producer Brian Gibbs and his team,
including Stephanie Patereau, and Dan
Semon from Tool Shed Studios. With
their help we offer music production
and digital engineering instruction as
well as music lessons on guitar, drums,
banjo, ukulele, and violin. to express themselves. We encourage
them to share their music with the
community at events and performances.
It brings a sense of pride, togetherness
and teamwork, and a sense of being
valued for their artistic as well as
academic achievements.
There’s a big emphasis on STEM
education nowadays. Would you say
music is equally important and why? Any upcoming events the community
should know about?
There is absolutely a need to promote
science, technology, engineering and
math learning for our future. But it’s not
the whole picture. As human beings
our primary need is socialization, and
our cultural traditions are an expres-
sion of our social nature. Without the
arts—beauty, expression, emotion,
and togetherness, what really is left
that separates humans from machines?
That’s why I feel that music is so impor-
tant to share with our students.
Music requires discipline and
practice to develop skill—there are
no instant results—but through that
effort, students get in touch with their
feelings and their sense of identity and
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At Art a la Carte in April 2019, we
will run the main stage. We’ll also be
involved with Morgan Hill’s Friday
Night Music Series during the summer;
and our annual benefit concert, Rock
for a Reason, in August.
Our performance team (advanced
students) will be performing at commu-
nity events, house parties, and cocktail
receptions for various businesses, non-
profits, community groups, and private
gatherings as well. Feel free to contact
us if you would like to book our tal-
ented musicians for your next event!
If you could hear any performer, right
now, who would you choose?
That’s a very difficult question. As a
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professional musician, I appreciate
and see value in almost all music. But
I’m a romantic so I’d have to say…
Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald
performing “Autumn in New York”
would absolutely make my day! There’s
something so beautiful, bittersweet, and
comfortable about that song, and those
two gifted musicians delivered on the
promise of great music with a sincere
and emotionally moving performance.
What would you say to students who
are interested but feel they don’t have
“the X factor”?
First of all, making music is a skill that
anyone can learn. A lot more goes into
making it a career. It’s not for everyone,
but you don’t have to be a professional
musician to have music in your life.
Some of our students get into it simply
for the joy of it. We always offer a free
consultation, so if you are wondering
if music is a good fit for you, just come
on in and “try it on!”
Find out more about the Music As
Language at musicaslanguage.com.
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