Midway Arpt., ILThe Music Station is pleased to announce their arrival in Beverly at the location of the former World Music Company, 1808 W. 103rd Street, just steps away from the 103rd Street Metra station. The new music school and store is a joint venture of Mike Vanier and Ivan Martirena. Both partners are Berklee School of Music graduates holding degrees in guitar performance, with roots in the Beverly neighborhood. Vanier was born and raised here, while Martirena currently resides in west Beverly. Mike Vanier has worked as a music teacher and active performer for nearly ten years. Martirena, also an active performer, additionally owns and manages the successful Dr. Fretgood Music Store on the North side in Bucktown.
The new management aims to make this transition as smooth and easy for students and staff as possible. The Music Station will retain many of the staff of the now defunct World Music Company, and continue classes and lessons of WMC students. While there are plans for many improvements, private guitar, piano, and drum lessons will still be offered, most with the same teachers and schedules. The popular Infant and Toddler classes and Little Folkies classes will still be available to the community.
The concert space will continue to be active, though with some differences. Jeannie McQueenie Productions will be handling the performance space, offering arts outreach programs, childrens entertainment, and reading enrichment. Run by Beverly resident Jean Vanier, former director of Childrens theatre at the Beverly Arts Center, Vanier plans to bring to the community and local schools, a wider array of arts oriented programming and educational opportunities. Also on the drawing board, will be classes and workshops in musical theatre, improv, and other dramatic arts disciplines. “Beverly is a family community, and I will work to continue the perception that this is a great place to raise a family and offer growing children a well-rounded education and quality, constructive activities.” More information about Jeannie McQueenie Productions can be found online at http://www.JeannieMcQueenie.com/, and they will be presenting one of their programs on December 11th at the Blue Moon CoffeeHouse. The performance space will also be available for rentals by musicians, entertainers, and planners of special events, meetings, and private parties.
The Music Station has slated their grand opening for January 8th, 2010. Featured will be music, spirits and lots of food. The community is invited to participate in a sampling of the variety of different instructors and their specialty instruments.
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