music

Inspired by the recent Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Beaver’s chamber music director Joanna Goldstein devised a novel way to challenge her upper school student-musicians to “reach for the gold.” Ms. Goldstein turned the group’s annual House Concert into the “Chamber Olympics,” complete with professional judges and gold, silver and bronze medals for the participants at [...]

On Thursday, November 19, Beaver’s Black Box Theater became the home of the fall Jazz Cafe. Under the leadership of teachers Ana Norgaard and Ed Nicholson, the jazz bands thrilled a packed house. Recordings of the sophomore and senior bands are posted below as MP3 files. Enjoy!
Sophomore Jazz Band

Equinox
Europa
Superstition

Senior Jazz Band

Jody Grind
Manteca
Wind Cries Mary

Student’s in Robin Neal’s Local Living Writers class have completed the lyrics to one of two melodies provided by singer-songwriter Alastair Mook. Mook visited the class in early October to share his writing process and inspiration. (See the original mashUp post.)
Here is Mr. Neal’s assignment:
Alastair urged us to play with the sound of language and [...]

Singer-songwriter Alastair Moock visited Beaver on October 1 as part of English Teacher Robin Neal’s “Local Living Writers” class. The 12th grade elective focuses on Boston’s writing scene — from novels, to poetry, to music. Moock discussed his creative process and performed one of his original songs.
As a follow-up activity, Moock gave the class two [...]