Music
Our Music Major fosters artistic and personal growth, openness through understanding, and discipline through performance. We use music as a lens for viewing life and the world around us, connecting music with community.
Overview
The mission of the Boston Arts Academy Music Department is to foster artistic and personal growth, openness through understanding, discipline through performance and love of learning through study. Exploring a wide variety of musical experiences, we discover the connection between music and community and provide a foundation for achievement. As creative thinkers and active listeners, we develop a broader understanding of both the new and the familiar, and use music as a lens for viewing life and the world.
Course Offerings
The mission of the Boston Arts Academy Music Department is to foster artistic and personal growth, openness through understanding, discipline through performance and love of learning through study. Exploring a wide variety of musical experiences, we discover the connection between music and community and provide a foundation for achievement. As creative thinkers and active listeners, we develop a broader understanding of both the new and the familiar, and use music as a lens for viewing life and the world.
Music has a new concentration called Multimedia Entertainment and Production which is a Chapter 74 certified program or CTE (Career and Technical Education). The concentration is designed to train students in all aspects of audio/video production and other skills required to work as a production professional in Film, Television, Radio and Theatre.
“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”
Aldous Huxley
Recent Performances and Productions
Faculty
alumni
Our graduates go on to college, professional careers as musicians, or other careers that benefit from our multi-disciplinary foundation.
Mariano Neris II
After BAA, Mariano attended Berklee College of Music on a full scholarship. As a musician, he earned the opportunity to perform with legendary artists such as: Earth, Wind & Fire, Aretha Franklin, George Duke, and the Marsalis brothers to mention a few. Concurrently, his dance career began to sky rocket. Due to demanding schedules from both art forms, Mariano decided to step aside from playing the trumpet as he felt he had accomplished the goals he set for himself at the time and after graduating from Berklee, his focus switched exclusively to dance.
As a dancer, Mariano’s accomplishments consist of championships, tours, sponsorships, and his work with legendary icons in Latin music and dance. His work with artists includes choreographing and performing with Elvis Crespo, NG2, Víctor Manuelle, La India, El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, Oscar D Leon, Ritchie Ray & Bobby Cruz, Andy Montañez, Tito Nieves, Alexander Abreu, Los Van Van, Tito Allen, and Havana D’primera among others.
Mariano currently lives in Sweden with his life partner, Bella, where he trains dancers all around the world to compete at prestigious dance championships. Notably, Mariano spends a considerable portion of the year on tour; marking his presence at Latin congresses and festivals teaching workshops, performing, choreographing and training aspiring professionals for future competitions.
“For someone who works with different people and companies all year long, it is imperative for me to know how to connect with my audience, it’s embedded in the veins of my work. If I don’t connect, I don’t work, plain and simple. BAA showed me the importance of that, through the arts, which lucky for me is my everyday job.”
– Mariano Neris II
Class of 2011
