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Beloved CT Music School Founder Dies At 57: 'Ever Positive, Always Hopeful' Beloved CT Music School Founder Dies At 57: 'Ever Positive, Always Hopeful'
Beloved CT Music School Founder Dies At 57: 'Ever Positive, Always Hopeful' A beloved Connecticut music school founder who spent decades sharing his passion with his students is being remembered for his always positive nature and endless talent.  Thomas “Tom” Deffenbaugh, who began the Summit Music School in Manchester at 421 Main St., died on Thursday, March 7 at the age of 57 after a brave fight against cancer, according to his obituary.  Deffenbaugh was known for pouring his "heart and soul" into the school for the last 25 years, his obituary said. Born in Michigan in 1966, Deffenbaugh eventually moved to Connecticut in 1990 and worked as an edit…

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by Ben Crnic
News
Vigil To Be Held For 'Teacher Of The Year' Killed In CT Motorcycle Crash Vigil To Be Held For 'Teacher Of The Year' Killed In CT Motorcycle Crash
Vigil To Be Held For 'Teacher Of The Year' Killed In CT Motorcycle Crash The Enfield community is gathering Sunday, Aug. 9, to hold a candlelight vigil for a local Teacher of the Year who died earlier this week in a motorcycle crash. Megan Arsenault, 37, is being mourned by the many people in the Enfield community whose lives she touched. “Meg Arsenault was an absolute cornerstone of our CLHS family and was taken way too soon,” said Jeff Larson, the high school’s principal. She was a music teacher at CREC Civic Leadership High School and a former U.S. *Army captain. She was the school’s Teacher of the Year, 2018-19. On Thursday, Aug. 6, at around 2:30 p.m., Ar…

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by Kristin Palpini
Schools
Here's Where To Sign Up For Piano Lessons If You Are An Essential Worker In Fairfield County Here's Where To Sign Up For Piano Lessons If You Are An Essential Worker In Fairfield County
Here's Where To Sign Up For Piano Lessons If You Are An Essential Worker In Fairfield County For those essential workers needing a creative outlet in Fairfield County, free piano lessons are about to begin. Did you know playing the piano takes away the pressures of daily life and can improve your mental health? So says research published by the National Institute of Health.  A remote piano program for essential workers will begin this weekend, offered by a Greenwich-based nonprofit organization run by Fairfield County piano teacher Felicia Feng Zhang.  Zhang is well known in the region as a piano educator and music advisor. She teaches piano through her school …

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by Donna Christopher
Schools
Around Fairfield County Schools: Free Meals For Children, Band Learning From Best In Country Around Fairfield County Schools: Free Meals For Children, Band Learning From Best In Country
Around Fairfield County Schools: Free Meals For Children, Band Learning From Best In Country Staying home to stay safe is not easy if you're a band student so a local instructor thought of a way to kick it up in virtual learning. He asked members of the country's most prestigious marching bands to record themselves playing the same music his students were. The professional musicians belong to the President's Own United States Marines Band. Their instrumental recordings are ones and students were learning at Greenwich High School and have become 11 virtual masterclasses provided to all band students in the district. “There is nothing more powerful for a young musician than seei…

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by Donna Christopher
Lifestyle
Paul Winter Brings Sounds Of Brazil To Westport To Benefit Bridgeport Kids Paul Winter Brings Sounds Of Brazil To Westport To Benefit Bridgeport Kids
Paul Winter Brings Sounds Of Brazil To Westport To Benefit Bridgeport Kids If you didn’t make it to Rio for Carnival this year, you can still catch the beat of Brazil with Grammy-winning saxophonist and band leader Paul Winter and his My Brazil quartet when they play in Westport at Voices Café on Saturday, May 12 at 8 p.m. The concert is to benefit the Kids Empowered by Your Support (KEYS) program which gives one-on-one musical instrument lessons and group music instruction to underserved inner-city youth in Bridgeport, Conn. Without this group, the children would have no access to this empowering life experience. KEYS began in 2004 when musician and music educ…

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by Vira Mamchur Schwartz
Schools
Educator's Musical Journey Brings Her Home To Bridgeport Educator's Musical Journey Brings Her Home To Bridgeport
Educator's Musical Journey Brings Her Home To Bridgeport BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Alicia Robinson’s music odyssey started when she heard an intriguing call for new school band members in fifth grade, the Bridgeport Public Schools educator said in a recent interview with the Huffington Post. “My music educational career began in fifth grade when there was the announcement for students who were interested in signing up for band, and I had my heart set on a flute,” she told Huffington Post contributor Rod Berger. “I wasn’t able to get a flute that year but participating in the band, being a part of something that was bigger than me was so impactful that I…

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