Introducing the MV Performance Academy!
19. Jan, 2010 
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Music Villa is proud to announce it’s brand new Performance Academy designed to bring music students together, and assist them in the art of live performance. We are fully booked for the 1st session. Rehearsals have begun and the first performance will be in April. Rehearsals for the 2nd session will begin in mid-March. Please contact Joni Westberg to sign up for 2nd session, or call Music Villa at (406) 587-4761 for more information.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
MV Performance Academy is an eight-week program intended to give musicians the opportunity to develop proficiencies in areas of live-stage performance. Each student is placed in a band of fellow musicians, and throughout the eight weeks, has the opportunity to work directly with a professional musical or technical coach. Students are expected to participate in weekly in-store rehearsals designed to simulate live-stage performance, as wells as concert Dress Rehearsals. At the end of the eight weeks, students perform LIVE before an audience of family, friends, and music lovers alike!
ENROLLMENT
Enrollment in MV Performance Academy includes:
- Skill Assessment Session
Students are required to complete a musical skills assessment with their coach to be accurately matched with a group. - 2 Master classes
Master classes are designed to introduce students and coaches. They will provide one-on-one learning time to cover material for which the students will be responsible. - 6 Band practices
Students practice their music in a group with emphasis on live-stage performance. - Dress Rehearsal
Multi-group rehearsals, including lighting and sound technician. - Live Performance
Students will have the opportunity to perform LIVE in a produced show, including sound, lighting, and video recording.
THE FEE
The eight-week program fee is $255.
THE COACHES
Ann Tappan:
Vocals, piano, composition, blues, jazz.
Denny Earnest:
Guitar, theory, blues, classic rock.
Eddie Tsuru:
Bass, composition, blues, country, jazz, rock, latin.
Jim Dungan:
Guitar, bluegrass, blues, country, jazz, rock.
Josh Heins:
Guitar, vocals, bluegrass, country, rock blues.
Michael Gillan:
Drums, percussion, jazz, blues, country, rock, latin.
For more information on these and other coaches, please visit: www.montanainstructors.com.
The MV Performance Academy encourages a wide variety of musical styles, including rock, jazz, blue grass, & country. To support this array of style, professional coaching will be provided for:
- Guitar
- Bass
- Drums
- Keyboard
- Violin
- Fiddle
- Mandolin
- Banjo
- Vocals
- Sound/Lighting
For more information about the program please contact:
Joni Westberg
Program Coordinator/Producer
cell: (406) 600-4594
home: (406) 587-1387
mtnfolkz@hotmail.com
P.O. Box 488
Bozeman, MT 59771
Yes, when does it start? I’ll call Joni.
I’m signing my kid up this weekend!
We’re looking at the first week or two in February. Joni suggests that you call her at 587-1387 for more information. thanks for you’re interest!
So excited to hear about the Performance Academy, and better yet, my son is excited about it! Sign up is to be before Feb. 8, when does it start? Allison