NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Berkshires Academy for Advanced Musical Studies (BAAMS) is now offering registration for its Fall 2025 classes.

 

Music students of all levels, ages 10 to 18, will have the chance to study Trumpet, Trombone, Saxophones and Woodwinds, Guitar, Bass, and Drums along with Improvisation and Music Composition with a faculty who are also members of the Juilliard School, NBC's "Saturday Night Live" Band, and are multi-Grammy award- winning recording artists.

 

"BAAMS offers our students a unique music learning experience that teaches our kids not only how to improvise, and compose and record their own original music, but also gives our students the guidance to develop their skills and talents as developing instrumentalists and musicians and having fun at the same time," said Founder and Executive Director Richard Boulger. "No two students learn the same way — we pride ourselves in helping each of our students have success and develop confidence in themselves. While learning from a teaching faculty who are truly committed to helping each student grow, they're also being passed the torch of the American musical legacies of faculty that is second to none, featuring Guitarist Rodney Jones, Bassist Alex Blake, Drummer Tony Lewis, Pianist Dario Boente, Saxophonist and Woodwinds Master Ron Blake, and myself on Trumpet and Trombone."

 

BAAMS also features special guest masterclasses that have in the past included 7-time Grammy Award winner and Trumpeter Randy Brecker, Saxophonists Ada Rovatti, Alex Foster, Jay Rodriguez, Percussionist Mino Cinelu, Trombonist Steve Davis, Vocalist Abena Koomson-Davis, Guitarist David Gilmore the Allman Brothers Band original founding member and drummer Jaimoe, among others.

 

Classes at BAAMS begin Saturday September 13 from 10:30am to 3:30pm and after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Click here to register: https://www.berkshiresacademyams.org/class-registration