Educational Services from Ted Brown Music
Are you renting a band or orchestra instrument from Ted Brown Music, but your school is far from the nearest store? Save the time, gas, and stress, and let our educational services representatives help you! Our reps can return or exchange your rental instrument, deliver and pickup an instrument for repair, provide necessary accessories (like reeds, valve oil, or books), and answer any questions about the use and maintenance of the instrument.
Ted Brown Music’s Educational Services has become a fixture at many schools across the state. If you see the TED BROWN MUSIC banner at your school, we’re there to offer great service on your rental instrument and help bring the joy of music to every student’s life. It’s our passion!
Western Washington
Jan Showalter
Jim Stevens
Jake Casberg
Amy D
Pat Van Haren
Isaac Gartung
Erin Happenny
Eastern Washington
John Oord
AJ Melcher
David Hanes
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Jan has over 20 years experience as an Educational Services representative, 13 of which served at Ted Brown Music Company. Coming from a family of musical educators and studying Music Education at University of Wyoming and Arizona State University, Jan’s passion for music education runs deep.
Jan specializes in high brass instruments (trumpet, cornet, French horn, flugelhorn, mellophone, alto horn) and plays trumpet and flugelhorn.
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Greetings! I would like to introduce myself as your representative for Ted Brown Music Company’s Educational Services. If we have not had the opportunity to work together in the past, I will look forward to serving the future needs of your music department. I began my work career with Ted Brown Music Company in 1970 and was the very first full time representative for the store. I continued serving full time in Educational Services until 1996 and then my wife Ellie and I opened the Silverdale store for Ted Brown Music and we shared the responsibility for Educational Services in greater Kitsap County and the management needs for the store. In 1999 I became the representative for the Leblanc / Holton band instrument company in the Northwest and then in 2002 switched to helping music departments and schools raise badly needed funds as the Regional Program Director for Cherrydale Fundraising. On March 1, 2009 there was an opportunity to return to Ted Brown Music Company once again as part of the Educational Services team.
From a musical standpoint, I am a trombonist and performed almost 15 years with The Evergreen Brass Quintet and currently perform and serve as the orchestral coordinator for Life Center in Tacoma, trombonist in the Tacoma Community College Concert Band and Orchestra and bass trombonist in the Jazz Disciples. I provide area clinics and have performed as a guest artist with several schools in the Northwest. Please feel free to draw upon my low brass experience to help your young musicians anytime.
I have a passion to help grow music departments in all capacities, whether it be band, orchestra or choir. Let’s work together to help young people enjoy the benefits of music and allow me to bring Ted Brown Music to you to make your job even easier!
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Jake obtained his Bachelors of Music Education in 2002 from Pacific Lutheran University. He was the High School Band director at North Mason until 2007. He has been an Educational Services Representative for Ted Brown Music since 2008.
Jake is also a woodwind specialist and vocalist performing in a number of ensembles in the Seattle-Tacoma area.
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Amy D began her career at Ted Brown Music helping musicians as the Lessons and Studio Coordinator but her passion for music education has led her to take on the role of road representative. Her belief in school music programs stems from being raised in a music educator family where her mother taught piano and her father had a 30-plus year career as a junior high band director. She was also involved in school choir, jazz choir, and church choir. Through early elementary school she took piano lessons and later flute. She was involved in honor and marching band through high school. She also gained valuable music education knowledge by participating in the Birch Bay Band Workshop, founded in part by her parents for which she continues yearly. She participated in the American Legion Band and the Bellevue Community Band under her father’s baton, original president of the Washington State Association of Community Bands.
Today, she still plays her flute in a Tacoma community band. Amy D’s Elementary Education degree from WSU and 22 years experience as a road representative give her a unique skill set and make her a valuable resource for the school music programs she serves.
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Pat Van Haren is a Western Washington native and is looking forward to serving as your Ted Brown Educational Services Representative. Pat has a long history of serving musicians and music programs in the Puget Sound area. He was awarded a “Friend of Music” award from the Valley Region of the WMEA for outstanding customer service.
In addition to helping get students started on their musical journey through band and orchestra instrument rentals, Pat can also provide any accessories you need to keep your program moving ahead, as well as background brass and woodwinds and concert percussion. He can also offer expert fitting and free delivery of concert attire for your group and provide free delivery on your sheet music orders. Pat views this relationship as a partnership between you and Ted Brown Music with the goal to help your program be as successful as possible!
