Education

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.

The Ibeam Ensemble Program is open to all instrumentalists who have been studying privately for at least one year.  In a group format students will study theory, improvisation, composition and ensemble playing in a creative nurturing environment.  Students will be placed according to level and experience.  We believe that performance is an essential element to developing musicianship and understanding the dynamics of group interaction.  Students will have several opportunities to perform and record the music they create.  Most importantly the ensemble classes are fun and the work is primarily student driven, putting the students in the driver’s seat, initiating creative decisions. 

For More information please contact Brian Drye at 646-456-6532 or info@ibeambrooklyn.com

Brian Drye, a resident of Brooklyn, NY has performed with Clark Terry, Frank London’s Klezmer Brass, John Hollenbeck, The Kirk Knuffke Quartet,  ABC Television’s Hit Series “My Kind of Town”, The Brooklyn Qawwali Party (Music of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan), Balkan Dance Sensation – Slavic Soul Party (with Matt Moran and Oscar Noriega), Banda Sinaloense Des Muertos (with Chris Speed and Jim Black), Brazilian Brass Bands as  and a slew of who’s who in the jazz world such as Andrew D’Angelo, Drew Gress, Kirk Knuffke, Jacob Garchik, Mike McGinnis, Jacob Sacks and Eivind Opsvik.    He has performed on keyboards and piano with Opsvik & Jennings and Curtis Hasselbring’s Curhachestra (with Brandon Seabrook).   He has also recorded and performed with Yo La Tengo, Arcade Fire, The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Stew and the Negro Problem (From Passing Strange), The Four Tops, Dianne Schuur, Paul Anka and Joan Baez.  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