Heather Fishman is proud to announce two new instructors for BCD’s After-School Music Program.

Mary Douglas – Piano: Mary Douglas received her Suzuki Piano Teaching Certificate from the School for Strings in New York City and a Master of Music from Florida State University. She maintains private piano studios in Manhattan and in Hudson, New York. Several of her students have been accepted into the piano program at the LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts in Manhattan. Mary has taught piano at the Community Music Center at Teachers College, Columbia University, Early Childhood Music at the Lucy Moses School and at the West Side Montessori School in Manhattan. In addition to private piano teaching, she is on the Early Childhood Music faculty of the Diller-Quaile School of Music.

Luke Massery – Piano: In August of 2006, pianist Luke Massery was given the honor of performing the first recital in the Colonial Theater in his home town of Pittsfield, Massachusetts after its 25 Million Dollar restoration. Ivan Chan, first violinist for the renowned Miami String Quartet, has called him “One of the most sensitive pianists I’ve ever heard.” Luke was the second recipient of the Daniel Pearl Scholarship for musicians or journalists founded by the wife of the NYC Journalist who was killed in Afghanistan. He has studied at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute and privately with Jonathan Bass, Elizabeth Hagenah, and Edna Golandsky. Luke is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music where he studied under Dr. Douglas Humpherys, chairman of the piano department. An accomplished organist as well, Luke enjoys liturgical music ministry and continues to study organ.

BCD’s After-School Music Program offers students private, after-school music lessons on the BCD campus. Currently, the program offers private instructors for piano, violin, viola, cello, guitar, flute, clarinet, and saxophone. The fine faculty of musicians assembled for this program specialize on their instrument and are experienced teachers.

More information about the program and instructors can be found on Heather Fishman’s MyBCD blog under After-School Music. If you are interested in lessons for your child, please contact the instructor directly (contact information for instructors is also located on the blog site) to discuss scheduling, fees, and any questions you have about lessons.