Music

Making music: Pioneer students design homemade instruments for music, engineering project

Posted on Thursday, May 7th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Zack DeLuca, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 5/6/2020
Link: Complete Article

Middle school students at the Pioneer Valley Regional School in Northfield showcased their musical talents and engineering design skills recently during a combined class project through which they built and played musical instruments using materials found at home. The project was coordinated by Engineering Teacher Dr. John Heffernan and Pioneer Music Teacher Maki Matsui. According to Heffernan,… [Read More]

Not country — but a great teacher: Kayla Werlin of Hadley wins Country Music Association Award as a top music instructor

Posted on Thursday, March 26th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: 2/25/2020, Steve Pfarrer
Date: 2/25/2020
Link: Complete Article

Country music might not be Kayla Werlin’s area of expertise. But that hasn’t stopped the Country Music Association (CMA), the trade organization formed in 1958 to promote country music, from recognizing Werlin this year as one of the top public school music teachers in the nation. Werlin, who lives in Hadley and chairs the Music Department… [Read More]

Raising the bar: Belchertown elementary school to provide piano education to all students

Posted on Monday, October 29th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Jacquelyn Voghel, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Date: October 28, 2018
Link: Complete Article

BELCHERTOWN — A new piano lab set to be installed at Swift River Elementary School will provide all students with a basic piano education by the time they finish third grade. The collegiate level piano lab, which is planned to open at the school in February, will include 12 Yamaha Clavinova CLP-635 pianos. The pianos… [Read More]

Music to their ears: Music teacher’s morning serenades welcome Whately Elementary students

Posted on Friday, November 17th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Andy Castillo, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 11/17/2017
Link: Complete Article

WHATELY — Bright notes from an alto saxophone drifted on a crisp breeze early Wednesday, over the low rumble of two school buses idling outside Whately Elementary School, as bundled young students skipped down the sidewalk to morning classes. Seated at a picnic table beside the front door, music teacher Steve Damon finished playing “Fly… [Read More]

Notable swan song: Alumni return for retiring Frontier band director’s final show

Posted on Friday, May 15th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Tom Relihan, The Recorder
Date: 5/15/15
Link: Complete Article

SOUTH DEERFIELD, MA — In musical notation, a coda signifies the end of a piece, and that’s what Thursday night’s spring concert at Frontier Regional School was for long-time band director Karen Atherton, who will retire in June after 28 years with the school. With the help of Atherton’s fiercely loyal students, however, the night… [Read More]