This spring, Far Brook students are enjoying extraordinary musical experiences with Far Brook’s percussion teacher, Glen Fittin, and his colleague, jazz violinist Mazz Swift. In Morning Meeting on May 11, Glen and Mazz delighted the students and faculty with a creative performance using violin and percussion instruments in original compositions to re-create varied sounds of nature and animals.

 

Each class also has the opportunity to explore sound in the wetlands using these instruments, and to learn how indigenous peoples create “soundscapes,” from moving water to rustling leaves to birdcalls. This multisensory experience is made possible by The Fredda S. Leff Endowment Enrichment Fund.