Kilroy Productions, Inc.

March 2007

KPMS Notes
March 2007

Notes from the Director:
Dear Studio:
March has Sprung, more like a lamb than a lion! The month that brings us the Aides of March, St. Patrick’s’ Day and the Official beginning to Spring finds us looking forward to a busy, inspiring Dream-filled Season?

Included in this issue is news of new faculty members, as well as news about a great summer theatre workshop opportunity that is a collaboration between Denise Simon’s Actor’s Workshop and KPMS. This is a must for those wanting to work with Denise; a foremost young person’s acting coach and Director, and close-up work with our own Director Jerry Fishman.

Also included in this issue are on-going registrations in the upcoming KPMS workshops, reminders to tune your pianos this month with the return of Spring and getting your child registered for the 2007 NYSSMA festivals.

As always feel free to contact our office with any questions, concerns or ideas. IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT ALL KPMS CALENDAR EVENTS can be found with directions, times, etc. on our website, www.kilroyproductions.com
Until next time,
Jerry


KPMS Workshops ongoing registration:

There are still spots open for the two KPMS workshops this Spring and students in all KPMS studios are eligible to participate. Both the Composition/Recording & Small Ensemble workshops are available in the Manhattan & Westchester/Putnam/CT Studios. Beginner are welcome to participate.

Please contact the office if your child s interested in participating in either workshop at jfishman@kilroyproductions.com or at 917-533-7464

It’s Time for a tune-up

A piano is a living breathing instrument. If it is treated with care it will perform well for generations. One of the areas that needs attending to twice annually is tuning. We tune it when the humidity levels drop around October and then again when they rise in March. So it is time to have your pianos tuned.

There is another reason to tune the pianos regularly. The young ears of pianists and singers are impressionable and will be trained to whatever they hear from the piano. If the intervals are true and the sound pure they will get accustomed to that in their music. If not, we are doing them a disservice by training their ear to untrue sound.

For a list of piano turners please visit our website (www.kilroyproductions.com) see the music resources page and there are several listed by preference.

Please call us if you have any questions about the tuners, tuning, or fees.

KPMS Welcomes new teachers to the Faculty:

We are very pleased to welcome two new teachers to the faculty. They bring with them a rich history of performing, education throughout the Americas and an enthusiasm that promises to lift us all up to the next level in 2007, the Year of Dreams.

Laura Cross: (voice & piano teacher)

Ms. Cross comes to us from St. Louis, Missouri. After almost two decades of private study in Piano and a decade of study in Voice (both solo and choral), Ms. Cross has been a vocal and instrumental accompanist for hundreds of musicians, performance pianist in a variety of venues (ranging from classical music, musical theater, sacred classical and contemporary to international study and work in music transcription and arrangement). While new to the New York scene, she is no rookie in music education and performance. She is thrilled to be a part of the faculty of Kilroy Productions Music Studios and looks forward to working with students and colleagues!

Jordan Young: (percussion & piano teacher)

Born in Detroit, MI in 1978, music was always a continuous presence in Jordan's upbringing. He began playing drums at age ten, immediately falling in love with the instrument. His first experience playing jazz was in high school jazz band, where he was first chair all four years. His exposure to a variety of styles at an early age helped him to become the versatile and creative musician he is today.

Jordan attended the Jazz Studies Program at The
University of Michigan,. While in Ann Arbor, he was consistently sought out to perform with local groups with styles ranging from jazz to pop to avant-garde. Hanging at jam sessions in the Metro-Detroit Area, led to gigs with Detroit jazz legends Donald Walden, Marcus Belgrave, Teddy Harris, Jr., James Carter, and Rodney Whitaker. Jordan moved to New York City to become an active part of the NYC jazz scene. Currently he is studying with world class educator John Riley, earning his masters from Manhattan School of Music. Currently, Jordan resides in Brooklyn, NY.

KPMS partners with Denise Simon on summer workshop:

DENISE SIMON’S ACTORS WORKSHOP
PRESENTS:
SUMMER 2007 WORKSHOP
Ages 10 – 18
2-week workshop
July 9 – July 19
9:30 am – 2:30 pm

45 hours of Acting, Singing and Dancing with material from the musical, “The Me, Nobody Knows“

Directed by Denise Simon
Choreography and Musical Direction by Jerry Fishman

Fee: $775
Classes held in South Salem
Performance Thursday, July 19 (theatre TBA)

Entrance is by audition only!!
Please call for an appt.

Mail checks to:
Actor’s Workshop, PO BOX 5, South Salem, NY 10590
For more information call 914-763-2595
NYSSMA Festivals Happening:

If your child is planning on participating please let us know and make sure they contact their school music teacher to get registered and pick their level & pieces. Call the office at 917-533-7464 immediately for assistance.

KPMS Students in the Spotlight:

Bravo to Matt Green, Westchester piano student, for being cast as the King in the Senior musical production of Once Upon a Mattress at Horace Greeley HS.
Double Kudos to Dylan Pager, Westchester voice student who will be seen as Prince Christopher in Village Fables at the Play Group Theatre. Dylan was also chosen to sing in a recording of a workshop musical A Million Tomorrows based on the life of Raoul Wallenberg.

Congratulations to Jessica Blumberg- who took part in the Lipsync Challenge at her school. Jessica sang the duet, A Change in Me, from Beauty & the Beast.

Well done to Carly Sonenclar who sang at Madison Square Garden at a Knicks game ½ time, for the Challenge. Carly sang My Favorite Things.

KPMS Faculty in the spotlight:
Our faculty is very busy creating the year of their dreams. Performing all around the world here is what is going on this month

Judith Berkson, (piano & voice) will be performing with Platz Machen @ Zebulon, 258 Wythe Avenue, between Metropolitan and N.3rd in Williamsburg-no cover.

Platz Machen is Distortion, amplified tuba, power chords and 12-tone vocals, & is what happens when someone listens to Black Sabbath, the Lyric Suite, and lots of Cantorial records.
Judith Berkson - keyboards, vocals, tunes
Brandon Seabrook - guitar
Jacob Garchik - tuba
Vinnie Sperrazza - drums

Deadra Hart (voice, piano): was seen in a Double Bill: Beat Kaestli & Deadra Hart. Thursday, March 1st at Perch Cafe
365 5th Ave (btwn 5th & 6th St) Brooklyn, NY 11215
Deadra Hart::Vocals, John Chin :: Piano, Gavin Fallow :: Bass, Fred Kennedy :: Drums
Deadra will also be seen at Mannahatta Lounge
316 Bowery (Corner of Bleecker), New York, featuring The Deadra Hart Quartet: Jesse Lewis | Guitar, Matt Wigton | Bass, Nano Valerio | Cajon


Manhattan Studio Spring Break, March 18-25
Manhattan Studios re-open
Westchester/Putnam/CT Studios closed for Spring Break 4/1-4/8

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