BAAMS - the Berkshires' Academy for Advanced Musical Studies, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing top-tier music education to students ages 12 and up. Emphasis is placed on empowering the student to gain mastery over their instrument(s), to learn how to compose, improvise, record, and produce their own music, as well as perform with others in music groups small and large. Learning takes place after school during the regular school year, as well as for a full week during our Berkshires' Summer Jazz Band Day Camp which takes place each August. Special events, lectures, workshops, performances will be scheduled throughout the year.