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Bronx House proudly continues our tradition of offering
high quality music education geared to children
and adults. Whether you are a serious music student
or simply a music lover, we provide a wide range of
programs to meet your interests and schedule. Our
faculty of accomplished professionals and concert
performers with advanced degrees from the most
prestigious music schools around the world will provide
stimulating and innovative lessons.
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PRIVATE & SEMI-PRIVATE INSTRUCTION
Private instruction consists of lessons where an individual student learns to play an instrument or to sing, developing technical skills and artistic abilities through one-on-one instruction. Semi-private lessons are for two students with one instructor. Practice at home is crucial to both progress and student satisfaction. Students are invited to perform in our recital series held in the winter and spring.
Instruction is available in the following instruments:
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• Recorder |
| • Clarinet |
• Saxophone |
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• Trombone |
| • Flute |
• Trumpet |
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• Guitar (acoustic/electric)
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• Violin |
| • Piano |
• Voice |
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Registration for private and semi-private music instruction is ongoing and offered in 10-week sessions.
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GROUP INSTRUCTION
Group lessons provide quality instruction in an affordable group setting (5-8 students). Group lessons are offered in piano and guitar, three times a year in 10-week sessions (7- week session in summer). Group lessons in other instruments are available upon request subject to a minimum enrollment. Please call the office for current group schedules.
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TODDLER & PRE-SCHOOL GROUP INSTRUCTION
The Music School offers group lessons for pre-schoolers
ages 18 months to 5 years. Pre School group instruction is offered in piano, violin, and music appreciation and expression. Classes are offered 3 times a year in
10-week sessions for 5-8 students per class (7-week
session in summer).
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ENSEMBLE PROGRAMS FOR 2011-2012
MUSICAL THEATER PRODUCTION PROGRAM Grades 3 - 8
Participate in a full scale theatrical production, and learn the basic elements of theatre, music and dance, while pushing your own creative and physical boundaries. Musicals are directed and choreographed by seasoned professionals, working in a fun, creative and nurturing environment. The cast will work with the production team to create a high quality show with professional lighting, scenery and costumes for the entire community to enjoy. All levels of experience are welcome.
MUSICAL THEATER WORKSHOP Grades K - 2 15-Week Sessions
This class introduces songs from kid-favorite Broadway musicals such as Annie, Little Mermaid, Peter Pan, Beauty and the Beast and Oliver. Workshops include theater games, improvisation, choral singing and basic dance technique. Each session will end with a final showcase presentation in the studio.
KIDS' CHORUS Ages 4 - 7 10-Week Sessions
Find your voice and learn to blend it into a group by singing together! Children will develop basic ear training and performance skills in an environment that emphasizes cooperation, teamwork and fun.
MUSIC BRIGADE
The Bronx House Music Brigade is a Touring company of students who perform in local hospitals and nursing home providing entertainment to residents and staff. All Music Brigade members must be currently enrolled in The Heilbrunn Music School. The Brigade provides a needed community service and performance opportunity for Music School students.
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Please call the office for a current pre-school music
schedule.
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STUDENT RECITALS
Winter Recitals
Sunday, December 4 & 11, 2011
1:00 & 3:00 pm
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Spring Recitals
Sunday, June 3 & 10, 2012
1:00 & 3:00 pm
Faculty Recital
Sunday, October 23, 2011
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Our students accomplishments are showcased in a Sunday recital series held twice a year in the winter and spring. The diverse talent of our faculty is also showcased in an annual faculty recital every year.
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MUSIC SCHOOL FEES
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Group Lesson Fees – All Group Lessons are 1 hour classes, run for ten weeks and must be paid in full at time of registration.
Members: $185 Non-Members: $225
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Private lessons ar e available for 30, 45 or 60 minutes, run for ten weeks, and must be paid in full at the time of registration.
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30 minute class |
Members: $310 |
Non-Members: $335 |
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45 minute class |
Members: $415 |
Non-Members: $465 |
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60 minute class |
Members: $485 |
Non-Members: $560 |
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Semi-Private Lesson
Fees –
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Semi-Private lessons are available for 30, 45 or 60 minutes, run for ten weeks, and must be paid in full at the time of registration. |
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30 minute class |
Members: $245 |
Non-Members: $280 |
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45 minute class |
Members: $300 |
Non-Members: $345 |
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60 minute class |
Members: $335 |
Non-Members: $395 |
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Musical Theater Workshop - (15 weeks - 1.5 hours per week)
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Family Members: $350 Non-Members: $390
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Special half-price for students enrolled in private music classes
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Family Members: $175 Non-Members: $195
*All music lessons require an annual $50 insurance fee for non-members
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SPECIAL OFFERS!
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Sibling/Parent Discount - Any family that has one child registered at the full rate will receive a 10% discount on additional siblings or a parent.
