BAAMS Presents: Live at Studio 9 With Alex Foster

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — On March 16, Berkshires' Academy of Advanced Musical Studies (BAAMS) will host its third in a series of live music concerts at Studio 9.
 
The performance will feature saxophonist Alex Foster, who has performed with the "Saturday Night Live" Band for over three decades, and is co-musical director of the Mingus Big Band in New York City.
 
Foster will play alongside Richard Boulger, trumpet and flugelhorn, with Alex Blake, bass, Dario Boente, piano and keyboards, and Tony Lewis, drums and percussion, along with featured guest David Gilmore.
 
Studio 9 is located at the Porches located at 18 Veazie Street Tickets are $35 and proceeds from the show will benefit BAAMS.
 
Doors open at 6:30. The show runs from 7 to 9 pm. Tickets can be purchased here.
 

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Clarksburg School Seeing Residential Enrollment Rise

By Tammy Daniels iBerkshires Staff
CLARKSBURG, Mass. — As talk once again turns to the possibility of a school project, the School Committee wants to clear up misconceptions about enrollment. 
 
School choice students had made up about 25 percent or more of the student body at one time; that's now down to 17 percent and will fall off rapidly in the next few years. 
 
"The numbers in our school are pretty clear that people are moving into town to attend the school," said Superintendent John Franzoni at last Thursday's School Committee meeting, held virtually. 
 
There are currently 172 pupils in prekindergarten through Grade 8, of which 34 are school choice. 
 
There are no school-choice students in kindergarten and first grade, and no non-Clarksburg children in prekindergarten, which is ages 3 and 4 years. The School Committee has not opened slots to school choice since 2023.
 
The bulk of the school choice numbers are in Grades 6 through 8 — a total of 22. 
 
"That's a far cry from all the people I hear that say, why would we invest in our building when half of the kids are out of town," Franzoni said. "They're not. Most of the building, 83 percent of the building, is Clarksburg residents, and that's going to increase, because 27 of those 34 students are Grades 5 and above that are school choice."
 
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