About Paige's Music

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:
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:
Customer Service Specialist

E-mail: ajirgal@paigesmusic.com

Start Date:June, 2021

Training or Education:
BM in Music Composition at Ball State University

Where are you from originally?
I’m from Chandler, AZ originally but moved here with my family when I was about 5 years old.

What instruments do you play?
Piano, Voice, Guitar

What is your most memorable musical experience?
Have you ever wet your finger and rubbed it around the rim of a crystal glass? As a kid, I sang with the Indianapolis Children’s Choir and every year they would put together these massive Christmas concerts. Organs, brass, timpani, intricate stage traffic maneuvers, it was the high point of the season. This particular year we were performing a gorgeous piece by Eriks Esenvalds called “Stars,” a mostly a cappella setting of a poem by Sara Teasdale – except for the accompaniment of crystal glasses. We walked into the hall, lights off, carrying flickering candles in a solemn procession until the audience was encapsulated by us. It was not a perfect performance by any means, but the audience was so stunned by the music no one made a sound, even after the piece was finished. We walked out in complete silence. It was the highest compliment we could have ever received as musicians - to so move an audience with an experience of beautiful music that they were incapable of shattering the moment with applause.

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:
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: 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!!