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Our Staff and Instructors
Dawn Locke, Owner, Repair Technician
20+ years experience as a professional trumpet player, repair
technician, and private instructor. Dawn holds a Bachelor of Arts in music
degree from St. Mary's
College of Maryland, a Master of Music in Trumpet Performance from
Northwestern
University and completed Teacher Certification at
Duquesne University. She also
attended Shenandoah Conservatory of Music and The University of Maryland. Her
private trumpet teachers included Dr. Robert Cameron,
Emerson Head, and
Vincent Cichowicz.
Kirby The Shop Assistant and General
Helper
Miss Kirby has grown up as a
"shop dog" and currently has 14 years experience assisting with
everything from greeting customers to warning us of the arrival of the very dangerous UPS trucks
and mail carriers.

Kirby waiting to assist with a repair Taking the all-important mid-afternoon break
Cathy
Thorsen, Office Manager/Sales
Cathy comes to us after many years with
the Calvert County Division of Fire-Rescue-EMS. She worked as division
level liason between the county government and nine volunteer Fire-Rescue-EMS
divisions as well as being an administrative assistant to the County Engineer.
She has extensive knowledge and experience handling financial statements,
budgets and supervising support staff. Cathy attended I.T.T. Business
Institute in Annapolis, MD.
Vince Ciccinotta, Sales/Shop Assistant
Seth Jackson - Sales, Deliveries
Curt Moss - Sales, Guitar and
Electronics Repairs
Justin Turpin - Brass Instructor
Mr. Turpin is the
Director of Bands at Great Mills High School.
Christy Burroughs - Flute/Woodwinds Instructor
Mrs. Christina
Burroughs began her teaching career as a band
and strings specialist in Anne Arundel County in
2003. She moved to St. Mary's County and began
teaching as a strings specialist in 2004. She
has taught band and strings at both the
elementary and secondary levels and is currently
teaching at two elementary schools in Smt.
Mary's County. In 2007, Mrs.
Burroughs had the honor of conducting the
St. Mary's All-County Elementary Honor
Orchestra.
Mrs. Burroughs
holds a
Bachelor of Music Degree, with a
concentration in Music Education, from
James Madison University. She studied
flute under Ms. Carol Kniebusch Noe and Dr. Beth
Chandler. Mrs. Burroughs has performed in the
JMU
Flute Choir, under the direction of Ms.
Noe, at the
White House, the
National Flute Association Convention in
Washington, D.C., and the
Birmingham Flute Festival in
Birmingham, England. While at
James Madison, she was also one of the
450 members of the Marching Royal Dukes under
the direction of Dr. J. Patrick Rooney and Mr.
Brantley T. Douglas. As a member of the
Marching Royal Dukes, Mrs. Burroughs performed
for the Greek
Millennium Celebration in
Athens, Greece, the first
Inaugural Parade for
President George W. Bush, and the
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Mrs. Burroughs
also works with the
Chopticon High School bands along side
her husband, Mr. Todd Burroughs.
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Nicki Aerhart - Violin Instructor
Josh Aerhart - Guitar/Drumset/Piano
Instructor
Ted Pugh - Guitar Instructor
Nick Waugh - Guitar Instructor
Rebecca Ellis
- Piano Instructor
Shirley Ellis - Band and Orchestra
Instructor
Kay Darby - Band Instrument Instructor
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