Powers Music School is a musical institution serving New England

New England

New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...

 for over 30 years. The Powers Music School is a community music center based in Belmont, Massachusetts

Belmont, Massachusetts

Belmont is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. The population was 24,729 at the 2010 census.- History :Belmont was founded on March 18, 1859 by former citizens of, and land from the bordering towns of Watertown, to the south; Waltham, to the west; and Arlington, then...

. The School provides private music lessons and group classes to over 1000 students throughout Massachusetts

Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...

, New Hampshire

New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...

, and Rhode Island

Rhode Island

The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...

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Powers Music in the Community

Powers Music School provides the greater Boston

Boston

Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...

 community with access to music education programs, well known faculty, and outreach programs. Powers offers instruction and performance opportunities for interested students of all ages. In addition, Powers Music School also runs the Music on the Hill music camp. Music on the Hill (MOTH) offers jazz and classical training to advanced high school students, with an emphasis on chamber music

Chamber music

Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...

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Powers Faculty (partial list)

Todd Brunel

Todd Brunel

Todd Brunel is a clarinetist who leads a dual life as a crossover classical and jazz musician. In the world premiere event, 'From Requiem to Renewal' at Boston College, "clarinetist Todd Brunel and pianist Synthia Sture played with tremendous virtuosity and heart."He has premiered numerous works by...

, Clarinet

Chris Hersch

Chris Hersch

Chris Hersch is a Boston-based guitarist. Hersch is part of the new "folk jazz" movement emmerging in the northeast. In 2004, Chris Hersch began collaborating with "Avante-Folk" Boston Saxophonist Daniel Bennett...

, Guitar

Greg Brown, Guitar

Michael Shea, Piano

Peter Morelli, Piano

Karen Stokke, Violin

Daniel Bennett

Daniel Bennett (saxophonist)

Daniel Bennett is an American saxophonist who lives in Manhattan. Daniel Bennett is best known for his "folk jazz" music. Bennett contends that his music is "a mix of jazz, folk, and twentieth century minimalism." Jon Garelick of the Boston Phoenix wrote, The music has given them a broad...

, Saxophone

Judith Bedford, Bassoon

Michael Bertolami, Music therapy

Laura Blustein, Cello

Daniel Broniatowski, Violin

Jessica Cooper, Voice

Albert DiPietro, Trumpet, MOTH**

James Doran, guitar

Carol Hunt Epple, flute, baroque flute, MOTH**

Susanna Fiore, Family Drum Jam, Keys for Kids, Musikgarten

Cynthia Forbes, cello

Sarah Freiberg, cello

Andrew Goodridge, Piano

Vladimir Gurin, Piano

Alexandra Hadden, Suzuki Violin

Lee Hadden, Suzuki viola

Roger Hecht, Trombone

Jane Hershey, Viola da gamba, viol consort

Julia K. Hibben, Music therapy

Kyoko Hida-Battaglia, Oboe, music therapy)

Rebekah Hood, Suzuki cello

Levon Hovsepian, piano

Faith Hutchison-Williard, flute

Yasuko Ishibashi, piano, Dalcroze Eurhythmics, Pow-Wow

Sarah Jacques, Suzuki musical kids

Kate Jensik, cello

Jennifer Kean, Keys for Kids, piano, Pow-Wow

Jin Hee Kim, violin

Carolyn Kingston, voice

Veda Kogan, piano

Mark Kohler, percussion

Gisela Krause, piano, recorder, harpsichord

Lisle Kulbach, piano, lap harp, recorder

Mark Lee, voice

I-Chen Lu, piano, piano accompaniment

Collen McGary-Smith, cello

Tamara Medoyeva, piano

Davron Monroe, Voice

Peter S. Morelli, piano

James Mosher, French horn, MOTH**

Dubravka Sajfar Moshfegh, viola, violin

Mary Cunningham Neumann, flute

Miki Orii, piano

Sam Ou, cello, MOTH**

Jane Parkhouse, Co-Artistic Director for Pow-Wow

Dimitar Petkov, viola, violin, MOTH**

Alfa Radford, organ

Kenneth Radnofsky, Saxophone

Natacha Rist, piano

Kathryn Rosenbach, Piano, piano accompaniment

Jay Rosenberg, Suzuki guitar, recorder

Thomas Schmidt, Percussion

Michael Shea, Piano)

Lucy Joan Sollogub, Guitar, mountain dulcimer

Joung Hoon Song, viola, violin, MOTH**

Gary Spellissey, Percussion

Viktoria Tchertchian, violin

Barbara Winchester, voice

Liana Zaretsky, violin, MOTH**

External links

• Powers Music School Official Homepage