Our friend and colleague, Mr. Steve Purcell, retires today from Paige’s. Steve has been a true champion of music education his entire adult life, first as a band director in Westfield, Indiana, then, for the past 40 years, as a District Manager for Paige’s Music. Steve is best known for bringing joy to band and orchestra directors by combining a dangerous wit, genuine personality, and responsive approach to his personal service to music educators. Through his selfless dedication to music education, Steve will forever be known as the original “Paige’s guy” in the Indianapolis metropolitan schools! We can’t thank Steve enough for his effort in helping to build Paige’s Music school service operation to what it is today. He is truly a remarkable team member whose ideals will live on for very long time here at Paige’s. We will miss him dearly but know that it is his time to enjoy life as the golfing grandfather, stay-at-home husband, and finally the bourbon connoisseur that he’s always wanted to be! Congratulations Steve! Well done, well done! Below is Steve’s spotlight interview from a couple years back! “I’m really proud to, not only have been a teacher, which I think is a

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and it feels like the appropriate time to show our extreme gratitude to long-time staff member who will be retiring from Paige’s next Month. Tim Roethler has built and led our repair department since May of 1977. His leadership of over 4 decades will be sorely missed and we can’t thank him enough for all that he’s done in the past and how well he has us setup for the future. Well done, Tim!   Our very first staff spotlight with Tim is above. Take a few minutes to learn how Tim got the repair shop started and how it’s grown over the years.

I get this question quite a lot when I tell people I work at a music store. “Do all of the people you work with play instruments?” While not everyone at Paige’s plays an instrument, the majority of us do. In fact, it’s usually more than just one instrument. It doesn’t stop at simply playing the instruments either. We have staff who teach privately, teach at schools, as well as compose music that’s performed by school ensembles. Watch below as a few of our staff answer this very question from past staff spotlights.

The staff spotlight for September is a montage of past spotlights answering the question, “Why do you love what you do?” Three of our District Managers, Nate, Matt, and Mike, talk about why they enjoy visiting schools each week to support students and directors.

Our staff spotlight for August is on Brian Travelsted. Brian has a unique position here at Paige’s where he splits his time between Chops and the Paige’s repair shop – all with a focus on percussion. Watch his spotlight below to learn more about him.

Our staff spotlight for July is on Nate Pollard. Nate is one of our District Managers and he has been with us for about 2 and a half years. Watch his spotlight below to learn how he made his way to Paige’s Music!

The staff spotlight for June is a montage of past spotlights answering the question, “What’s your favorite thing about working at Paige’s Music?” Cake, coffee, and friends are a few of our favorite things. Watch below to hear all the answers!

Our staff spotlight for May is on Ben Bruemmer from the Repair Shop. Ben has been at Paige’s Music for a little over 2 years and his one of our Woodwind Repair Technicians. Learn more about him by watching his spotlight below.

The staff spotlight for April is on Ben Parrott from our String Repair staff. Ben has been at Paige’s Music for almost 2 years, but has been in the string world for more than 2 decades. Watch his spotlight below to learn more about him.

The staff spotlight for March is on Ross Werner from our Retail Sales team. Ross is our Trumpet Specialist and has been with us for about 10 months. Learn more about him by watching his interview below!

The staff spotlight for February is on Tucker Woerner from our Retail Sales team. Tucker is our Low Brass Specialist and has been with us for about 2 years now. Learn more about him by watching his interview below!

Our first staff spotlight of 2019 is on Dustin Smith. Dustin is a Percussion Specialist in Chops and has been with us right at 2 years. Watch his interview below to learn how he ended up here at Paige’s and Chops Percussion.

The staff spotlight for November is on Harry Carter. Harry is one of our brass technicians and has been with Paige’s Music for about 2 and a half years. However, he’s been working with us for far longer than that. Watch his interview below to see exactly what we mean!

Our staff spotlight for October is on Britton Watson. Britton works with our Retail Sales team and has been with us for about 2 and a half years. Please watch his interview below to learn more about him and all that he does for our Retail team!

Our staff spotlight for September is on Aaron Cowgill. Aaron works on our warehouse team and has been with us for a little more than 3 years now. Watch his interview below to learn what corps he marched with and what big event is happening in his life over the next few weeks!

Our staff spotlight for August is on Sam Richards in the repair shop. Sam is a brass repair technician and has been at Paige’s for a little over 4 years now. Learn more about him in the video below!

Our staff spotlight for July is on Jacob VanderHaeghen in the repair shop. Jacob is a brass repair technician and has been at Paige’s for a little over 4 years now. Learn more about him in the video below!