Private Lessons:
Lessons for all ages and levels are offered for:
Voice
Piano
Guitar
Bass
Drums
Trombone
Trumpet
Sax
Clarinet
Flute
Composition
Improvisation
Ear Training and Theory
Cost:
30 min. lesson - $38
45 min. lesson - $55
60 min. lesson - $73
Lessons with Dan Fox and Peter Cicco are $40/half hr
Lessons are billed monthly. No semester commitment needed!
See Private Lesson Policy Below
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Meet our Faculty
Dan Fox, Owner - jazz ensembles, lessons on trombone, drums and bass.
In addition to teaching at the Berklee five-week program, Dan has performed at concerts and functions, in radio and TV studios, and for musicals throughout the US, Europe and Japan. Venues include the Kennedy Center, Newport Jazz Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, and Beantown Jazz Festival. Performances on trombone include traditional and straight ahead jazz concerts with Sheila Jordan, Herb Pomeroy, Boston Pops Swing Orchestra, New Black Eagle Jazz Band, Gene Krupa Orchestra, Cab Calloway Orchestra, Lou Colombo/ Dick Johnson Group, and more modern jazz with Ben Monder, Walt Weiskopf, John Tchicai, Matthew Garrison, Greg Hopkins and The Either/Orchestra. Fox has also played in big bands backing jazz legends Louis Bellson, Paquito D'Rivera, Joe Lovano, and Clark Terry. On bass, Dan freelances with singer/songwriters and world music acts in the Boston area. He has backed bands such as The Cadillacs, The Chantels, and The Drifters.
More info at www.danfox.com
In addition to teaching at the Berklee five-week program, Dan has performed at concerts and functions, in radio and TV studios, and for musicals throughout the US, Europe and Japan. Venues include the Kennedy Center, Newport Jazz Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, and Beantown Jazz Festival. Performances on trombone include traditional and straight ahead jazz concerts with Sheila Jordan, Herb Pomeroy, Boston Pops Swing Orchestra, New Black Eagle Jazz Band, Gene Krupa Orchestra, Cab Calloway Orchestra, Lou Colombo/ Dick Johnson Group, and more modern jazz with Ben Monder, Walt Weiskopf, John Tchicai, Matthew Garrison, Greg Hopkins and The Either/Orchestra. Fox has also played in big bands backing jazz legends Louis Bellson, Paquito D'Rivera, Joe Lovano, and Clark Terry. On bass, Dan freelances with singer/songwriters and world music acts in the Boston area. He has backed bands such as The Cadillacs, The Chantels, and The Drifters.
More info at www.danfox.com
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Jennifer Elowsky-Fox - Piano Although Jennifer is currently a Professor in the Piano Department at the Berklee College of Music, she has considerable experience teaching people of all different level and ages. She has earned a Masters Degree from Boston University and a Bachelors Degree from Central Michigan University. Her performances in New England as soloist, chamber musician and duo pianist include numerous world premieres and commissions, both in concert and on radio. She was a recipient of a grant from the St. Botolph Club in Boston, which enabled her to complete her solo CD, entitled Pictures and Images. The commissioned piece on the record, The Galilee Hitch-Hiker, by Stephen Halloran, won the Renee B. Fisher Award. She is at work on her second CD , a collection of chamber music performed with members of the Boston Pops. |
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Peter Cicco - Latin Jazz Ensemble, Rock and Blues/Funk Ensembles, guitar lessons Peter Cicco is a guitarist, vocalist and songwriter who has been a working professional musician in original, and general business bands, jazz duos and swing orchestras for over thirty years. Currently he performs with the Rhode Island based club band Triad. He has also sung on commercial radio and television spots that have aired nationally, most recently for W.B. Mason office supplies. Peter has been a private guitar/bass guitar instructor for over thirty years, teaching a wide variety of musical styles, and has led student ensembles in Jazz, Rock, Funk, R&B and Latin music. |
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Ethan K - Jazz Ensembles, guitar and piano lessons Ethan is one of the busiest jazz guitarists in Boston, working as a sideman in numerous projects as well as leading his own groups. Cynthia Lopez - Piano and voice Cynthia Lopez Perez is a classically trained soprano and voice instructor from Columbus, Ohio. She graduated cum laude from The Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance. Cindy is continuing her education with a Masters in Performance and Pedagogy at Boston Conservatory at Berklee. She enjoys teaching students of all ages and skill levels. She has experience teaching vocal technique in various genres including classical, pop, rock, and musical theatre. Jonathan Fagan - Piano and ensembles Jonathan grew up in Arlington and has recently moved back to te area after receiving his Masters at Eastman School of Music. He is proficient in both jazz and classical and is quickly making a name for himself as a performer in the Boston area. John Franzosa - Reeds and piano John has been teaching and performing in and around Boston for decades! He is great with beginners and advanced players alike. He also represents Morningside teaching lessons at the International School of Boston. Mike Carey - Sax, flute, clarinet and ensembles Mike has been teaching sax, flute and clarinet to kids and adults for 16 years. For the past few years he has taught music production and band in the Brookline Public Schools. He toured with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in 2000 and has played in a variety of Broadway style shows. After performing on cruise ships in Europe and Central America backing up groups like the Crystals and the Platters. Michael studied Jazz and Classical saxophone at the University of North Texas and UMASS Amherst. He teaches with and mix of ear training, improvisation and humor while thinking of his students on and an individual basis. Tony Bird - Violin Born in France in 1991, Tony Bird spent a great part of his time listening a wide variety of music as a little kid, then quickly started the violin at the age of five. In 2010, Tony entered at Gennevilliers National School of Music (Paris) and is awarded a Classical Violin Prize. Meanwhile, he started studying jazz at the International Music Educators of Paris (IMEP). In 2013, he entered Berklee College of Music as Full Time Scholarship recipient. Recently graduated from Berklee as a performer and composer, Tony plays, records as a sideman, teaches and performs with 2BIRDS BAND and TONY BIRD & FRIENDS in the US, Europe and Canada. Bruce Bears - Keyboards Bruce currently plays keyboards with two time Grammy Award nominee Duke Robillard and the Duke Robillard Band, and can be heard on Duke's Grammy nominated albums Guitar Groov-a-rama and Stomp! The Blues Tonight as well as many of Duke's other albums. He has been touring internationally for 20 years, and formed the original Toni Lynn Washington Band in 1998. Bruce has performed with raw bluesman "Big Jack" Johnson, Blues Icon “Little” Milton Campbell, Susan Tedeschi and Jay Geils, Chicago Bluesman Luther “Guitar Junior” Johnson, singer-songwriter Mark Erelli, gospel star Mavis Staples, masterful songwriter and soulful singer Martin Sexton, and many others. His skills as a keyboardist and musician are as diverse as they are in demand. |