Brookline Music School

Cello Master Class with Ron Lowry
2026-01-11 15:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Bakalar Recital Hall (Brookline Music School), 25 Kennard Road, Brookline, MA, 02445, United States
Ronald Lowry is an active performer in many of Boston’s leading musical organizations. Called a “superb cellist” by the Boston Globe’s Richard Dyer, he is the principal cellist of the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra and the Boston Ballet Orchestra. Former principal cellist of the National Symphony of Costa Rica, the Handel and Haydn Society, and the Harvard Chamber Orchestra, Lowry performs frequently with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and with the Boston Pops.

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Voice Department Recital
2026-01-11 17:30 - 19:00 | Bakalar Recital Hall (Brookline Music School), 25 Kennard Road, Brookline, MA, 02445, United States

Term I Make Up Day - Monday Lessons
2026-01-12 09:00 - 21:00 | MA

Term I End Date - Tuesday Lessons
2026-01-13 09:00 - 21:00 | MA

Term I End Date - Wednesday Lessons
2026-01-14 09:00 - 21:00 | MA

Thursday Lessons #15
2026-01-15 09:00 - 21:00 | MA

Adult Salon
2026-01-15 19:00 - 20:30 | MA
The BMS Salons offer students an alternative to traditional recitals. Currently enrolled adult students are invited to gather in a small and supportive group setting, and to casually share and discuss current musical projects with fellow musicians.
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Term I End Date - Friday Lessons
2026-01-16 09:00 - 21:00 | MA

Term I End Date - Saturday Lessons
2026-01-17 08:00 - 19:00 | MA

Junior District Music Festival Mock Auditions
2026-01-17 16:00 - 18:00 | Bakalar Recital Hall (Brookline Music School), 25 Kennard Road, Brookline, MA, 02445, United States
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Strings: https://calendar.app.google/kTK4xPrDPTrJ13vK7
Voice: https://calendar.app.google/AK5RXcPqkhRd9hVW7
Winds: https://calendar.app.google/J2CCyj1NftBCFQii7

Term I End Date - Sunday Lessons
2026-01-18 08:00 - 19:00 | MA

Performance Workshop
2026-01-18 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-01-25 13:00 - 14:00 | MA
Performance Workshops at BMS serve as essential preparation for Student Recitals, offering invaluable opportunities for students to perform their pieces before an audience of peers, practice stage etiquette and manage performance anxiety.
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Student Recital
2026-01-18 15:00 - 16:00, 2026-01-18 16:30 - 17:30, 2026-01-22 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-01-25 16:30 - 17:30 | MA
Student Recitals play a crucial role in nurturing both emerging and seasoned musicians’ performing skills, composure, and musical development. They provide a supportive environment for students to gain valuable stage experience and refine their craft. Sign up: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-v_j1eZF2vtCFHjQpOYltIy_RtFMOQtdvCTPt83nVm8jF7g/viewform?usp=sf_link

Violin Master Class with Magdalena Richter
2026-01-18 16:30 - 18:00 | Bakalar Recital Hall (Brookline Music School), 25 Kennard Road, Brookline, MA, 02445, United States
Program
Francois Schubert’s “The Bee”
Isaac MacFadden
(student of Andrew Taylor)

J. S. Bach’s Violin Concerto in A Minor
Junesoo Park
(student of Konstantin Ararakelov)

W. A. Mozart’s Violin Concerto in G Major
Neil Zhao
(student of Narine Arustamyan)

Join us for a Violin Master Class with guest artist, Magdalena Richter!
Originally from Poland, Magdalena Richter has appeared as soloist with the Warsaw and Cracow Philharmonic and in the US with the Boston Pops, Cape Ann Symphony, the Nashua Philharmonic, Wellesley Symphony and Symphony by the Sea among others. “Violinist Magdalena Suchecka Richter is a virtuoso of her instrument, an artist of great, yet well controlled temperament,”- from the Copenhagen newspaper the Svenska Dag Bladet, in a review of her performance of Bacewicz Solo Sonata.

Richter is also a very devoted teacher and serves as a Chairman of New England Conservatory Preparatory School String Department and Rivers School Conservatory String Department. She is also a Director of the Rivers School Chamber Orchestra. Her students are very involved at NEC and BYSO youth orchestras as well as District, All State, All Eastern and National Orchestras, often serving as section leaders. Her students are also winners of concerto competitions in Boston area and many of them became professional musicians.

Flex Day
2026-01-19 | MA
There are no regularly scheduled lessons or classes on flex days. Flex days may be used for make-up lessons, as mutually agreed and scheduled with your teacher.

Term I Make Up Day - Tuesday Lessons
2026-01-20 00:00 | MA

Term I Make Up Day - Wednesday Lessons
2026-01-21 09:00 - 21:00 | MA

Alexander Technique Trial Class
2026-01-21 18:00 - 19:30 | Bakalar Recital Hall (Brookline Music School), 25 Kennard Road, Brookline, MA, 02445, United States
Free trial class for our Adult and Teen Alexander Technique program!
Alexander Technique classes are the perfect place to explore body awareness, reduce tension, and find freedom in movement while practicing and performing. Perfect for all experience levels, instruments, and voices.
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Term I End Date - Thursday Lessons
2026-01-22 09:00 - 21:00 | MA

Term I Make Up Day - Friday Lessons
2026-01-23 09:00 - 21:00 | MA

Term I Make Up Day - Saturday Lessons
2026-01-24 08:00 - 19:00 | MA

Jazz/Rock Ensemble Concert
2026-01-24 14:00 - 16:00 | Bakalar Recital Hall (Brookline Music School), 25 Kennard Road, Brookline, MA, 02445, United States

Term 1 Make Up Day - Sunday Lessons
2026-01-25 00:00 | MA

Piano Master Class - RESCHEDULED FOR 3/1
2026-01-25 19:00 - 20:00 | MA
RESCHEDULED AS OF 12/23

Start of Term II - Monday Lessons
2026-01-26 09:00 - 21:00 | Bakalar Recital Hall (Brookline Music School), 25 Kennard Road, Brookline, MA, 02445, United States

Start of Term II - Tuesday Lessons
2026-01-27 09:00 - 21:00 | Bakalar Recital Hall (Brookline Music School), 25 Kennard Road, Brookline, MA, 02445, United States
