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Danilo is a multi-instrumentalist originally from Long Island, New York and currently based out of Boston. He has been involved in many successful projects along the east coast. Danilo regularly tours as percussionist with the famed Afro-beat group The Superpowers, as well as with the indie-rock band Rubblebucket, and he continues to be a member of Full Tang.

Danilo has studied classical trumpet performance at the New England Conservatory of Music with members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra as well as percussion and drums with other esteemed faculty members (Rakalam Bob Moses, Jamey Haddad). In addition to his conservatory training, Danilo has studied traditional West African drumming at the Dagbe Cultural Center in Kopeyia, Ghana.

Danilo's performance opportunities have taken him from Boston's Jordan Hall to numerous locations in New York (Alice Tully Hall, Cornelia St. Cafe FONT music series), and more extensive tours to Toronto and back. His repertoire includes...

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I attended Brandeis University from 1991-1995 with a double major in music and psychology. While there, I received the Elliot Aronson '54 Prize for Excellence in Psychology and the Dorothy Haas Siegel Music Award. After Brandeis, I attended Northeastern University School of Law and graduated in 1998 with a juris doctor degree and I am currently also a licensed attorney in the state of Massachusetts.

I Won a state-wide piano competition at the General Federation of Women’s Clubs of Massachusetts in 1988 and began to teach piano privately at the age of 16 to students of all ages.

Both my high school private piano teacher, Leslie Hurwitz and my high school orchestra teacher, Pasquale Tassone, composed pieces specifically for me to perform (the latter was performed as part of my bachelor’s degree recital at Brandeis). The piece written by Leslie Hurwitz won me the piano competition in 1988.

I studied privately with the chairman of performance at New England...

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As a Teacher:

I have taught both groups and privately in multiple settings. Some music festivals and camps I have taught at include the James Madison University Spring String Thing and the Hampton Roads Chamber Players Summer Camp. I began teaching privately through a Free Music Program in 2009 and have since been running my own private studio. I have taught students beginning at the age of 4 and enjoy teaching any age student.

As a teacher I enjoy what is known as the "aha moment". The moment where the student discovers something new about music and develops a greater self-esteem and love for music at the same time. This moment is one of the greatest moments as a teacher I have been a part of and work to help develop a plethora of them while developing the student's ability to succeed at whatever it is they wish to accomplish.

As a Performer:

I began playing viola at the age of ten in the 5th grade through a public school program that met once a week. Since...

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Alexander M, a pianist since the age of six, currently performs regularly locally and regionally including performances at piano festivals, masterclasses, and competitions, both as a solo recitalist, and chamber musician. His training began under pianist and composer Dianne Rahbee. Other piano teachers include Phyllis Lehrer and Galina Gertsenzen, along with masterclasses with Dianne Anderson, Ena Barton, James Goldswerthy, Andrius Zlabys, and Mykola Suk.

Alexander has competed in the New England Piano Teachers Piano Competition, won the Catherine Dower-Gold Performing Arts Award and the First Prize in the Young Artists Piano Competition of Western Massachusetts and Connecticut in the highest division.

An avid teacher, Alexander maintains a private studio, several faculty positions across the state of Massachusetts and is also a certified Takelessons instructor in Piano, Performance practice, and Music Theory.

In the field of Music Theory, Alexander is a second generation...

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Hello,
I am Vasiliy M, Boston University School of Music recent Alumni (DMA in Composition). We live in Boston for seven years, since Fall 2002; before that time , we have lived in New York, where I was studying Composition at Mannes College, The New School For Music. I have received both BM, and MM degrees from Mannes in 1999, and 2001, respectively. Before an arrival to US, in 1994, I was studying Electric Bass performance on Jazz Department, and Classical Composition, at Moldova State Conservatory, from 1988 to 1993, respectively.
I was raised in the family, where music was an essential part of our life; my father, Grigoriy, before his retirement, was a military band trombone player, and, quite naturally, I was exposed to music, and encouraged to learn playing an instrument of my choice, from my early childhood.
My mother, Anisia Kondrat'ievna, possesses both beautiful vocal abilities and perfect pitch , although she has never had a chance to develop her natural...

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I am one of those individuals for whom teaching is just something that I have to do. I started giving music lessons sometime in the 80’s and have loved working with all levels of skill and experience. My students say that I am patient, adaptive and encouraging, committed to making music fun.

I have a Masters of Music from New England Conservatory in Jazz Piano and am comfortable and fluent in a number of musical styles, including pop, rock, gospel, traditional hymnody, jazz, and R&B. In addition to private lessons and performing, I do music transcription, workshops, and all forms of vocal and instrumental arranging. Having served as a church musician for more than 30 years, I currently co-lead the worship team at Life Church in Boston with my wife. I recently signed on as the keyboard player for Tall Enough, a Boston-based alternative rock band. I often find myself involved in city-wide music events in Boston’s faith-based community, most recently arranging music and...