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Multi-Class Discount - Register for two or more simultaneous 10-week sessions and receive a 10% discount on the second registration.
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Multi-Session Discount - Register for 20 weeks and receive a 10% discount. Register for 30 weeks and receive a 15% discount
*All fees must be paid in full at registration to receive all discounts. One discount per student.
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THE HARRIET AND ROBERT H. HEILBRUNN AND MUSIC FOR YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS
Bronx House provides partial scholarships and a limited number of full scholarships for music lessons for students who qualify for financial assistance. To apply for a scholarship, please call (718) 792-1800 ext. 236.
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THE TOM FRESTON INSTRUMENT LENDING LIBRARY
Through the generosity of MTV, we are delighted to be able to offer instruments available for loan, free of charge, for use during lessons at Bronx House and practice at home.
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NEW! RECORDING STUDIO Our school is in the process of creating a recording studio which will offer affordable professional sound and music production services for the community. Services will include 24-track digital recording, arranging, scoring, and midi sequencing. We hope to have the studio running by January 2011.
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FIELD TRIPS
Beginning this season, the School for Performing Arts will be offering trips to outstanding music and dance performances. There will be a minimal fee for these events. Tickets will be limited and distributed on a first-come first-served basis. Check with the Performing Arts office for updates on this new program!
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ATTENDANCE POLICY
Lessons missed by the teacher will be made up at the earliest possible date. However, there will be no make-ups or refunds for student absences or lessons cancelled by the student.
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USDAN CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE
AND PERFORMING ARTS
Bronx House is a cooperating enrollment agency for the Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, which provides specialized programs in music, art, dance and drama for children ages 8 to 17. Located in the beautiful Wesley Hills section of Long Island, campers participate in both specialized arts programs led by well-known artists and traditional camp activities such as swimming, sports, arts-andcrafts, etc. For further information, please call ext. 236 for a brochure. |
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Bronx House School for Performing Arts is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and New York State Council on the Arts is a member of the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts and the Bronx Council on the Arts.
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FACULTY LIST 2011-2012
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Mike Baggetta (Guitar) MM, BM Jazz Studies, Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University; guitar instructor Camp Encore, National Guitar Workshop, Rutgers Community Music Program, Claremont Preparatory School; Finalist Gibson Guitars Montreux Jazz Festival Guitar Competition, Fish Middleton Jazz Scholarship Competition; performances at Supper Club, Blue Note, Tow Hall, 92nd St. Y, Kennedy Center.
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Steve Belvilus (Percussion) BM Jazz Performance, City College; DEUG I Musicology, Sorbonne University, Paris; tours in major festivals through the USA, Canada, Europe and the Caribbean, played and opened for Stevie Wonder, Renee Neufville, Boyz I Men; drumset teacher at Long Island Conservatory of Music, Hebrew Community Center, Carnarsie, www.stevebelvilus.com
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Dustin Carlson (Guitar) BA, Music, Sarah Lawrence College; School for Improvised Music, Guitar teacher at Rock Island Sound, Mike Risko School of Music. Regional Finalist in 2006 Emergenza Rock Music Festival; Performed with Queens Guitar Ensemble, Squiggletone Music Company, Will McEvoy's Mutasm.
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Douglas Detrick (Trumpet, Beginning Piano, Beginning Drums) MM University of Oregon, Jazz Studies Composition Emphasis; BM Lawrence University, Cum Laude, Trumpet Performance, Jazz Emphasis. Douglas Detrick's AnyWhen Ensemble, Douglas Detrick Trio; Emerald City Jazz Kings, OFAM Festival Orchestra and musical theatre orchestra; Private teacher for over twelve years, Graduate Teaching Fellow at University of Oregon; Origin Classical recording artist.
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John Dunlap (Guitar, Bass, Beginner Piano) MMus, Composition, Brooklyn College (pending); BM Jazz Guitar, Acoustic Composition and Electronic Music from University of South Florida. Director of Promotions for USF New Music Consortium 2008 and 2009. Performances with USF Jazz Combo, USF Guitar Ensemble, Boulevard Jazz Orchestra, Seminole Community College Jazz Combo. Private guitar studio instruction since 2007,
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Michael Franklin (Violin, Viola) BA Violin Performance, Texas Tech University; Music/Education/Texas State Public School Certification, University of Texas at El Paso. Ten summers at Meadowmount School of Music. Fifteen years private study with Sally Thomas and Ann Setzer of the Juilliard School. Ten years of classroom teaching experience in public and private schools, 20 years private studio.
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Anne Glazer (Pre-School Music) MA, Music and Music Education, Columbia University Teachers College; BM Music Education, Bucknell University; Kodály Certification Levels 1-3, NYU Kodály Institute; Music Director, Grand Concourse Academy Charter School; Founding Music Teacher, Leadership Prep Charter School.
