Chad Gosselin

Founder & Director/Online Guitar & Piano Instructor

Chad Gosselin founded Commonwealth Music School in 2010 with the goal of starting a student-focused, contemporary music program. With a concentration on contemporary music, student-based learning, and community, Commonwealth Music School has become the premier music education program on the south shore.

Chad began studying guitar and piano at the age of twelve, and holds a B.A. in Music Education from UMass Lowell where he studied educational concepts and jazz guitar pedagogy under Jon Wheatley.  He has held a teaching practice for over twenty years.

Chad is the songwriter, singer and guitarist of the nationally touring indie-rock band, The Big Lonesome. He also performs regularly as a solo artist all over the United States.

In 2018, he co-founded the, Dream Coast Collective, a “Do-It-With-Others” music collective, with collaborators in Boston, Chicago, Detroit and San Antonio. Dream Coast Collective has helped build bridges between local, DIY music communities, by helping artists collaborate through recording music, touring and education.

Stefan Anderson

Guitar & Piano Instructor

Stefan Anderson is a pianist, guitarist and composer with experience writing and performing in classical, folk and rock styles. He received his Bachelor of Arts in music from Bennington College where he studied composition with Allen Shawn and piano with Yoshiko Sato, whose rigorous yet student-led teaching style made him a passionate pianist and also eager to introduce new students to the piano with a similar method. At Bennington, Stefan performed piano music from all different musical periods, including his own compositions, and received the John Hendrick Memorial Commission Award.

Recently, he graduated from Tufts University with a Masters of Arts in music composition after studying with local pianist/composer John McDonald. Throughout his classical training, Stefan has written and performed his own pop music for voice, guitar and keyboards. While playing such a wide variety of music, he has found that studying different styles on one instrument is an effective way of being introduced to new musical realms and instrumental possibilities that also foster more excitement and a sense of freedom in playing in the student. You can hear almost all of his music at:

http://thestefanbanderson.bandcamp.com

Andrew Bostrom

Guitar & Bass Instructor

Andrew Bostrom is a guitarist, songwriter and music instructor who has been active in the Boston music scene since 2014. Recently, he graduated with a B.A. from Berklee College of Music where he studied guitar performance, under Kevin Barry and Woody Mann, as well as music business. During his time there he has performed at venues such as the Rockwell Theater, the Great Scott, Harvard University, and Thunder Road, and has played sessions for various groups and artists. His debut solo album entitled Float & Fade is scheduled to drop this summer.

In 2015 Andrew began providing guitar lessons while in high school when asked by his cross country coach to teach his son and has continued since. With a passion and experience in many different music styles, Andrew gears his lesson plans around students’ interests. Whether it be learning to strum a Taylor Swift hit, transcribing David Gilmour’s Comfortably Numb solo, creating a guitar arrangement to a Ray Charles classic, or preparing Autumnn Leaves for an upcoming audition, his approach is to use the songs students know and love to help improve their musical knowledge and abilities.

Bret Mastergeorge

Drums & Piano Instructor

Bret is a percussionist, pianist, and licensed music educator, with experience in performing rock, jazz, and fusion genres. He graduated with a BA in music performance, and studied drumset with Massachusetts jazz giant Brooke Sofferman, as well as percussion with Jeff Fischer who is the percussionist for the Boston Ballet.

While in College Bret also performed across New England with his heavy rock band Fear The Masses, and opened up for big name acts such as Flyleaf and SevenDust. Bret received his Masters in Education in 2019 at University ofMassachusetts Boston. While obtaining his masters he had the privilege to study with Mike Levequse, a highly regarded studio drummer, who has done recordings with David Bowie and Dave Navvaro. Under the apprenticeship of Mike Levesque, Bret got experience in playing in the studio and helped produce tracks for high level clients such as band members from Elle King. Bret now plays and composes songs for his own pop punk band The Never Ends.

When not performing or rehearsing Bret is a music teacher for the May Center School. A special needs school devoted to teaching students with Autism and other cognitive disabilities. Bret has been a music educator for 5 years in both the public and private sector.

Bret’s vast wealth of musical knowledge combined with his classroom education experience allows his lessons to be informative, practical, and fun. He gives his students the tools to succeed and helps them achieve their goals at their own pace.

Brianna Sheldon

Piano Instructor