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About Us
BAM! is not a typical music school! The Bulverde Academy of Music, BAM!, is a unique music instructional facility located at 28152 HWY 281 in the Hill Country Square shopping area. We offer serious music lessons, with an emphasis on live performances in several genres.
At BAM!, our instructors are all accomplished professional musicians with a combined stage performance history that is decades long. Our curricula cover all spectrums of the live performance fields which include Bluegrass, Country, Western Swing, Rock, Jazz, Funk, Fusion and Orchestral/Classical. We offer music lessons that cover Violin, Viola, Cello, Electric Bass, Upright Bass, Drums (Kit and Marching), Piano, Guitar, Voice, Sax, Trombone, Tuba, Trumpet, Steel Guitar, Breakdown & Western Swing Fiddling. Along with applied live performance techniques, we teach harmony & music theory, composition and transposition.
Our Objective
The BAM! objective is to provide students with an individualized program designed to provide the best over-all advancement opportunities and that means being flexible rather than rigid in our approach. So, we teach by notation as well as playing by ear. We have developed teaching methodologies that combine the traditional with methods that are uniquely our own.
BAM! features our own String Orchestra, String Quartet, Horn Ensemble, Choir, Guitar Ensemble, Fiddle Group, Percussion Group and several Lab Bands in many genres (Bluegrass, Rock, Jazz, Big Band, Latin, etc.). Students are able to compete for positions in these groups.
Our Founder
Owner and Founder, Bobby Flores , is a classically trained, Grammy-winning arranger/composer/musician who has been performing and recording for the last 40 years. He sings, plays several instruments and is a sought after session musician and record producer. He has been featured on over 400 albums, many of which he also produced and/or arranged. Bobby has written many jingles and music pieces that are heard everyday on radio and television and has been teaching music privately for thirty years.
Bobby has hand-picked BAM! instructors of exceptionally high caliber. We are seeking serious students who are disciplined and willing to work hard at advancing their talents. Reliable attendance and dedicated practice time are essentials.
Features and Services
BAM! has many of the needed accessories available on site including: strings, music stands, cords, picks, sticks, rosin, metronomes, tuners, etc. Instrument leasing and repairing is available. We also have instruments on location available for purchase.
New Instructors
We are very excited to announce the addition of several new instrutors at BAM! They both have outstanding performance and teaching reumes and we know that their contribution to BAM and our students will be invaluable!
Guitar: J.Paul Smothers is an outstanding rock guitarist who has an extensive performance and teaching resume. He received his first guitar at age seven and began teaching himself. He continued on to study with Peter Carey and at the Musicians Institute in Studio City, California. Later studies included stints learning from Scott Van Zen and Michael Schenker. He began playing in bands and performing on stage in 1981 and first recorded in the studio in 1984. He has performed at the Roxy Theatre, Gazarri's, Florentine Gardens and FM Station, among others. He began teaching guitar in 1985 and has since taught out of his home as well as for various music stores. Paul is currently recording original music as Angelic Reign. We are very excited to have him teaching here at BAM!Drums: Joe Gonzalez is a fantastic drummer who has been playing professionally most of his life! He played both trap-kit and marching drums through his school years and won numerous awards including All-State Jazz Band in both High School and College. His influences include Jose Diaz, Ndugu Chancler, Marvin Sparks, and Fausto Cuevas. Joe currently plays with the world-renowned group, La Mafia, with whom he has won 2 Latin Grammy's and 3 Gold Records. Current bands include, but are not limited to, La Mafia, Oscar Cruz, The Pods, and Drumming with Nina, Henry and the Latin Players, Jai and Urban Cafe. Joe also performs West African style on djembe as well as the double-headed drums known as the djun djuns. We are so happy to have him instructing here at BAM and know that his students will greatly benefit from his expertise!
Student and Instructor Performances
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Performing LIVE Week of: February 8 - February 14 |
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Bobby Flores- Director, Fiddle, Guitar |
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Canton Swing Festival, Canton, TX |
Private Party, Taylor, TX |
Lake Breeze Ski Lodge, McQueeny, TX |
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Jim Kalson –Bass Instructor |
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Dick's Last Resort 9:20pm-1:00am |
Dick's Last Resort 9:20pm-1:00am |
Dick's Last Resort, 9:20pm-1:00am |
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Phil Dalmolin- Drum Instructor |
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Cool River, Austin, TX |
Glass Cactus, Grapevine, TX |
Mo's Place, Katy, TX |
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Ed Doran- Voice Instructor |
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El Dorado Casino, Shreveport, LA |
El Dorado Casino, Shreveport, LA |
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RJ Smith- Fiddle Instructor and Student |
Republic of Texas, Riverwalk |
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Canton Swing Festival, Canton, TX |
Private Party, Taylor, TX |
Republic of Texas, Riverwalk |
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Roberta Morales- Voice Instructor |
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John Magaldi- Sax Instructor |
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Marc Martinez- Piano Instructor |
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Joe Gonzales- Drum Instrustor |
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Catie Offerman- Fiddle and Voice Student |
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Canton Swing Festival, Canton, TX |
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Lake Breeze Ski Lodge, McQueeny, TX |
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Latest News
BAM would like to welcome and announce our newest instructor, Roberta Morales, who is teaching voice and guitar.
Roberta is an accompished singer and song-writer who forged the foundations of her music career at an early age. Raised in Tucson, AZ, just north of the border of her family's native Mexico, she had the early influences of a musical family. Her grandmother was a concert pianist, a great aunt was the first principal violinist of Tucson's first symphony orchestra, her mother played guitar and piano, and her father loved to sing. At any given moment, the music playing in the Morales home could be Johnny Cash, The Beatles, Amalia Rodriguez, The Buffalo Springfield, Dionne Warwick, Led Zeppelin or countless other acts from a global range of styles. Roberta was tutored from an early age in piano and music theory by their grandmother. She and her sister, Lisa also began singing in public as youngsters with mariachis and on the radio (with a set list whose standards and range still apply to the sisters today: Hank Williams, Bob Dylan and a Memphis jug band blues).
After high-school, Roberta's developing music career took her through Texas and California, where she studied for six years in San Francisco with vocal instructor Judy Davis. She finally landed in Japan for a while playing music, when her sister Lisa invited her to return to Texas and perform together. It was at this time that the famed "Sisters Morales" Latin-Rock group was formed. Together, Roberta and Lisa, have performed all over the U.S. and Europe. They have shared stages with Los Lobos, Rodney Crowell, Merle Haggard, The Subdudes, Patty Loveless, Delbert McClinton, James McMurtry, Alison Krauss, Alan Jackson, Guy Clark, Joe Ely, and a host of others. Roberta and her sister have played venues and events such as the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Voices of Latin Rock in San Francisco, World Fest near Sacramento, The Willie Nelson Fourth of July Picnic, Taste of Chicago, the George Strait Country Music Festival and the Kerrville Folk Festival. They also started an all Spanish show featuring some of the mariachis from San Antonio, "Las Campanas de America". The Sisters Morales also have several albums out on cd.
"Roberta specializes in vocal training for stage singing and in vocal repair. We are very excited and happy to have her teaching at BAM and to offer her fantastic teaching skills and experience to our students!" - Bobby Flores
We invite you to visit her complete bio page in the “Instructors” section of our website.
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