Jack Bram
Jack Bram, age 17, is a multi-instrumentalist who is proficient at guitar, drums, and bass. He also has experience performing on vocals, lap steel and pedal steel guitar, upright bass, ukelele, saz, keyboards, harmonica, and vibraphone, among others. He is mainly a progressive rock and metal musician, but he also has experience performing in a wide range of genres including bluegrass, country, rockabilly, punk, surf, garage rock, jazz, and blues.
His main current project involves writing lyrics and music for his first record, a concept album:
an allegorical critique of political structures, which he hopes to release in 2023. Jack has also been actively involved in his high school’s bands and has enjoyed adding acting to his repertoire through involvement in musical theater productions and .
Jack co-founded a record label with his dad, FABCOM! Records, for which he has done album art and mixing and served as executive producer. Jack has been a volunteer assistant at a
music program for kids with disabilities as well as at his religious school.
After he completes high school in the spring of 2023, Jack plans to enroll in a music college to study music performance, composition, and production.
Awards
Aspire Scholarship, 2022, Full Tuition for Berklee
College of Music’s Aspire Five Week Music
Performance Intensive, Boston, MA
Literature Award, 2022, Landmark High School Preparatory Program, Beverly, MA
Language Arts Award 2022, Landmark High
School, Beverly, MA
Academic Excellence Awards. 2022.
Four awards earned in Science, Performing Arts, Social Science, and Tutorial, Landmark High
School, Beverly, MA
Godin Scholarship, 2021. $400 award for guitar competition at Berklee College of Music,
Boston, MA
Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival Competition, 2021, Stoneface Mountain String
Band (guitar, backing vocals). 2nd place. Thomas Point Beach, Maine
Max Clayman Compassion Award, 2019,
Landmark Elementary/Middle School,
Manchester-by-the-sea, MA
Music Student of the Year, 2017,
Landmark Elementary/Middle School,
Manchester-by-the-sea, MA
Volunteer Experience
Real School of Music’s Amplifi Program
Burlington, MA 2016-2021
30 hours/year
Assisted instructor during weekly music/vocal class for children and teenagers with autism and other special needs.
Lexington Community Education High School Volunteer
Lexington, MA July 2021
Assisted instructors of “Jazz in the Middle” Summer Program for middle school musicians.
Temple Isaiah’s Religious School
Lexington, MA 2017-2019
20 hrs/year
Provided music during weekly religious school’s children’s service for grades 1-6.
Best Buddies Fundraiser
Lexington, MA 2018
Perfomed on bass with musicians with disabilities at annual fundraiser.
Meet Jack
