Whole Tone Music Academy & Instrument Petting Zoo
“The WholeTone Music Academy will be hosting YOU playing at our Instrument Petting Zoo, several bands featuring the brilliant members of our teaching collective, and sparkling performances by students of all ages. One such band…”
Instrument Petting Zoo at Porchfest!
“We will have a rotating cast of characters, students, and faculty associated with the …..”
Nora & WholeTone Opera in Boston Voyager
Photo Courtesy of Jeremy Ayers Photography
“Today we’d like to introduce you to Nora Maynard.
Nora, please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today?
Whole Tone Opera would never have gotten started if it hadn’t been for…”
Belmont school teacher (and IPZ member) chosen for Street Pianos of Boston
“Since she began teaching music at the Winn Brook Elementary School last year, Karyn Alzayer has loved bringing in her painted, henna-adorned instruments for all of her students to see.
Now, her talents are on display for all of Boston.
The Street Pianos of Boston program has selected Alzayer as one of 60 local artists for their 2016 program. From Sept. 23 to Oct. 10, nearly 60 decommissioned pianos, all of which say “Play me, I’m yours,” will be uniquely decorated by participants and placed all over the city for anyone to play…”
Interview with Eric Bornstein, October SAC Artist of the Month
Photo courtesy of Jaclyn Tyler
“The mask and puppet work is a never-ending source of inspiration, and a window into a wide variety of social issues, aesthetic models, character development, and other important dialogues in our society. I utilize every skill I’ve ever learned, and grow every day as a human being through the practice of my art. My art is my religion, and a panacea for all existential pain…”
‘La Zombiata’ in the Boston Globe
Photo courtesy of ARAM BOGHOSIAN
For Valentine’s Day, a comic zombie opera: ‘La Zombiata’
By David Filipov
“It is clear that Stevens and artistic director Nora Maynard, who plays Philonia, really like zombies. Both are horror fans who in mock-serious detail can describe how they would survive a real-life zombie apocalypse (Stevens would grab a horse from a stable in Concord and ride off to rural Vermont; Maynard would join a “staunch resistance.”).
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Somerville Beat: Exploring What’s Behind the Mask
“It’s a brisk fall day when I visit Behind the Mask Studio and Theater, but the workshop itself is balmy with the preparations of masks headed to Paris in the afternoon. The masks are of Lady Boyle from the video game Dishonored and will be shown at a large video game convention that draws all the big names in the industry. Beyond the masks that are currently being worked on, the studio is littered with masks that have been used by the Boston Ballet, for the annual Slutcracker shows at the Somerville Theater in Davis Square, for performances at the Oberon Theater in Harvard Square, at anime and video game conventions and in puppet theater…”