THE BRUNEL METHOD
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- THE BRUNEL METHOD is a pedagogical approach to clarinet and saxophone playing, that combines a refined progressive system, with over 20 years of practical experience. I specialize in performing and teaching classical music, jazz and improvisational music.
- Electro-acoustic Ensemble: A creative new approach to ensemble playing. Work in a group environment to create sound-scapes with your instrument and new electronic effect pedals. The result is quite astonishing. All that is required is a microphone and a willingness to improvise.
- A patient teacher: To understand some of the most challenging musical concepts, requires clarity of communication and practical application. To a beginner, it may be instrument assembly and your first notes. To an advanced student, refinement of musicality and technique. Children ages 8 and up and adults are most welcome.
Upcoming Events:
April 4, 2008: 8:00 The Vortex series for New and Improvised Music presents:
Synesthesia: Regie Gibson spoken word, Robert Rivera cello, Todd Brunel clarinets,
Eric N. Peterson percussion. 186 Hampshire st Cambridge, MA.
April 5, 2008: 7-10:00 Creative Arts for Kids, Jazz Night Fundraiser, Meadowbrook Golf Club, Reading, MA.
April 6, 2008: 10:00am: Central Congregational Church. Jamaica Plain, MA>
April 11, 2008: 8:00-10:00 Robert Rivera’s Cello Alley, outpost 186.
April 12, 2008: 5:00-8:00 Harvard Square ‘Bookish Ball’. http://www.curiousgeorgestore.blogspot.com/
April 13, 2008: 10:00 Winchester Unitarian Society, 478 Main st. ‘Cantata’ by John Kramer.
April 18, 2008: 8:00-10:00 Vortex Series for New and Improvised Music presents:
“The Vortex Other Dimension Ensemble” Neil Leonard - alto sax / Anthony Baldino - lap top / Todd Brunel - clarinets / Robert Rivera - Cello / John Mulrooney - poetry / Emil Tobenfeld - spontaneous visual art
April 24, 2008: Bristol Chamber Orchestra show case performance
April 25, 2008: Regie O’Hare Gibson and Todd Brunel of the Rivera-Brunel Method present: S y n e s t h e s i a Friday, April 25TH 2008 730 p.m.DEPOT SQUARE GALLERY 1837 Massachusetts Avenue (Lexington) 10 Dollar Donation.
Robert Rivera cello, bass. Regie Gibson spoken word, Todd Brunel clarinets, sax Eric N. Peterson percussion.
April 27, 2008: 9:30-12m Jeff Robinson Trio Live at Lizard Lounge in Cambridge.
April 29, 2008: Bowery Poetry Club in NYC with Synesthesia.
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Past Events:
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3/30/2008: 3:30pm — The Bristol chamber Orchestra at First Baptist Church, 1 South Main Street, Sharon MA featuring Saint-Säens "Carnival of the Animals".
3/26/2008: 8pm — Musaner at Ryles Jazz Club 212 Hampshire St, Cambridge, MA featuring the music of Ara Sarkissian with ken Field on alto ax and flute, Andrew Hickman tenor sax, Todd Brunel clarinets and soprano sax, Martin Harotounian folk instruments, Blake Newman double bass, Ara Sarkissian piano, Gary Fieldman drumset.
3/25/2008: 8pm — @ OUTPOST, $10 or b/o. Improvelocity Intimate Public Experiments ~ presents: "Life Lessons And Epiphanies: Paying Taxes And Tuition In The School Of Life". Andrea Loretz Frey - soprano / Tonia Pinheiro - vocals / Todd Brunel - clarinets / Joel Cohen - cello / Paul Rodriguez - guitar / Ukumbwa Sauti - percussion / Grant Smith - drums / guest artists. A collective improvisational experience, fusing jazz, symphonic, microtonal, blues and elements from the other side of the universe.
3/24/2008: 8pm — ALEA III at the Tsai Center for the Arts, Boston University featuring the Band A eclectics and the Music of Petros Sakelliou.
3/22/2008: 8pm — Oupost 186 David Maxwell piano with the Rivera Brunel Method.
3/21/2008: 8pm — $5 VORTEX presents: ”Poetic Vision” An audio visual collective trance featuring:
-Emile Tobenfeld - visual poetry
-John Mulrooney - audio poetry
-The Rivera/Brunel Method
-Anthony Baldino - Laptopology
3/16/2008: 7-9pm — MuseAid and Lily Pad Present: MuseAid's 3rd BENEFIT CONCERT for DARFUR Sunday Evening, March 16, 2008 The Lily Pad 1353 Cambridge Street Cambridge, MA www.lily-pad.netFree Improvisational Jazz ("Labels-Yuck!") with Circadian Rhythm Kings Gill Aharon / Gary Fieldman Duo Suggested Donation: $15.00 (tax deductable) For more information, call: (617) 448-3927 100% of ticket revenues will go directly to the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) Drumbeat for Darfur campaign.