Pat’s primary instrument is the tuba, which he plays in the Tacoma Concert Band, The Harbor Winds Concert Band, and the Tacoma Community College Concert Band. He has also performed with the Gig Harbor Peninsula Civic Orchestra, The Puyallup Valley Brass and his own quintet The Brass. Whenever the opportunity arises he’s glad to work with your low brass sections, maybe even play along!
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Isaac Gartung graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Music from Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma. He has come from a family of music educators. Isaac has also taught music in Alaska for Elementary Education. Isaac specializes with instruments in the Brass family, specifically the Trumpet and Euphonium. Since moving back to Washington a couple years ago, he has been leading music for a local church in Tacoma, Washington.
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Passionate about music from her own beginning band class in Auburn, WA, Erin is happy to serve western Washington’s thriving music education programs for Ted Brown Music. Whether your needs are equipment, sheet music, rentals, recruitment, or repair, Erin is committed to help you and your students enjoy all that music has to offer.
Erin's education is in flute performance. She holds a Master of Music from the University of Illinois, and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Puget Sound. Flute has taken her near and far, in concert for the Seattle Chamber Music Society 'Music under the Stars' series, Seattle Flute Society’s Emerging Artists recital, Symphony Academy Orchestra of the Pacific, Madeline Island Chamber Music festival, and the Festival de Flautistas in Quito, Ecuador. Erin won 2nd prize in the 2015 Kujala International Piccolo Competition, and has competed in both the National Flute Association's Piccolo Artist (2014) and Young Artist (2015) competitions. In addition to working for Ted Brown Music, Erin currently plays
Co-Principal Flute in the Bainbridge Symphony, teaches privately and for the Federal Way School of Music, and adjudicates regularly. Contact Erin for any musical needs, including a complimentary flute clinic for your students!
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John has been managing Ted Brown Music’s Eastern Washington Educational Services department since 1993. John’s primary instrument is trombone, and has extensive experience in all low brass instruments. He earned his B.A. in Communications/Public Relations from Central Washington University in 1987. John has been employed with Ted Brown Music since 1988 and joined the Educational Services team in 1990. He is currently the Director of Educational Services in Eastern Washington. John was awarded the Yakima Valley Music Educators Association “Friend of Music Award” in 2002. In 2007, John was named National Road Representative of the year, sponsored by the National Association of School Music Dealers and Music Dealer Magazine.
John has a high commitment to helping students and their music directors achieve more, by using what Ted Brown Music offers through the Educational Service Division of TBM. John is always willing to go above and beyond the call of duty to help others enjoy music!
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AJ Melcher has represented Ted Brown Music in Eastern Washington since 2013. A well rounded musician, AJ started playing flute in 5th grade, and learned to play bass and guitar in 8th grade. AJ specialized in percussion at Central Washington University.
AJ studied music at CWU, playing in the CWU symphonic band, flute choir, percussion ensemble, University Choral, and in multiple jazz settings. Currently AJ plays drum set at Wiley Heights Covenant Church in Yakima.
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David Hanes grew up in Springfield, OH then later moved to Olympia, WA with his family. Coming from a musical family, David began piano lessons at an early age to begin his musical lifestyle. Under the direction of Greg Allison at Washington Middle School and Scott Pearson at Olympia High School David continued to grow in his trumpet and piano studies.
David attended Eastern Washington University to earn his degree in International Affairs and graduated in 2010. While at EWU, David played piano in the EWU Jazz Ensemble 1, EWU Jazz Combo 1, and studied jazz with Don Goodwin, Rob Tapper, and Todd Deljudice. Beginning in the fall of 2015 David begun teaching two jazz ensembles at Hanford High School. David also enjoys composing his own music, teaches many jazz piano lessons in the tri-cities, and plays bass in his church worship band weekly.
David is the Educational Services Representative for Ted Brown Music based out of Richland, WA. He has been in this position since June of 2013 and has continued to build positive relationships between Ted Brown Music and the music teachers, students, and school districts. He and his wife, Heidi, the director of bands at Pasco High School live in Pasco with their German shepherd, Melvin and cat, Chloe.
