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Community Programs
Brookline Music School is proud of its community
programs within Brookline and the surrounding areas. By collaborating with local
organizations, the School is able to greatly expand the availability of music
concerts and lessons throughout the community. The School’s Annual Fund supports
a wide variety of activities including free classes for low-income and at-risk
children, low-cost piano lessons for
seniors at the Brookline Senior Center and over 100 free concerts by students
and faculty. These concerts are most often at town arts festivals, local museums, public school assemblies,
public libraries, hospitals, nursing homes, senior residential facilities, and
in the Bakalar Recital Hall at Kennard House, the School’s home location.
Annual Fund
While program fees cover the School’s basic operating costs, essential programs
such as student scholarships, faculty enrichment and community outreach are
solely supported by contributions to the School’s Annual Fund. Brookline Music
School would like to thank its many loyal friends and families whose generous
donations make these vital programs possible. We are all most grateful for your
continued support.
We could not do it without you!
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2008 Programs
Brookline Senior Center
93 Winchester Street, Brookline
On the first Wednesday of every month during fall and spring semesters, members
of Brookline Music School's faculty perform in a well-attended lunchtime concert
series.
Concert: TBA
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Goddard House
165 Chestnut Street, Brookline
201 South Huntington Avenue, Jamaica Plain
http://www.goddardhouse.org/
Concert:
TBA
When: Wednesday, July 23, 2:00pm (Brookline)
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Chestnut Park at
Cleveland Circle
Entrance on Chiswick Road, behind 50 Sutherland Road, Brighton
Brookline Music School continues its musical partnership with Chestnut Park at
Cleveland Circle (formerly Heritage at Cleveland Circle),
a senior residential
facility with an impressive dedication to ongoing educational and arts
opportunities for its residents.
Next Concert: TBA
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Springhouse
44 Allandale Street, Jamaica Plain
(http://www.springhouseinfo.org/)
Concert: TBA
When: Saturday, July 5, 2:00pm
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Lasell Village
120 Seminary Avenue, Auburndale
Next Concert: Yoko Miwa and Scott Goudling
When: Saturday, June 21, 7:30pm
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Brookline Housing Authority -
Senior Center
50 Pleasant Street
Concert: TBA
When: Friday, June 6, 1:00pm
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Temple Emanuel
385 Ward Street, Newton Centre
http://www.templeemanuel.com/
Next Concert: TBA
When: TBA
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Other Programs
Read on to discover what else Brookline
Music School is doing to share music and learning with Brookline and surrounding
communities! These may be past programs or programs that do not have
scheduled events at this time.
Brookline Housing Authority - Summer
Sizzle Program
Egmont and Trustman
Apartments
 In
July, the place to be in the late afternoons was the Brookline Housing Authority
playground serving the Egmont and Trustman apartments. Nearly 50 children and
teens ages 6 to 16 learned to sing, dance and play the drums in Brookline Music
School's collaboration with BHA and Steps to Success,
an
educational achievement program providing academic, social
development and family support services to low-income students and their
families. The Summer Sizzle program offered a Hip Hop class, a Voice
Jam, and a Drumming Circle using African and Latin American hand drums. And
what did the kids think?
"I like the drums - it's the best instrument."
"I feel talented!"
"I sound musical and feel like...a star."
The
Summer Sizzle program was made possible through a grant from the
Brookline Community
Foundation.
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Horizons for Homeless Children
Amory Street, Jamaica Plain
In 2004, Brookline Music School began
sponsoring free weekly music and movement classes (Musical Horizons), for children
at Horizons for Homeless Children in Jamaica Plain. Thanks to a grant from the
Edith Glick Shoolman Children's Foundation, we will be expanding the program to
the Dorchester and Roxbury locations, tripling the number of children served per
year. Jeanne Rintell, Early Childhood Specialist at BMS, has been teaching
the Musical Horizons program for three years and is excited to share the
benefits of music with even more children.
Faculty member Jeanne Rintell and her preschool music class
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Coolidge Corner Theatre
290 Harvard Street, Brookline
http://www.coolidge.org/s_events.html
Brookline Music School students frequently perform
at Coolidge Corner Theatre variety shows. Stay tuned for upcoming concerts.
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Brookline Arts Center
48 Monmouth Street, Brookline
http://www.brooklineartscenter.com/
Brookline Music School continually supports the Brookline Arts Center.
Keep checking back for upcoming community events.
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The Brookline Community Mental Health
Center
http://www.brooklinecenter.org
On Monday, March 6th, 2006, for the third year in a row, a Brookline
Music School student jazz ensemble led by John Purcell
provided musical accompaniment to the Brookline Community Center's annual
fundraiser at the Arcade Building in Coolidge Corner. This year's
performers also included
an antiphonal trumpet and trombone choir directed by Tom Halter and Russell
Jewell. After the catered reception at the Arcade Building, the party moved
to the Coolidge Corner Theatre for a private screening of "The Thing About My
Folks," a heartwarming and hilarious road trip film starring Peter Falk, Paul Reiser and Olympia Dukakis. Proceeds provide high quality community-based mental
health services to uninsured and under-insured individuals and families in
Brookline.
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Families First Parenting Program
Family Album Gala
In March 2006, Brookline Music School's
Honors Jazz Ensemble students,
directed by John Purcell, were the featured performers at the inaugural
Family Album Gala fundraiser at the Westin Copley Plaza.
Families First is a non-profit organization which strengthens families of
all
backgrounds and life circumstances by providing parenting education and
support through seminars, workshops, and special events throughout
Greater Boston and New England.
Read about Families First.
Alex Chaloff, Andrew Jacoff, Grace Kelly, Nicky
Schwartz
and Jacob Sherman at the Families First Gala.
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Coolidge House Nursing Care
Center
30 Webster Street, Brookline
As part of its ongoing relationship with Coolidge
House, Brookline Music School offers occasional concerts for residents and
special events.
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Framingham State College, The Center for Lifelong
Learners
The Center for Lifelong Learners offers Saturday on-campus seminars and
workshops and weekday off-campus mini-series for adult learners at independent,
assisted living communities, and senior centers throughout the MetroWest region.
Brookline Music School has been invited in the past to
offer lecture/recitals as part of this innovative community education program.
This
program is offered in partnership with Framingham State College, The Center for
Lifelong Learners.
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Ivy Street School
200 Ivy Street,
Brookline
BMS instructors Tom Krusinski and Dayse Waissman offered a free weekly Music and Movement group class for teens in residence
at the Ivy Street School in Brookline, with funding from the
Brookline Community Foundation. The Ivy Street School, a unique day,
residential, and therapeutic school was developed to meet the educational needs
of adolescents with acquired brain injuries and other challenging neurological
difficulties. Brookline Music School's Music &
Movement Program is a comprehensive musical curriculum
designed to develop listening, vocal,
motor and music literacy skills.
Classes focus on stimulating social, emotional and physical development in an
informal atmosphere.
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New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans
17 Court
Street, Boston, MA 02108
In November 2005,
Brookline Music School sponsored faculty member
Matylda Rotkiewicz to
perform classical piano music for the New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans'
annual "Leave No One Behind" benefit dinner.
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Runkle School Music and Arts Festival
50 Druce Street, Brookline
Jazz Department Coordinator, John Purcell, and a group of talented jazz students
performed on June 12, 2006 for the Runkle School's Music and Art Festival.
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