Guitar and Bass
Dan Hunt is a successful artist/musician and has been performing for over 25 now with Jubilee Gardens
and the Red Riders! As Lead Guitarist for the Rhythm Rockers, Dan has opened up for bands such as Foghat and Grand
Funk RR. Dan is one of the best jazz, swing, and blues guitarists in New England.
Dan has been teaching guitar at Mockingbird Music for over 6 years. We are very proud to have him here!
Electric Guitar/ Rock/Blues
Wendy Sobel is a guitarist/singer/songwriter with
30 years of performance experience to her credit.
She was part of the wildly popular band "Girl's Night Out" in the
1980's and the Boston Music Awards nominated duo "Daring Angels" in the
1990's. She has shared the
stage with artists such as Dan Fogelberg, Kathy Mattea and Livingston Taylor to
name a few. Wendy teaches
both acoustic and electric guitar and also teaches voice and songwriting."
She is a true believer in music being, first and foremost, fun and
fulfilling.
Guitar and Mandolin
Phip Wheelock is an accomplished vocalist, fingerstyle and flatpick guitar player, and performs
currently with "Blackstone Run" (www.phip.us/music/BlackstoneRun/). Previous bands include "The Sun Mountain Band" (www.sunmountainfiddler.com) and "Renya" (Rochester, NY), "Bill Hall and the North Wind" (RI), and "Bluegrass Special" (CT). Phip currently sings with the First Unitarian Church of Providence (RI), and is a former member the Rochester Oratorio Society, Eastman-Rochester Chorus, Providence Singers and Opera Providence. Phip taught Bluegrass Academy guitar workshops at the 2007 and 2008 Joe Val Bluegrass Festivals, and teaches
mandolin as well as beginner through advanced guitar at Mockingbird Music.
Bass
Electric Guitar/ Rock/Blues/ Bass Guitar/Flute
Nick Wiedeman is a guitarist, bassist and flutist performing all over New England when not DJ'ing for UMass Lowell focusing his studies on music at Umass Lowell.
Nick recently judged the Granite State Blues Championship. Nick is credited for being a very patient, and fun music teacher.
Full of adventure and enthusiasm, he traveled around the entire United States with an old Suburu full of his friends last year!
Sean Fariascompleted his undergraduate studies in music performance at UMASS-Dartmouth and
his master's degree at the Longy School of Music. Having a well-rounded foundation and an open mind to all
styles of music has led Sean to perform in a wide variety of situations whether
it be jazz, pop, rock, classical, world, folk, or theatre. He has been
fortunate enough to perform with many local and international artists on the
cutting edge of contemporary improvised music including the likes of George
Garzone, Charlie Kohlhase, Bob Gullotti, Jeff Galindo, Santi Debriano, Eric
Hofbauer, and Jim Robitaille. Sean has performed throughout the country on
both electric and upright bass including some of New England's local theatre
houses such as Theatre By The Sea (RI), The Orpheum (MA), Dean College, and
Wheelock College. In 2009 Sean recorded on PBS documentary "The
Mosque In Morgantown," named Best Documentary Feature at the San Francisco
International Asian American Film Festival.
Banjo, Guitar & Ukulele
Glenn Nelson has been playing and teaching five-string and four-string banjo for 23 years and currently
performs with "Wide Open Spaces" (http://www.wideospaces.com) and "Acoustic Planet" encompassing world music, folk,
jazz and bluegrass. Glenn has taught workshops and performed with with Bill Keith, Tony Trischka,
Jens Kreuger, Sam Bush, John Reischman, Don Steirnberg, Alan Munde, Eric
Weissberg, and Radim Zenkyl among others. Glenn teaches all levels from introductory to advanced while focusing on the individual student's
needs.
Mandolin
John Tibert is a gifted mandolin player. John has been playing mandolin for over 20 years performing in bands
Modern Drifters, Stone Gap Junction & Muleteam & The Stable Hands Bluegrass Band. He has opened for
Chesapeake( w/ Jimmy Gaudreau, Mike Auldridge, T. Micheal Coleman, Moondi Klein). Teaching mandolin is second nature to John and his knowledge and approach is expert
in the mandolin field!
Drums
David Ciampaglia: Take It To 2011 with David! Known as one of the
hardest hitting rock drummers out of the Boston area, David has played onstage
with Robin Zander & Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick, Bruce Smith, bassist of
Orion the Hunter, and Nuno Bettencourt's Schizophonic Tour! Classes
are filling up quickly, so get in while there's still a chance and he's not on tour! Yes, You Can Have Lessons On Our State Of The Art
Roland V Drums or Acoustic Drums!
Brad Poulin: An Awesome Drum and Percussion Summer and Sub Instructor! Brad Poulin
has been playing drums and percussion professionally for the past 25
years. Disciplined in Classic Rock, Blues, Country and Bluegrass, Brad has
played with many bands; "Jim Rivera Band", "Wildlife",
"Blue Lightnin'" and "Triple Threat" to name a few.
Brad has also performed as a session drummer with Buddy Cage (New Riders Of The
Purple Sage), Michael Falzarno (Hot Tuna), and Frank Wakefield!!!!
Brad has been teaching drums for 10 years, beginners through advanced on drum
set, Conga and Bongos. We are pleased to have his expertise!
Mathew Mandella: Our Drum instructor, Matt, rhythmically focuses on Rock, Alternative and World Music Styles.
His talent is unequivocal and strength in stick drums and drum instruction is
precise and focused. This young and talented drummer's classes are
rapidly filling up, stop in, you might get a glimpse of this rising star before
he gets signed by a popular ska band!. This popular session drummer is
only available for booking when not studying music, or teaching here, ...
don't miss the opportunity to study drumming with him!
Piano and Violin
Anthony Bondi: Tony
has
over 30 years experience playing, performing and teaching all over the United
States and is a five time National Piano Audition Winner with The American
Federation Of Musicians. Julliard Trained and a Graduate of the Brooklyn
College-Conservatory, Tony also studied and
performed with Dorothy DeLay Master Class (Aspen Music Festival) and performed for Itzhak Perlman Master Classes.
Tony is a gifted Violinist and Pianist and we
are extremely proud to have him teaching both instruments here.
Jean Kelley
Joyce: A piano Player and Teacher for many years, Jean offers a relaxed and
fun approach to the piano. Jean teaches all ages with an emphasis on
beginner and intermediate students. Come and find out how much fun the
Piano can be!!!!
Voice
Marco Bonito:
A gifted Vocalist and voice instructor, Marco comes to us from the West
Coast. Within the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, his voice contributed to
a Grammy win for the London/Decca recording of Carl Orff "Carmina
Burana" and to Carmine Coppola's heavenly choir resounding in the
Vatican sequences of Paramount's "The Godfather, Part III. We are
honored to have him on staff! Welcome Marco!
Flute
Pamela Mallette is a professional flute maker and a graduate from the Boston Conservatory of Music. After
having taught at Thearls Music Center in el Cajon, CA, she has performed with various chamber music groups and
Longy School of Music. Pamela is also a flutist for the Harvard Musicological Society and performs regularly on
Beacon Hill in Boston.
215 South Street
PO Box 1010
Berlin, Massachusetts
01503
phone: 978.838.2344
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Store Hours:
Mon., Tues., Thur., Fri: 3-7pm
Wednesday: 10-2 & 3-7pm
Saturday: 10am - 3pm