Education

The Ibeam Summer Ensemble Program is open to all instrumentalists who have been studying privately for at least one year and show an enthusiasm for music.  Students study theory, improvisation, composition and ensemble playing in a nurturing environment for a one or two week intensive.  This is an exciting opportunity for beginning, intermediate and advanced students to perform with other student musicians in a creative environment.

Early Morning Session 9-11 am
Week 1 July 5-8
Week 2 July 12-15
Cost: $150 per week or $250 for two weeks
ages 7-11

Afternoon Session 3-5 pm
Week 1 July 5-8
Week 2 July 12-15
Cost: $150 per week or $250 for two weeks
ages 12-16

Ibeam offers private and group lessons for all students of all ages.  Conveniently located in Gowanus just near Park Slope, Brooklyn we offer lessons in Piano, Theory, Composition, Trombone and Improvisation.  We are happy to offer a state of the art studio including a Schimmel Concert Grand Piano.  We also offer opportunities for students to perform and share their work in a creative and positive environment.

For more information about private lessons and ensembles please contact us attn: lessons or call Brian Drye at 646-456-6532.

Brian Drye plays trombone and piano and has toured Japan, Eastern and western Europe, Turkey and throughout the US.  He performs regularly with The Four Bags and his own group Bizingas.  Additionally he has performed with Frank London of the Klezmatics, John Hollenbeck, ABC Television’s Hit Series “My Kind of Town”, The Brooklyn Qawwali Party, Slavic Soul Party, Brazilian Forro Brass Bands, Nation Beat, and Clark Terry. He has also recorded and performed with many famous pop stars and big bands including Yo La Tengo, Arcade Fire, Firewater, The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, The Four Tops, Dianne Schuur and Paul Anka. Brian is currently on staff as a Carnegie Hall Teaching artist and served as The Director of Jazz Studies at the JCC in Tenafly NJ and as faculty at the CPSM Jazz Program at Queens College.  He has been teaching Piano and Trombone to students of all ages privately as well as theory, composition and improvisation for the past 10 years.  Many of his students have gone on to colleges such as Manhattan School of Music and high schools such as Frank Sinatra and LaGuardia School for the Arts.  www.briandrye.com

Allyssa Lamb began teaching children at the age of 16, and has been teaching in New York since 1999. Although she now focuses mainly on piano pedagogy, she has taught a range of instruments, including piano, voice, guitar, electric bass, violin and accordion. Allyssa has a degree in music from The Colorado College, and has studied extensively in the following areas: classical and jazz piano, classical and jazz voice, violin and guitar. She is the bandleader and singer for the group Las Rubias del Norte, which plays regularly in New York and throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. She has performed with Dan Zanes and Friends, the New Music Ensemble, the New York Choral Society, and she has composed and performed music for the Holderness Theater Company.  www.lasrubiasdelnorte.com