Here is a brief introduction to the wonderful musicians who teach in the
Spofford Pond Band Program:

1. Mr. Neil Flewelling (Brass)
2. Mr. Roger Brockelbank (Percussion)
3. Mrs. Kristin Galardi (Beginning Band & 5th Grade Jazz Band Director)
4. Mrs. Andrea Monty (Director of the Instrumental Music Program)

Mr. Neil Flewelling (Brass)

Mr. Flewelling teaches all of the brass lessons at Spofford Pond, including
trumpet, trombone and baritone. He is an accomplished performer and has a 
busy performance schedule in and around Boston.

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Mr. Roger Brockelbank (Percussion)

Mr. Brockelbank teaches all of the the percussion lesons at Spofford Pond,
beginning with bells, snare drum and bass drum and eventually leading up to
lessons on the drum set for advanced students. Mr. Brockelbank performs 
regularly with his band all around the Boston area.

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Mrs. Kristin Galardi (Beginning Band & 5th Grade Jazz Band Director)

Mrs. Galardi, the new classroom music teacher at Spofford Pond, has joined the
Instrumental Music Department staff to direct the Beginning Band and 5th Grade
Jazz Band in their rehearsals starting in January.  Mrs. Galardi, a graduate
of Gordon College, is an accomplished trumpet player and director of an adult
band in Methuen.

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Mrs. Andrea Monty (Director of the Instrumental Music Program)

Mrs. Monty loves music!  She grew up in New York City and began piano lessons
when she was 4 years old. A few years later, she began studying violin and
guitar. In junior high and high school, she performed in several youth
orchestras, played guitar in a rock band and began teaching piano.  Mrs. Monty
received her college degree in Music from New York University where she
studied piano, clarinet and other woodwinds and sang in the university chorus.
 Moving to Illinois, she completed her Masters degree in Music Theory at
Northwestern University and taught music at an elementary school 
in Michigan.

Mrs. Monty and her husband have lived in Boxford since 1986. She began working
as the piano accompanist for the Spofford chorus in 1994 and in 1995, became
the keyboard coach for the 6th grade Jazz Band and an assistant to Mrs. Liz
Shepard. In 2004, she was hired as the director of the 5th grade Jazz Ensemble
and in the fall of 2005, became the Director of the Beginning Band.  In
September of 2006, Mrs. Monty was appointed Director of the Instrumental Music
program at Spofford Pond.

Outside of school, Mrs. Monty teaches piano and is an accompanist for solo
performers at recitals.  Before becoming the Instrumental Music Director at
Spofford Pond, she was employed as the organist at a church in West Boxford
and occasionally still plays pipe organs and the harpsichord. Besides
performing music, Mrs. Monty's hobbies include attending concerts and travel.

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