The Headstart Music Boston Program was launched in the Fall of 2024, in partnership with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester. Small group lessons are conducted on a weekly basis at the club on Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet, Trumpet, Trombone, and Percussion.
Beginner-level instruction will cover the basics on how to assemble and take care of instruments, understanding basing music notation, analyzing rhythms, and playing beginner-level solo and band pieces from the Essential Elements workbook.
TUTORS
Akili Jamal Haynes
Trumpet | Trombone | Percussion
– Percussionist – Alvin Ailey Dance Theater Riverside, directed by Judith Jamison;
– Percussionist (Underground Railway Theater) Roots Of Liberty featuring Danny Glover.
– Music Director, percussionist (Boston Arts Academy 10th Anniversary) Dr. Glory Van Scott Urban Caanan;
– Music Director, percussionist, composer, multi-instrumentalist (Isabella S. Gardner) Life’s, Lessons……. Learned or (When My Soul Looks Back) a Choreopoem by Adrienne Hawkins
– Musical Director of the Music Ministry at Unity In The City (Brookline, MA, 3 years)
– Faculty Accompanist at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Jeannette Neil Dance Studios, Prometheus Dance Company, Harvard Dance Center, and Boston University Dance Department
– Chair of Percussion and Ensembles at the Community Music Center of Boston
– Creator of a current multi-media work in progress recently performed at Wellesley College as The Art & Soul of Chibuzo, with a recent name change to Becoming Chibuzo, in which he is actor, vocalist, percussionist, trumpeter, bassist, pianist, dancer, script writer, composer, cinematographer, video editor, and band leader.
Stephan Papandrea
Saxophone | Flute | Clarinet
Awards and Recognition include:
– Berklee World Tour Scholarship
– Berklee Grant
– Louis Armstrong Jazz Award 2017
– Top Baritone Saxophonist Northern Region, CT 2017
– Top Baritone Saxophonist Berkshire League, CT 2014-16
– Former Head RA, Litchfield Jazz Camp
– Lead Photographer/media creator, Litchfield Jazz Festival
– Music Mentor, Boys and Girls Club of Boston
CONTACT INFO
Location
Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester
McLaughlin Center
1135 Dorchester Ave, Dorchester MA 02125
Parent Liaison
Carleton Burke
[email protected]
617.288.7120
Instagram
instagram.com/headstartmusicboston
General Info
Never Lose Your Drive Foundation Inc
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