LEARNING RESOURCES
TITLE MUSIC
Compose Music for the intro of a film or TV show - Any Genre
EDM MUSIC
Compose Music for the the DJ students. Dance Music of any genre.
AMBIENT MUSIC
Compose chilled out music. for the new BBA Spa. - Can also be used for underscores for folm
HIP HOP
Compose the Music for a Hip Hop song and find an audio engineer to record the rap.
FOUND SOUNDS
Record sounds from the environment and turn them into a song
BUILDING YOUR EARS
BUILDING YOUR EARS
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Neil Freebern
Mr. Freebern attended the University of Massachusetts, Amherst on a Chancellor's Talent Scholarship for four years of study in music education. He graduated receiving the highest departmental award, the Lebow Scholar, and then began his teaching career as a High School Instrumental Music Teacher in Bennington, Vermont.
He was later recruited to serve as a Graduate Assistant for the Director of Bands at UMass, receiving a Masters Degree in music education with an emphasis in conducting. Neil served as the conductor of the UMass Youth Wind Ensemble for several years and was the adjunct professor of trumpet and brass methods at Keene State College in New Hampshire. His success on the podium during this time led to annual engagements as a festival conductor across New England; conducting several district festivals, honor bands, and community ensembles. He spent five summers in conducting in Europe conductor of the United States Youth Wind Ensemble, working with the top musicians from across the country.
Over the next decade, he taught instrumental music in the Berkshires at Wahconah Regional High School, where his music program received a Grammy Signature School award for outstanding curriculum in addition to the highest ratings at festivals. Dedicated to bringing music to the community, he served as the founder and executive director of the Public Arts Resource Center in Pittsfield Massachusetts, dedicated to bringing cross-generational arts opportunities to the community.
Neil has been recognized on several occasions for his contributions to the field of education, having received outstanding educator awards from the Western District Music Educators Association, Central Berkshire Regional School District, Yale University, 2019 Vermont Music Educator of the Year in SBO Magazine, a quarter-finalist for Grammy Music Educator of the year, and the Roland Faculty Chair from Burr and Burton Academy where he functions as the Chair of the Creative Arts Department. He served as the adjunct instructor of Trumpet at Castleton University in Vermont and is currently a Visiting Artist at Williams College, conducting the Wind Ensemble each week.
Neil is an active Music Producer, Educator, Composer, Arranger, and Trumpet performer who is currently deeply engaged in the study of personalized learning in the music classroom.
Julie Freebern received her Bachelor’s degree in Music Eduction from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, graduating Summa Cum Laude with a full tuition Chancellor’s Talent Scholarship for clarinet performance. She has been the director of vocal music for the Moffatt County School System in Craig, Colorado, Quabbin Regional High School in Barre, Massachusetts, Wahconah Regional High School in Dalton, Massachusetts, and currently teaches music history, music theory and vocal music at Burr and Burton Academy in Manchester, Vermont.
In 2007, Julie received the Distinguished Music Educator Award from the Yale School of Music and was the recipient of the Burr and Burton Academy's Bigelow Fund for Excellence Faculty Grant affording her the opportunity to study Castles and Cathedrals of Medieval England during the summer of 2008. Her love of history and travel has inspired her to lead group tours throughout Germany, Italy, France, The Netherlands, Belgium, England, Austria, Switzerland, The Czech Republic, Scotland and Turkey. Her choirs have enjoyed collaborations with composer Christopher Tin, performing twice at Lincoln Center and a world premier at Carnegie Hall under the direction of Jonathan Griffin, Distinguished Concerts International New York.
Julie won a trip to Ireland through the American Choral Director’s Association Eastern Division Conference and completed a two week residency with On Campus Ireland during the summer of 2016. She was recently honored by Burr and Burton Academy with the 2017 Rowland Faculty Chair Award which helped to support her studies in recorder, voice and early notation at the Amherst Early Music Festival in New London, Connecticut. She currently plays clarinet with the Sage City Symphony Orchestra, sings with Northshire Voices and performs Early Music with the Equinox Consort on various Renaissance and Baroque Recorders.