Think Summer! Enroll now! Contact smoderski@berkshiremusicschool.org for more information.
Drum Camp: July 12-16, 9:30 am – noon
Grades 2 – 8
Led by Otha Day
Learn the history of drumming, make your own percussion instruments, create a drum circle, listen to
recordings, and more.
Minimum enrollment: 8. Fee: $150; $30 materials fee.
Cabaret Master Class: July 16 – 17; August 13 – 14, 10 am – 4 pm. (30 minute lunch break).
For adult experienced to advanced cabaret singers.
with Sherri James Buxton
Minimum enrollment: 5. Fee: $250.
Nature’s Music: July 19 – 23, 10 am – 11 am; repeat August 9 – 13
Ages 6 months – 5 years.
with Tari Wheeler Roosa
Parents and children are led on an exploration of the natural world through music, movement, storytelling and instruments. Designed for families with young children and siblings.
Minimum enrollment: 5. Fee: $60.
Opera Adventures: July 26 – 30, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Ages 7 – 12
with Carolina Carry
Explore the fantastic opera world of Ariadne Auf Naxos by Strauss, where the comic and the tragic collide. Learn about all the arts and artists that come together to create a production. Build a set, act out scenes, and learn melodies. Friday, meet singers and attend a closed rehearsal at Tanglewood Music Center and learn about the orchestra.
Minimum enrollment: 5. Fee: $150; $30 materials fee.
String Camp:
July 26 – 30, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm (Mon-Thur) 9:30 am to noon (Friday). Closing performance at 11:30 am
Ages 6 – 12
Coaches include Bing Liu, Ouisa Fohrhaltz, Beth Craig, Norman Thibodeau, and Jennifer Laurin.
Young students meet in groups to work on tone production, proper positions and postures, intonation and bowing, theory and sight singing. Small chamber groups will be formed. In the afternoon all players assemble to create chamber orchestra.
Minimum enrollment: 8. Fee: $275.
Music Through Art/Art Through Music: August 2 – 6, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Ages 6 – 12
with Carolina Carry and Pam Koehler
Have you ever wondered how a beautiful landscape sounds or thought of painting a symphony? What kind of collage could you make with the sounds of cellos, flutes, violins, and percussions? How can you compose a song with paints? How does a red sound or a yellow feel? In this class explore relationships between art and music and what happens when these two disciplines intersect.
Minimum enrollment: 5. Fee: $150; $30 materials fee.
Private lessons: Please call for available times and fees.
BMS Orchestra with Norman Thibodeau, coach/conductor – Community musicians are invited to join BMS students to perform expanded chamber repertoire. Members of the Stockbridge Sinfonia who participate for free serve as section mentors. Students are encouraged to consult their teachers to determine their readiness for this ensemble. Ages 10 – adult.
10-Month Instrument Rentals – Give music a try! Our 10-month rentals allow you to test drive your interest in a certain instrument. We offer the following:
Private lessons at BMS
Or share a lesson with a friend or family member. ($660/34 weeks)
Or try the BMS Sampler of three 30-minute lessons in an instrument of your choice, including voice. $100 includes the registration fee. (For new students only)
Private, individualized instruction is available at BMS in these instruments and fields:
Lessons for College Credit
BMS offers lessons for credit at Berkshire Community College (Pittsfield) and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (North Adams). High school, college, and adult students who desire college credit can register as BCC or MCLA students, paying tuition at BMS with waived tuition from the colleges. Private lessons earn three credit hours per 15-week semester. Payment in full is required at time of registration.
Fee: $581.25/45-minute lessons + $25 registration fee;
$780/60-minute lessons + $25 registration fee