchestra, The Las Vegas Rat Pack Impersonators, and the Hartford Jazz Festival. Bill currently teaches instrumental music at North Adams Public School, and studies with Billy Martin of Medeski, Martin, Wood. |
