Riley Tomes the Jazz Trumpeter

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Riley Tomes is a seventh grader at Edison Middle School who takes trumpet lessons here at the JESM with Jon Samuel. We are highlighting her today because she has achieved something incredible – with her talent and confidence, and after only two lessons with her instructor Jon Samuel, she made it into the Edison Middle… Read more »

Beatboxing: On the Saxophone?!

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        My name is Derek Brown, and I’ve been teaching saxophone, flute, clarinet, and piano at JESM for almost a year now.  For a freelance musician, I guess you could say I’ve had a pretty traditional musical education: I started playing saxophone in middle school band, did marching band and jazz band in high school,… Read more »