Our vision is for every student to reach his or her potential through the positive, life-changing power of making music.
We believe in that vision so strongly that we devote all of our energy, passion and resources to serving and strengthening music education across Indiana.
Our educational representatives travel to hundreds of Indiana schools each week to consult with band & orchestra teachers, deliver instruments & supplies, and pick-up repairs.
Our in-house experts in brasswind, woodwind, percussion and orchestral stringed instruments will help you find the perfect product to help you perform your very best.
When your instrument needs service, our team of professional repair technicians will help get your instrument in tip-top shape.
Paige’s Music has been serving the musician’s of Indiana since 1871. If you’d like to read more about that, you can follow the link below.
Position:
Director of Retail Sales
E-mail: cwhittington@paigesmusic.com
Start Date: June, 2012
Training or Education:
Bachelor of Science in Music Business from Indiana State University
Where are you from originally:
Brazil, IN
What instruments do you play:
French horn
What is your most memorable musical experience:
Two performances tie for lifetime best! First, seeing Gustavo Dudamel conduct Mahler’s Ninth with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall (2016). Second, seeing John Williams conduct his own works with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra at Hilbert Circle Theatre (2018).
Position:
String Specialist
E-mail: rbarrozo@paigesmusic.com
Start Date: June, 2019
Training or Education:
Bachelor of Science in Music Business from Indiana State University
Where are you from originally:
Portage, IN
What instruments do you play:
Cello
What is your most memorable musical experience:
Getting to see Gautier Capucon play with Chicago Symphony is up there. He is one the best cellists alive. As far as my most memorable performance, it would have to be playing John Rutter’s Requiem in college.
Position:
Trumpet Specialist
E-mail: jganger@paigesmusic.com
Start Date: June, 2022
Training or Education:
B. S. in Music Education from Indiana Wesleyan University
M. M. in Trumpet Performance from Peabody Conservatory
D. M. A. in Trumpet Performance from Michigan State University
Where are you from originally:
Bristol, IN
What instruments do you play:
Trumpet and Guitar
What is your most memorable musical experience:
A few years ago, I had the opportunity to perform as a guest artist for the Nassau Music Society in the Bahamas. The weather was incredible and it was my first opportunity to perform as a guest artist internationally!
Position:
Low Brass Specialist
E-mail: skissane@paigesmusic.com
Start Date:May, 2021
Training or Education:
B.S. in Music and Arts Administration from Butler University
Where are you from originally?
Indianapolis, IN
What instruments do you play?
Euphonium, Tuba, Trombone, Guitar
What is your most memorable musical experience?
Two – Performing Philip Sparke’s “Harlequin” at the grand opening of the Schrott Center for the Arts, and playing my first Punk Rock Night at the Melody Inn
Position:
Single Reed Specialist
E-mail: tmather@paigesmusic.com
Start Date:May, 2021
Training or Education:
Ball State University
Where are you from originally?
Noblesville, IN
What instruments do you play?
Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute and Keyboard
What is your most memorable musical experience?
While I was at Ball State I was in the top jazz ensemble and had the opportunity to perform for Wynton Marsalis during a master class. I also had the opportunity to go to Costa Rica and play a few shows with the jazz ensemble there. Both of these experiences are some of the most memorable moments of my college career.
Position:
String Specialist
E-mail: tmatthews@paigesmusic.com
Start Date:
April 2024
Training/Education:
Ball State University
Where are you from originally?Lafayette, IN
What instruments do you play?
Violin (primary), Viola, Cello, and Bass
What groups do/did you play with?
I play with a few local symphonies in Indiana (Kokomo Symphony and Orchestra Indiana), and have played with a few others in past years. While at BSU, I played with the Ball State Symphony Orchestra, and have also played in the local chamber orchestra in Muncie (the East Central Indiana Chamber Orchestra). I have also played in the pit orchestra for a handful of musical/opera productions as well.
What is your most memorable music experience?
For my final concert at Ball State, we played Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and it was epic! To this day I still get an adrenaline rush when I hear it.
Position:
Flute Specialist
E-mail: kmcdonald@paigesmusic.com
Start Date:July, 2023
Training or Education:
B.M. in Music Performance at University of Louisville
M.M. in Music Performance at University of Louisville
Where are you from originally?
Scottsburg, IN
What instruments do you play?
Flute and Piccolo
What is your most memorable musical experience?
I had the privilege to tour Costa Rica with the University of Louisville Symphony Orchestra a few years ago. It was so great to collab with members of their several choirs as well as perform in Costa Rica’s national theatre!
Position:
Director of School Sales
E-mail: tdawson@paigesmusic.com
Start Date: August, 1991
Training or Education:
1988 Graduate of Millikin University – Music Education
Where are you from originally:
Paris, IL
What instruments do you play:
Trombone
What groups do you currently play with:
Occasionally, I play with the CHS Parent Pep Band.
What is your most memorable musical experience:
My most memorable musical experience came in January of 1985 while in college. The Millikin Jazz Lab Band had just returned from a 10 day performance trip to Aruba, an island just off the coast of Venezuela. Our first gig, after the trip, was at Lock, Stock and Barrel, a local watering hole next to campus. The two hour gig was the most “locked in performance” we ever experienced. Each tune had it’s own special groove. Each section was on fire! The ensemble roared with power, danced with finesse and man, did we swing that day….still gives me chills. The soloists that day, nailed all the changes and even added some musical humor in a solo or two! (When a soloist works in “I wish I were and Oscar Meyer Weiner, cause that is what I’d truly like to be,” you know its a good gig!) We all knew it was a special day and one that we would try to replicate over and over. At the end of the gig, I recall looking around at the other members of the band, and saying, “What just happened? That was awesome! Let’s do that again!” To this day, that gig is my most memorable musical experience.