3/16/2008: 4pm — ALMA series 65 Main st Watertown, MA.brunel sarkissian shilakowskyTodd Brunel (clarinet), Ara Sarkissian (piano) and Harris Shilakowsky (violin) will perform chamber music at ALMA's Contemporary Art Gallery. The trio's program includes original compositions by Sarkissian and other favorite composers, including Aram Khachaturian's "Trio for Clarinet, Violin & Piano" and Geral Finzi's "Five Bagatelles." Tickets - $20 / ALMA members - $15.
3/14/2008: 7pm — Poetry with Regie Gibson and Tom Daley featuring: Lilli Lewis voice and keyboard, Robert Rivera cello, Todd Brunel clarinets, Eric Peterson, percussion. Gamble Mansion, Boston Center for Adult Education 5 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA.
3/8/2008: 5:30pm — Stein Chamber Music Festival, at Payson Park Church, 365 Belmont St. in Belmont. Featuring The Kegelstadt Trio with Natasha Rist piano and Dimitar Petkov, viola. Free and open to the public.
3/7/2008: 8pm — The Vortex Series for New and Improvised Music presents: Daniel Bennett Group and the Rivera Brunel Method. Outpost 186, 186 Hampshire St, Cambridge MA.
3/5/2008: 8:30pm — Recording session with Ara Sarkissian at the Linnean St. Studios, Harvard University.
3/4/2008: 8pm — Hampshire College, Amherst MA with poet Regie Gibson, percussionist Eric Peterson, Robert Rivera cello and bass,Todd Brunel clarinets.
3/2/2008: 3:30pm — The Bristol Chamber Orchestra Annual Young Artists Concert featuring young virtuoso solo pianists and violinists; First Baptist Church at 1 South Main Street, Sharon MA featuring Saint-Säens "Carnival of the Animals".
3/1/2008: 3pm — Powers music school, studio recital 380 Concord Ave, Belmont, MA.
Friday February 1, 2008:
9:45-10:45 & 11:15-12:15 Wayland High School auditorium with: Poets Regie Gibson,Dawn Gabriel, Iyeoka Okwao, Marlon Carey Musicians: Blake Newman (Bass), Robert Rivera (Cello and effects pedals), Eric N. Peterson (Middle Eastern Percussion and Cajon drum), Todd Brunel (Clarinet and that Romanian wooden flute thingy)
8:00-10:00 The Vortex Series for New and Improvised music presents: Jim Warshauer - woodwinds / Gregory White - oud / Sven Larson - bass Grant Smith – percussion Liquid Life is a four-way collaboration featuring the unusual instrumentation of oud, woodwinds, string bass, and percussion.. See liquidlifemusic.com
myspace.com/liquidlifemusic
February 8, 2008 @ 8:00: Cello Alley presents: Dennis Moser - Guitar and Looping
www.myspace.com/usrsbin http://www.sonicbids.com/epk/epk.asp?epk_id=137259 Emily Moore - Violin and Looping http://www.emilymooremusic.com/Rivera Brunel Method Todd Brunel - clarinets Robert Rivera cello www.myspace.com/riverabrunelmethod 186 Hampshire St, Cambridge, MA
February 10, 2008: Recording session at Rotary Records.
Fri. 15 February @ OUTPOST, 8pm $5 or b/o
VORTEX presents:
Guitarist Doug Principato, aka
“The Grand Pepper of Reality”
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”The Rivera Brunel Method”
Todd Brunel - clarinets / Robert Rivera - cello /
Doug has long been a fixture in the New York avante guard scene collaborating with such musicians as Sabir Mateen, Andre Martinez and Francoise Grillot. His earth shaking band ‘Earth People’ combines numerous influences and talent…the ‘real new York scene’: youtube.com/watch?v=Dinfy34rxy8
February 17, 2008 9:00pm: 11th Anniversary of the Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam http://www.myspace.com/lizardloungepoetryjam this will be an extraordinary night with many special guest and an all-star line-up of Featured Poets and Guest Musicians! We will have decorations and gifts and surprises! You don’t want to miss this night!! Check it out!! -- Featured Poets -- 1Two5, Joyce Cunha, Emily Dahmen, Eric Darby, Tom Daley, Trish Ginese, Jme, Rajdulari, Vernon “VCR” Robinson, Johnine “Neiel Israel” Simpson, Tai -- Guest Musicians -- Afro-DZ-Ak, Phil Aiken, Todd Brunel, Ken Field, DJ Axel Foley, Regie Gibson, David Johnston, Phil Neighbors, Jane Potter, Mike Rivard, Larry Roland
Monday February 18, 8:00pm: Club Passim, Harvard Square, Cambridge,MA. Presidents day spectacular with poet Regie Gibson, cellist Rober Rivera clarinetist Todd Brunel and Eric Peterson on percussion.
