BAM Updates October 2022

OCTOBER 2022

🎃🎼HAPPY FALL!🎼🎃

Lessons in Berkeley, SF, and online

ONLINE AND IN-PERSON LESSONS IN PIANO AND GUITAR

September through May: MONTHLY TUITION PROGRAM

$205 or $310 per month, due at first lesson of the month

PRACTICE FOR DISASTER Fund Raiser

Now through October 15

We are teamed up with our Western Region Festival group to "Practice for Disaster," and raise money to help a community in need. Wildfire and other natural disasters are common this time of year, so let's practice 8 days in a row along with kids from all over Washington, Oregon, California, and Arizona.

Ask a parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, friend, or supporter to donate toward our cause!

SPONSOR FORM

Schedule 2022-23 School Year

click on this link for the FULL schedule:

BAM Schedule 2022-23

Did you miss lessons on Labor Day?

Make ups on Oct 29, arrange with Ms. Theo and Naomi

ZOOM CLASS with Ms. Theo, November 6

all PRE-K - 4th Graders attend

Play a piece for the class and enjoy learning time with Ms. Theo!

1:00pm Pre-K-2nd / 2:00pm 3rd-4th

IN PERSON RECITAL ON Saturday, December 17

Location: Lake Merritt UMC

1330 Lakeshore Ave in Oakland

📣Let's welcome ADRIENNE PANKONIN-DAHL as our new admin assistant! Adrienne knows the ins and outs of BAM culture, so we are thrilled to have her on board.📣

Announcing the 2022-23 BAM Piano Team!🥇

Peter Milnes and Alexander Violet

Kira Rice and Evan Chin

Otto Montgomery and Sebastian Weinberger

Ada Casterline, Violet Miller-Brady, Pele Scher-Levin, Alex Tripcevich

The Team will perform in December and travel to Colorado Springs for the US International Duo Piano Competition, Jan 6-9.

Pictured: last year's winning team

It's our 20th Anniversary! Get some BAM swag!

🌞 SEPTEMBER MEMORIES 🌻

🌷🍃BAM EXCURSION to FLOWER PIANO SF🌿🌸

September 17 at Golden Gate Park - Botanical Garden

Performers: Kira Rice, Alexander Violet,

Devun Amoranto, Naomi Sanchez, and Kiyomi Treanor

🌸Thanks to Kira, we were on the Flower Piano 2022 roster!

Naomi, Kira, Devun, Alex

Great job, Team 🤩

🌸Kiyomi's impromptu performance!

🎹UC Berkeley Noontime Concert🎹

BAM alumnus Devun Amoranto performed at the Cal noontime concert on Sept 27. Devun presented a stellar program of Tanaka's Water Dances and Schumann's iconic Carnaval. He double majors in Music and Engineering at Cal.

Click on the image to hear his exciting intro to Carnaval!

⭐️SF Youth Chorus "Hamilton" Show Fundraiser⭐️

On September 24, Nikhil, Anya, Hazel, and Avonlea reprised our studio version of Hamilton for the SF Youth Chorus and SummerGATE Fundraiser. Coming up next: Halloween Festival 🎃

College Preparation Planning

Middle schoolers and high schoolers:

are you looking ahead at the college application process, or want to find out about "what's out there" that interests you?

Young families:

are you wanting to save toward to your child's education?

We can assist you!