Position: Director Services Associate
E-mail: mflight@paigesmusic.com
Start Date: August, 1989
Training or Education:
University of Indianapolis 1987 Music Education
Where are you from originally:
My family moved several times. Most of my primary and secondary schooling was in Tell City, Indiana. I finished up high school at Beech Grove, Indiana
What instruments do you play:
French Horn, some guitar, some piano
What groups do you currently play with:
Conductor for the Robin Melodiers Orchestra
What is your most memorable musical experience:
One of my memorable musical experiences was hearing a surprise scat performance by Bobby McFerrin at Rick’s Café downtown.
Position: Director Services Specialist
E-mail: epettit@paigesmusic.com
Start Date: January 9, 2024
Training or Education:
Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Evansville in Music Management
Where are you from originally:
Darlington, Indiana
What instruments do you play:
Piano, Flute, Percussion
What is your most memorable musical experience:
My senior year at UE, I had the opportunity to go to the NAMM Show (Nation Association of Music Merchants). I went with Brandon Vukovic, and our Academic Director, Dr. Tim Zifer. While there, I learned more about the music industry and how far and wide the music industry reaches. While we were there we went to the beach, to Downtown Disney, and bowling. It was a fun trip. It is one of my favorite memories of college and I am so glad to have had opportunity to attend the NAMM Show. While this is not a musical experience, it stands out because it opened my eyes to the music business profession.
Position: Chops Percussion Manager
Email: brian@chopspercussion.com
Start Date: August 2018
Training or Education:
Graduated from Indiana State University in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and in 2004 with a Bachelor of Music in Percussion Performance. Post-Graduate work at California State University, Long Beach in Percussion Performance
Where are you from originally:
Mooresville, IN
What instruments do you play:
Percussion
What is your most memorable musical experience:
Performing in college with the Faculty Winds group at the CBDNA conference in California and subsequently getting the worst case of poison oak ever.
Position: Director Services Associate
E-mail: kwagoner@paigesmusic.com
Start Date: July, 2022
Training or Education:
Bachelor’s Degree in music education from Murray State University in Kentucky
Where are you from originally:
Louisville, KY
What instruments do you play:
Sax and Flute
What is your most memorable musical experience:
My parents were such a support system for me when I was growing up. My dad loved music and would sit for hours listening to me practice my saxophone. When I was in the 8th grade, he took me to Mel Owen Music in Louisville and bought me the Selmer Mark 7 saxophone that I still play on today. He never missed a concert of mine. Even once I started teaching, he would go with me to band contests. He is the reason I am where I am today.
Position: District Manager
E-mail: dbarber@paigesmusic.com
Start Date: July, 2020
Training or Education:
Bachelor’s in Music Education from Indiana State University;
Master’s in Secondary Educational Administration from Purdue University
Where are you from originally:
Covington, IN
What instruments do you play:
Trombone
What is your most memorable musical experience:
I have many experiences that I could mention, but one of the more recent events was attending a live performance of a New Orleans Dixieland Band in Chicago with one of my daughters and wife. As trombone players, my daughter and I were “blown” away by their trombone player…possibly the best we’ve ever heard!
Position:
District Manager
E-mail: mhicks@paigesmusic.com
Start Date: May, 2003
Training or Education:
Bachelor of Science in Music Education; Indiana State University
Where are you from originally:
Avon, IN
What instruments do you play:
Trumpet
What is your most memorable musical experience:
Being a performing member of Star of Indiana’s Brass Theater
Position: District Manager
E-mail: npollard@paigesmusic.com
Start Date: September, 2016
Training or Education:
Bachelor’s and Master’s in Music Education from Indiana State University
Where are you from originally:
Dana, IN
What instruments do you play:
Saxophone, Piano
What is your most memorable musical experience:
SA saxophonist at a resort we stayed at in Punta Cana somehow discerned that I played and had me join him on stage. That incident made me an “international artist.”
Position: District Manager
E-mail: rwagoner@paigesmusic.com
Start Date: June, 2019
Training or Education:
I hold a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Murray State University. It is a K-12 All Area Music degree. I worked on my continuing education at Butler University and IUPUI.
Where are you from originally:
I grew up on Kentucky Lake in Murray, Kentucky.
What instruments do you play:
I was trained on percussion although I play all brass and most of the woodwind instruments. Drum set is my passion.
What groups do you currently play with:
I currently play drum set with “The Park Avenue Band” and and also freelance around the Indianapolis area.
The past 30 years of teaching band has been the most memorable experience of my life. There are just way too many GREAT experiences to choose just one. The camaraderie with the staff, students and parents in IPS, Lawrence Township, and Avon is too much for me to describe with a few simple words. I would not have changed anything!!
Position: District Manager
E-mail: twallis@paigesmusic.com
Start Date: March, 2022
Training or Education:
Masters of Music in Instrumental Conducting from Ball State University ’11
Bachelors of Music in Music Education from University of Kentucky ’03
Where are you from originally:
Indianapolis
What instruments do you play:
Saxophone
What is your most memorable musical experience:
Getting to perform at the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) convention twice with two separate universities.
Watching Frederick Fennell conduct the Eastman Wind Ensemble at the Midwest Clinic
Position: District Manager
E-mail: mweimer@paigesmusic.com
Start Date: May, 2011
Training or Education:
BM Music Performance Valparaiso Univ 2005, MM Performance Indiana Univ 2007, DM Brass Pedagogy Indiana Univ 2011
Where are you from originally:
Greenwood
What instruments do you play:
Trumpet
What is your most memorable musical experience:
Hearing the New York Philharmonic perform Mahler Symphony #5 while on Tour in Chicago.
