Who We Are
Josh Berrett: I am passionate about communicating the power of music to enhance your life. I have over 40 years of experience working with people of all ages and backgrounds as a teacher, lecturer, performer, and group leader in the U.S. as well as in countries like Italy, Israel, and South Africa. I enjoy teaching music appreciation as well as music history and theory. I have published articles and books on subjects ranging from classical music to jazz.
Join me on an exciting musical journey that will affirm the joys of living fully.
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Joshua Berrett’s Biography and Credentials:
Publications include:
Two volumes of the History of the Symphony in the Garland Symphony Series of Barry S. Brook
Articles on jazz and contemporary music in professional journals, including The Journal of Jazz Studies, The Musical Quarterly, American Music, The Black Perspective in Music, and Musica Oggi.
Books include:
The Louis Armstrong Companion: Eight Decades of Commentary (Schirmer Books/Simon and Schuster Macmillan) 1999
The Musical World of J. J. Johnson (co-authored with Louis G. Bourgois) (Scarecrow Press and the Institute of Jazz Studies and Rutgers University). 1999 A revised paperback edition of this book with a new epilogue appeared in 2002
His controversial Louis Armstrong and Paul Whiteman: Two Kings of Jazz was published in October 2004 (Yale University Press).
His research is cited in many publications, including Leon Plantinga’s Romantic Music; Glenn Watkins’ Pyraminds at the Louvre: Music, Culture, and Collage from Stravinsky to the Postmodernists; The Oxford Companion to Jazz; Jazz: A History of America’s Music by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns; and the latest editions of The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz and The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
Most recently he has written the commentary for the Verve Deluxe CD reissue of Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography and liner notes for J.J. Johnson’s Origins: The Savoy Sessions.
He is the recipient of a number of grants from sources such as The National Endowment for the Humanities and NYNEX for his research in jazz as well as for developing Internet-based Distance Learning courses in music.
Education:
B.A. University of Cape Town, South Africa
M.A. Columbia University
Ph.D. University of Michigan
M. Ped. Mercy College
Other Study:
Manhattan School of Music
The Juilliard School
The Tanglewood Music Center
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My name is Lynne Berrett. I am a personal coach with a special interest in healthy aging and creativity. My background in Gestalt Therapy and over 40 years of experience working with writers and other artists have contributed to my deep conviction that the Third Age is our lives can be immeasurably enriched by exploring our creativity and our relationship to the Arts. Creativity comes in many forms and connects us to others in many ways. Studying Positive Psychology has expanded my understanding of activities and mindsets that will most contribute to an increased sense of well-being as we grow older.
See also my coaching blog
Lynne Berrett’s Biography and Credentials
Lynne has had a private practice in psychotherapy since 1982. Before that she worked in various staff positions for the Higher Education Opportunity Program at a private college in New York, and continued on part-time as a special counselor for at-risk college students until 2004. Previous to that she taught English composition and literature in New York and Michigan.
Currently she also has a practice as a life coach, with a special focus on Positive Psychology. She is on the Leadership Team of The MentorCoach Alliance for Positive Psychology.
She maintains several blogs:
Coaching with W.I.T, (Whatever It Takes)
Creative Aging for Women
You Can Write It Now
Her private practice specialties are Gestalt therapy, EMDR, and EFT.
Education:
B.A., Syracuse University
M.A. in English, Syracuse University
Doctoral Fellowship in Humanities, Syracuse University
M.S.W., New York University
Post-Graduate Certificate in Gestalt therapy, Gestalt Center for Psychotherapy and Training
Life CoachTraining, MentorCoach
Member of International Coaching Federation
