You are invited to a free demonstration of the revolutionary new teaching method, Simply Music, at the Red Barn on
Sunday, December 4, from 3:00 to 4:00 PM.
Affordable group classes start in January,
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A world where everyone plays -
CHILDREN - TEENS - SENIORS
Simply Music has beginning students playing great sounding blues, ballads, popular, classical and accompaniment pieces - immediately - from your very first group lesson.
Simply Music focuses on the sheer pleasure of playing. The "hands- on" approach, and immediate results, actively dispel the notion that learning to play means enduring years of lessons, boring practise sessions and relentless hours of drills.
Simply Music differs from traditional methods with the quantity of music you learn, ...the quality of music you immediately learn to play, the speed of your progress and the ease with which you experience the process. Find out more about Simply Music by downloading a flyer or visit SimplyMusic.com.
A Northampton native, Jeff recently returned to his roots with his wife, Julie, who is now pastor of the First Congregational Church of Hatfield. More below.
Feel free to contact Jeff at the studio at 413-256-8899 or
Lessons are held at the
Amherst Red Barn Music School
409 Main St (across from the Amtrak station), Amherst, MA 01002
Handicapped accessible
Free parking and buses
About Jeff Olmsted
A Northampton native, Jeff recently returned to his roots with his wife, Julie, who is now pastor of the First Congregational Church of Hatfield. He currently teaches Simply Music at the Clarke School for the Deaf in Northampton, where his students discover music making through their bodies, eyes and minds with great success. A graduate of Yale in music composition, Jeff lived and worked in New York City for 20 years, composing, writing and teaching. Among his many accomplishments --
With his wife Julie, he wrote and performed JEFF & JEWEL’S NEW AGE BLUES REVUE, a songs and comedy cabaret show nominated for seven MAC awards by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets, and performed in seven states.
While living in Ohio, in 2009 the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus performed the world premiere of "Songs of Rumi". And Jeff's musical adaptation of Moliere's "Tartuffe" was selected for a staged reading in the fall of 2007 by the Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative.
As a producer/composer, Jeff has a long-time interest in the creation inspirational pop music, to praise God, to express unity, to make joyful noise. In 1993, Jeff founded the New York Interfaith Choir, which performed at the Open Center, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, St. Peter’s Church at CitiCorp, the World Trade Center and Town Hall, in addition to weekly performances at worship services for 12 years.
The National Endowment for the Arts funded the development of THE EARTH AND ME, an ecologically-themed oratorio for puppets and dancers, which he composed with Sandra Robbins for the award-winning Shadow Box Theatre.
To hear Jeff's music, visit his website at JeffOlmsted.com |
