Beginning to intermediate recorder lessons, starting at age 8. The recorder is offered to young music students because it is relatively easy to master simple songs on this instrument, but it has also been an important instrument in Western Art Music history; it can be played very expressively and at the virtuoso level. When taught effectively, …
Beginning to intermediate guitar lessons, starting at age 8. This instrument continues to engage young people, particularly when it is used to play the music that they choose, and when it is combined with vocal performance and song-writing. Students can learn to play completely “by ear,” but they are also invited to learn to read music …
The Jeff Picker Band Presented by notloB Parlour Concerts at Fivesparks, 7 Fairbank Street, Harvard MA 01451 Wednesday, March 15, 7:30pm notloB is proud to present Jeff Picker and Eddie Barbash, veterans of our series when it was in Cambridge. With Eli Bishop and Frank Rische, the jazz quartet will perform material from Jeff’s first record, With …
notloB's first concert was Sometymes Why, presented June 2, 2007 at the Loring-Greenough House in Jamaica Plain. 16 years to the day and 212 concerts later, we will be celebrating our …
The 2023 Harvard Music Festival-- our sixth festival -- will be held June 18-25. More details here.
Thursday June 29, 2023, 7:00pm Rushad is a mystical realm-hopping jester of infinite glee, whose unprecedented, extremely fast bouncy cello style blows minds of all kinds. A charming entertainer with unbridled passion, his joy is so contagious that many showgoers complain of sore facial muscles afterwards (the name Rushad means “joyful soul”). A whimsically adventurous …
notloB is proud to once again present champion Scottish fiddler Alistair McCulloch (concerts 163 & 164, 2015). Hailing from Ayr in Scotland, Alistair is one of Scotland’s best known fiddle performers, teachers, and composers, with many appearances on radio and television. Past winner of many fiddle championships, Alistair is fiddle instructor at the Royal Conservatoire …
Mark Schatz (Nickel Creek, Bela Fleck, Claire Lynch Band and more) and award winning instrumentalist Bryan McDowell bring two generations and backgrounds together in an unparalleled synergy, humor, beauty, and ease, taking the listener on a delightful, toe tapping journey through a landscape of fiddle and banjo tunes, songs, lilting waltzes, and searing guitar solos. …
Private/Semi-Private lessons are offered to kids 12 yrs and under on recorder, guitar and/or keyboard. Lessons will be scheduled on Mondays or Tuesdays (after other scheduled music courses taught by Steve, generally after 5pm). These lessons will help young beginners build a strong foundation for more advanced studies on any of these instruments. Careful listening …
This class is developed specifically for children in grades K-1 (ages 5-7). Two class options are available on Tuesdays following the Harvard Public Schools calendar, September 12, 2023 - June 18, 2024: Intro Level, Tuesdays 4:00-4:45pm Level Two, Tuesdays 4:50-5:25pm Classes are reasonably-priced and conveniently located in the center of Harvard. Students will learn to …