Fri. 22 February @ OUTPOST, 8pm $10 or b/o
Improvelocity ~ Intimate Public Experiments ~ presents:
"Crayons & Cray-Pas" Bring colors, sketch pad or coloring book and let our "kaleidoscope for the ears" inspire your art! Improvelocity is Andrea Loretz Frey - soprano / Tonia Pinheiro - vocals / Todd Brunel - clarinets / Joel Cohen - cello / Paul Rodriguez - guitar / Ukumbwa Sauti - percussion / Grant Smith - drums / and guest artists
February 29 Brookline Tai Chi Center: Steven Lin, The Rivera Brunel Method and Matt Samolis. Brookline Tai Chi. 1615 Beacon Street Brookline, MA 02446 617-277-2975. e-mail at:http://www.website@brooklinetaichi.com. Notes: Steven Lin, Guitar-Roberto Rivera, Cello-Matt Samolis, Flute. Sharing: Share w/ Everyone
Past Events:
December 13, 2007 5:39pm: Luca Dorian Brunel born after 24 hours of labor at Mt Auburn Hospital, weighing in at 7 pounds 12.5 ounces, during the height of a big snow storm. Beautiful healthy Luca, we love you!!!! Mom and Dad
December 24, 7:00 First Presbyterian Church, Waltham, MA Christmas Eve celebration, 34 Alder St, Waltham, MA
December 31, 9:00pm: The Rivera Brunel Method with poet Regie Gibson at First Baptist Church, Needham, MA. First Night, Needham celebration.
January 4, 2008 7:00: Larry Carsman guitar and Todd Brunel clarinets at the Oasis Coffee House, 34 Alder St, Waltham, MA.
8:00-10:00 The Vortex presents: Johnny Reinhart bassoon, Todd Brunel clarinets, Paul Erlich guitars, Garo Papazian percussion. Out post 186, 186 Hampshire St, Inman square, Cambridge, MA.
January 18, 2008 8:00-10:00: The Vortex presents: The Rivera Brunel Method with Glenn Dickson, clarinet and Matt Samolis, flutes. Outpost 186, 186 Hampshire St, Cambridge, MA.
11/2 8:00-10:00 Improvelocity at the Vortex, 186 Hampshire st, Cambridge Ma Andrea Loretz Frey soprano, Toni Pinheiro vocals, Akwumbwa Sauti percussion,Joel Cohen cello, Mike Carey sax and flute, Paul Rodriguez guitar. See http://zeitgeist-outpost.org
11/3 8:00: Claflin Hill Symphony featuring works by Bach, Beethoven and Brahms See http://www.claflinhill.org
11/4 5:00 Special benefit concert for the Bristol Chamber Orchestra, featuring the Mozart clarinet quintet and special selections from the program “Benny and Beyond” with pianist Joe Reid. Harris Shilakowsky, artistic director. See http://bristolchamberorchestra.org
11/9 8:00-10:00 Rivera-Brunel at the Vortex, 186 Hampshire st. See http://zeitgeist-outpost.org
October 19th: 8:00 — Musaner at the Alma Jazz Series: Ken Field Alto sax, flute, Andrew Hickman tenor sax, Todd Brunel clarinets, soprano sax, Martin Haroutunian Armenian folk instruments, Gary Fieldman drums, Blake Newman double bass. Armenian Library and Museum, $10 admission. See http://www.lucentmusic.com for more details.
10/12 8:00 Meet clarinetist Todd Brunel, cellist Robert Rivera and guitarist Larry Carsman at a special concert event hosted by the Arts Somerville at the First Presbyterian Church in Powder house Square in Somerville. This exciting concert will feature an ecclectic mix of Brazilian Choros, solo and electro acoustic works, including 'Abime Des Oiseaux' from the Quartet for the End of Time. Admission is free and open to the public
*Free admission
BEGINNER TO ADVANCED INSTRUCTION IN CLARINET AND SAXOPHONE.
new adult group classes and private lessons are beginning!
MORNING AND EVENING TIMES AVAILABLE, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
CONTACT US NOW TO RESERVE A TIME.
ph: (617)821-0373
todd
