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School will be started within the next two to three weeks!! Slots are starting to fill in the early parts of the day in Billerica on Mondays; Shrewsbury will be done by assignment thru the school; Acton is done through the center (contact Marian for times); St. George's students can contact me as soon as they can to set up times.

If you want to start lessons in my home studio, contact me soon as times are very flexible right now. I set up lessons mostly on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Lots of possiblities for times working around your schedule. The travel to Revere can be very easy now since the big dig. I have students come from as far away, locally, as Methuen and Chelmsford.

Band Programs are cutting back or just completely disappearing! Lessons can not only aid in getting your playing soaring, but help over worked time constrainted band directors in making their jobs a bit easier and keep the programs strong and vital.

I have several students who are not even in School Band Programs who are doing quite well. Their are ensembles out there if you are creative and willing to take your kids to the rehearsals and concerts. If you are interested in giving you kids an artistic experience that can enhance their development, drop me a line to talk about possibilities.

I focus mostly on more developed players than absolute beginners. I take a very limited number of absolute beginners. Your child will have to have a free evaluation from me to decide if I will take them on trumpet.

Let the games begin!!

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