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Gerry Adams / Guitar & Bass Gerry has decades of teaching experience in NH and MA and is a former member of the US Navy Band. Gerry attended Berklee College of Music and has worked as a pit musician in numerous musicals. He currently works with a jazz trio playing regularly in various venues in southern NH. |
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Judith Bruneau / Percussion, Piano . . Judy Bruneau is a high-energy musician who loves to teach. She began playing drums at age nine and was playing professionally by sixteen. Judy participated in marching band and drum corps and began studying piano as a teenager. She went on to study classical percussion at UMass in Amherst and started teaching privately as a junior in college. She moved to the DC metropolitan area soon after and was primarily a freelance musician, playing big band, chamber jazz, dixieland, rock, and orchestral music, eventually performing at the famed Ford’s Theatre. Judy returned to New England in 1998 and resumed teaching. Currently she performs with many local theatre companies (ActorSingers, Stagecoach Productions, Community Players of Concord, etc..), and continues to play professionally at venues such as the Palace Theatre, Seacoast Repertory Theatre, Concord Audi, and the Capitol Center for the Arts. A caring and supportive private teacher, Judy encourages new students to become well-rounded musicians by playing different musical styles and mastering important skills such as reading music, ear training, and music theory. Her teaching includes drum set, classical percussion (drums, accessory percussion, mallet instruments and timpani), and beginning/intermediate piano. Instruction in drum repair and maintenance is offered, and advanced students can take advantage of preparation for NH Allstate, music camps and college auditions. Judy is available for group lessons, demonstrations, and workshops at schools and other educational facilities in the hopes of inspiring young people to explore drumming. |
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Kim Estes B.S., M.A. Vocal, Guitar, Piano, Theory, Songwriting Kim studied at New England Conservatory of Music in Boston and received her Masters in Teaching at Western New Mexico University. She studied theory with jazz greats Jimmy Giuffre & Cecil Taylor, piano with Charlie Banacos, voice with Domonique Eade, Eddie Watson, Anne Farnsworth and guitar with Jay Hammel (a principal guitarist for Ottmar Liebert) As a performer her repertoire includes; jazz, classical, rock, folk, blues, Latin, Indian and original art songs. She has performed in churches, night clubs, concert halls, coffee houses and festival venues form Boston & NYC to Montana, New Mexico and California. Kim taught in the New Mexico public schools, a case load of 700 students per week. Currently she prefers teaching one-on-one. Developing an individualized pedagogy and watching students learn is the fulfillment of the teacher. The fulfillment of the artist comes with creating anew and uplifting others with the music. Kim is presently accepting students on Saturday. |
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Steve Latanision Guitar, Bass, Banjo, Mandolin, Violin, Lap & Pedal Steel, Dobro Steve is a graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. He performs regulary with multiple groups and also does studio work. Steve teaches on a broad range of instruments.
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