McCutcheon Music

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Beginning Guitar Class for kids, teens and adults with Jim McCutcheon

McCutcheon Musicin the south Dayton area offering music lessons with professional teachers, band and orchestra instruments, guitars, amps, sheet music, accessories, musical gifts, music classes for children and more...

Store Hours: M-F 10-8, Sat. 10-5. Open Sundays in September.

Studio Recitals will be held Sunday, November 14 at the Miami Valley Unitarian Fellowship on Yankee Road, south of 725.

Band and Orchestra Instrument rental season is here! We are a favorite store of many of the school music programs in our area because
we know the specific requirements of each one and meet all their standards. We also have some of the best prices in town for rental instruments - these include a maintenance policy
with our full-time repair shop so your instrument will be in tip-top shape as you learn how to play it!
Call us at 937-435-2900 for more information or stop by our store at 38 Marco Lane in Centerville.
Our friendly, knowledgeable sales staff will be happy to answer all your questions.

Congratulations to Franklin Cox, our cello teacher who is also the primary coach for a piano trio from Wright State University that WON the Music Teachers National Association state competition held last week at the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. Way to go, Frank!!! .

Music Together classes for newborns through kindergarteners are starting soon - call 937-435-2900 for details.

We welcome two new piano teachers to our staff,
Phyllis Morrow (left) who specializes in adults, special needs and senior citizens

Valerie Bobosh (right) who teaches Suzuki method to

Call us at 435-2900 to learn more about these experienced teachers.

Da Capo Guitar Ensemble students Max Lyman, Rachel Westerkamp, Nicholas Fadell and Matt Shin performed 'live-on-the-air" at Dayton Public Radio's recent fundraising campaign. They were true professionals!

This caps a busy spring for the group, which included performances at the Dayton Art Institute and the Federation Festival at the University of Dayton, where they earned a Unanimous Superior rating from the judges.

Federation Festival took place March 6 at the University of Dayton.
Our participating students (guitarists, violinists) performed splendidly for the judges
and for the honors recital - to which a record number of our students were invited
this year! Congratulations to all students and participating teachers!

We are pleased to welcome Jade McDaniel to our teaching staff!
Coming to us with years of experience teaching guitar and performing as a guitarist/vocalist, Jade specializes
in teaching popular music performance, and she is
great with children as well.

To learn more about Jade, call us at 937-435-2900

our very active folk instrument teacher,
will be teaching autoharp at the Buckeye Dulcimer Festival, Ashley, Ohio, Mar. 10-14. March 20, she will appear at the Appalachian Opry at Famous Old Time Music Company in Wapakoneta. She hosts an acoustic jam at the New Lebanon Library every Monday from 10-12 for any acoustic instrument, mostly old time music.

Our recent concert at the Dayton Art Institute was a great success, featuring the talents of several students (guitarists David Corson, Rachel Westerkamp, Max Lyman, Matthew Shin and Nicholas Fadell, and pianist Cheyenne Jones (a student of Charles Moore), along with faculty Jeff Hufnagle (piano), guitarists James Murrell, Richie Terbush and Jim McCutcheon, Mary Jo Ward (hammered dulcimer and autoharp) and clarinetist Haley Kendall. A good time was had by all!

December's Guitar Raffle winner was Bryan Sharkey,
a fine student of Warren Kearney!
Congratulations to all the students who received entries in the contest
for doing excellent work preparing for their lessons! ---------------------------------------------------
A recent Guitar Man beginning guitar class on Saturday mornings
The next classes for children, teens and adults start in September!

---------------------------------------------------McCutcheon Music was theofficial Music Store for the Bands of America Regional Championship held last October at Centerville High School! Our repairman, Rich, and his helper, Judy,
kept the instruments ready to go onto the field!

During July and August 2009, excellent preparation for guitar lessons earned our students 255 entry certificates from which one was drawn for a Washburn cutaway electric classical guitar which was donated by a friend of McCutcheon Music who shares our mission to encourage students to do their best when studying with our professional teachers.
Congratulations to all our great guitar students who worked extra hard to get those entry certificates - you were all winners,
because you all improved so much over the summer!
Haley draws the winning entry...

With his teacher, Warren Kearney, and his mother, Loni
Have fun with your new guitar, Jacob! Happy picking!!!

