Lessons are available for all brass and woodwind instruments.  Our teachers are qualified to instruct all players from beginners to professionals.  Lesson instruction is one on one and all lessons are given at the store in our recently built studios. Below are profiles and qualifications on our various teachers. Click here to view "Lesson Policy" Diana Loeb has taught flute for 23 years.  She has a B.S. from Bradley University where she studied with Nancy Neidlinger while majoring in Music Business.  She has studied with Linda Eagleson a local teacher, Robin Fellows a nationally renowned teacher as well as Bonita Boyd another nationally renowned teacher.  In the summer Diana is the master Class teacher for the Mid-Atlantic Band Camp in Ferrum Virginia.  She currently performs with the Montgomery College Orchestra, and the Musical Offering Flute Ensemble. Jackie Miller has been playing flute and piccolo for 37 years.  She has a B.S. in Music Education from Frostburg State University.  Masters Level Studies under Julius Baker of the New York Philharmonic and is currently studying under Vanita Jones of Montgomery College.  Jackie is a former instrumental Music teacher for Montgomery County Public Schools.  She plays with the Montgomery College Symphony Orchestra, “Silver Winds” Flute Ensemble, Victorian Lyric Opera Company, and the Trinity Orchestra.  Jackie also enjoys freelance performing with many local community theatre orchestras and small chamber groups.  She is a member of the local Musicians Union, Washington Flute Society, and the National Flute Association. Perry Conticchio has been playing saxophone professionally for over 30 years.  His formal studies were at Miami University of Ohio and Berklee College of Music in Boston where he studied with Joe Viola, John LaPorta, and Charley Mariano.  Moving to the Washington D.C. area in 1976, Perry had the opportunity to perform with and learn from Don Cherry, Anthony Braxton, and Sam Rivers of the Avant Guard. He performs regularly through out the D.C. Baltimore area. His teaching specialty is Jazz theory, interpretation, and improvisation. His most recent CD, “Speak Your Truth” has received extremely positive critical acclaim both nationally and internationally. Perry has a B.S. and is a member of the I.A.J.E. (International Association of Jazz Educators) as well as ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers). To learn more, visit his website at www.perryconticchio.com Jim Bensinger has played clarinet professionally for over 30 years.  He retired after 20 years with the U.S. Navy Band in Washington, D.C.  He studied with Dr. Jim Badolato of Montgomery College, Ed Walters at the University of Maryland, Frank Cohen of the Cleveland Symphony, and Al Asercion a retired navy musician and a Selmer Clinician.  He works as a freelance performing musician in the Washington area, as well as performing with the Montgomery College Orchestra, Victorian Lyric Opera, Swing Time Big Band, and the Virginia Grand Military Band. Jason Ledney has played clarinet and saxophone professionally for over 17 years. He has also played trumpet for 12 years. Jason has a B.A. in Secondary Music Education from Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College). He studied with Glenn Caldwell, Don Horneff and David Duree. He has performed in Washington D.C., New York, Philadelphia and Boston on many occasions. Jason currently performs with bands out of New York and Washington, D.C. He teaches both brass and woodwinds. Susan Jacobs Churchill, a Bethesda native, attended Woodward High School, and has been teaching clarinet for 15 years.  She received her B.A. in music from Saint Mary’s College of Maryland, and her Masters degree in Music Performance from Catholic University.  As a freelance musician, she has played at the Kennedy Center, and with the Catholic University Summer Opera, as well as with many other orchestras, and chamber groups in the Washington area.  She studied with Charles Stier a professional local solo clarinetist, and Paul Eberly in Silver Spring.   She is a member of the International Clarinet Association and of MTNA (Music Teachers National Association). Jerry Drake has played trumpet professionally for over 40 years. He has a degree in Music Theory and Composition, and a Masters Equivalent in Music Education from The University of Maryland. Jerry has studied with Davis Flowers of the National Symphony Orchestra and Dr. Emerson Head, Professor of Trumpet at the University of Maryland. He has taught elementary, middle and high school levels for 34 years. His middle school bands performed grade 4 music every year at band festivals and received grades of 1 each time. His high school band was the only one performing grade 6 music and received grades 1 at 4 out of 5 festivals. He has played with Little Anthony and the Imperials, the Drifters and James Purity. He was also nominated for Maryland Music Educator of the Year in 2001 and received the award in March of 2002. Andrew Keslosky is a Germantown native who is currently playing trumpet with the 389th Army Band in Aberdeen, Maryland. He studied at the Armed Forces School of Music and with Thad Wilson, Roy Hargrove and Irvin Mayfield. Andrew has played at The Kennedy Center, The Smithsonian Art Institute and Blues Alley.