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Hermira Gjoni (Piano) Degrees from National Conservatory of Music and Liceu Artistik School of Music in Tirana, Albania. In Tirana 1958-1993; Opera Concert Master, Piano Master for State Opera, Piano Teacher at Tirana School of Music. Accompanist for Placido Domingo, International Vocal Competition, Paris.
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Kim Johnson (Musical Theater) holds a BA in Theater from Northwestern University where she was the chairperson of The Arts Alliance and Director for the Northwestern Dance Company. She trained extensively as a dancer, including many years at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater where she received a merit scholarship. She has worked extensively as a director of plays and musicals, choreographer, dancer, actor and singer. Her teaching artist work includes the Henry Street Settlement (where she created the History in the First Person drama curriculum), Horace Mann Day Camp, Deirdre O'Mara's School of Dance, P.S. 81 New Horizons After-School Program, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
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Alicia Lindsey (Flute, Beginner Piano) MA Flute Performance, New York University; BM Flute Performance, College of New Jersey; BA English, Music Minor, College of New Jersey; Member of Pottstown Symphony, Orchestra Society of Philadelphia, Eastern Wind Ensemble, founding member of South Jersey Woodwind Quintet, Pinelands Flute Ensemble and Flutes d'Amour Quartet.
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Allison McNeal (Violin, Beginner Piano) MM Violin, Boston Conservatory of Music, BM Violin Performance, Hartt School of Music, LaGuardia High School of Music; Violinist with Harlem Symphony Orchestra, Luzerne Music Center, Hartwick College Summer Music Festival, Killington Music Festival, School for Strings Chamber Music Festival; Teacher with Kids in Music, Art Plaza Cultural Center, private studio.
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Celine Mogielnicki (Voice, Piano) MM, Voice, Bard College Conservatory; BM with Scholastic Distinction, Voice, The Juilliard School; Ear Training Teaching Fellowship under Mary Anthony Cox at private tutoring/teaching at Juilliard; Gluck Community Service Fellowship, John Erskine Prize for Artistic and Academic achievement from The Juilliard School.
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Danijela Popovic (Piano) MA, AC Collaborative Piano, Juilliard School; Graduate Studies, BA, Piano, Belgrade Academy of Music; More than 500 performances in the USA and abroad, including Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center; Principal Pianist and Vocal Coach, Girls Choir of Harlem 1995-2003; Head of Piano Department, Boys and Girls Choir of Harlem 2001-2003.
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Emily Preston (Voice, Piano, Pre-School Music) MM Music Education, Queens College, BM Music History/Vocal Performance, Oberlin Conservatory; private studio teacher of voice and piano since 2003, Music Teacher at Children's Storefront School of Harlem 2005-2008; Assistant Conductor Storefront Gospel Choir 2005 - present.
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Charles Ramsey (Guitar, Piano) MA Hellenistic Literature, Hebrew Union College, BM Classical Guitar Performance, University of Cincinnati College - Conservatory of Music, private music instructor Woodmere Music Studios; solo classical guitar recitals NYC, Midwest and Japan.
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Edward RosenBerg III (Clarinet, Saxophone, Beginner Piano) MA Composition, Aaron Copland School of Music; BM with Distinction, Eastman School of Music; Private Instructor Song of Songs Music School, Graduate Tutor Aaron Copland School of Music; Performances with Jerseyband, HOB, Eastman New Jazz Ensemble.
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Sahoko Sato (Voice, Piano) MM Voice Performance, Manhattan School of Music; MM Vocal Pedagogy, BM Voice Performance, New England Conservatory of Music; private studio teacher since 1996; performances with Seiji Ozawa Ongakujuku Opera, Saito Kinen Festiva, Tokyo Opera Nomoir, Syracuse Opera, Baltimore Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Manhattan School of Music President's Award, 1999.
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Stephen Schwartz (Voice, Piano, Guitar) MM Voice, Manhattan School of Music; BA cum laude Music, Cortland State University; Opera Engagements: Koblenz Operhaus (Germany), Lobero Theater (Santa Barbara), Nederlands Reisopera (Holland), Bachzaal (Amsterdam); music teacher, choir director, International School of Amsterdam, 1995-1999.
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Paul Wolfram (Cello) MM Cello Performance, University of Wisconsin-Madison; BM Cello Performance, Lawrence University; Paul performs with ensembles including operamission and the Mimesis Ensemble, frequently collaborating with living composers. A resident musician with The New Ensemble, he was featured in the premieres of two plays, nonplay and Black Snow. Paul also collaborates with composer and lyricist Andrew Gerle, and performed in his show "Say We Flew" at Birdland Jazz Club and Joe's Pub this past year. He also serves as a teaching artist for the Brooklyn Philharmonic.
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