Congratulations to our repair shop! When Soaring Sounds was in town this past summer, the Blue Jackets needed last-minute major repairs to 5 tubas, and Rich Ervin dropped everything (not literally!) and got the instruments ready for the performance the next day! The group returned with another load of instruments the next day, and again a third time! Talk about satisfied customers, and a repair staff that met the challenge!

Photo Credit: Stan Neace (our staff person) (his first experience with his cell phone camera!)

Orchestra Night in Centerville
We enjoyed tremendous community support at a recent orchestra rental night held at Centerville high school. See you there August 4th!
For information about our instrument rental program, please call us at 937-435-2900

Chris Barrick, M.M. is joining our staff
teaching percussion. He teaches percussion at Cincinnati Christian University, and has played with many regional orchestras. Chris also has a weekly jazz gig at the Blue Wisp.
He is energetic and versatile, and will be a big hit with students!
Call 435-2900 for details!

Congratulations to James Murrell, one of our busiest guitar teachers, for earning a Specialist Certificate in Advanced Guitar from the Berklee College of Music.
This just in: We're number 3 on the ReverbNation Jazz charts for Dayton, OH. www.reverbnation.com/jamesmurrell

We are very excited about
Music Together This fall at McCutcheon Music! Weekday and Saturday music classes for children age birth - 4 years
Stephanie Lytle. This program is growing by leaps and bounds!
Call 937-435-2900 or visit www.musictogetherofsouthdayton.com for details!

SUZUKI is here at McCutcheon Music!Marna Street, DMA, (Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)
and Mark Reis, MM, (Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra) work together as an excellent team.
They have started a Suzuki string program for violin and viola at McCutcheon Music!
We have just started a Suzuki piano program with Valerie Bobosh, a certified instructor. Call us at 937-435-2900 for information!

McCutcheon Music is now carrying Dean and Luna Guitars! Great selection and pricing
on these beautiful instruments!

Don Huff, Conductor We are so pleased to have Don on our staff as our School Representative. An experienced musician and educator, he has had years of success building the band program at Spring Valley Academy with his positive approach and motivational techniques. For information on what our store can offer schools, please call the store at 937-435-2900 or call Don directly at (937) 416-7078.
Email: dhuff@mccutcheon.biz.

We have over 45 professional teachers to give you some of the best possible musical instruction, as well as free student recitals, no application fees, and a discount on all merchandise for our students!

A commitment to quality teaching - 45+ experienced, professional teachers,

Lessons for all ages, including Music Together (toddlers thru preschool)

Beginning Guitar Classes (for children (age 7-10), teens (11-18) and adults)

with Jim McCutcheon (the Guitar Man), Treble-Makers Beginning and

Intermediate Summer Bands, the Da Capo Guitar Ensembles!

Discounts for our students on instruments, music and accessories

Professional discounts for music teachers, performers, churches and schools

Low-cost instrument rental programs for quality, brand-name student model

Full-time repair service for all instruments

Now carrying Larrivee acoustic guitars and
Loriente, Cordoba and Aparicio classical guitars

Large selection of sheet music, method books and videos for all instruments

We take great pride in every instrument we sell, rent or service.
One of the hallmarks of our success has been our attention to detail in order to enable your music-making
to be as fruitful as possible.
From carefully checking over each guitar on our sales floor for the many adjustments which are essential for easy playability to having a full-time service staff for band instruments and strings as well as professional, experienced teachers, it has been our goal to take all the guesswork out of your musical decisions.
Jim and Debbie McCutcheon
celebrating McCutcheon Music's 20th anniversary

McCutcheon Music is an approved dealer associated with several school band and orchestra rental programs. Compare our prices and service, and see why we have been earning the trust of both music directors and families for over ten years.

Our showroom for guitars, band and orchestral instruments, print music and our full-service instrument repair shop are located at 38 Marco Lane (lessons at 44 Marco Lane)

Repair Shop: 435-8601 Follow Rt. 48 (Main St.) 2.2 miles south from 675.
Marco Lane is on the left, opposite Elder-Beerman.
We're the 3rd & 4th buildings on the right. Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 am - 8 pm
Saturday 9 am - 5 pm

(or by appointment)
Our original downtown Centerville location for lessons:

Please contact us via email at: music@mccutcheon.biz

We support Dayton Public Radio, the National Federation of Music Clubs, the Dayton Classical Guitar Society and are members of the National Association of Music Merchants and the National Association of Professional Band Instrument Repair Technicians.