As a longtime music educator in the district, Rocky DeNiro never hesitated to personally purchase a brass or woodwind instrument for a student lacking the means to do so.

Together with instruments donated to him by former students or purchased through monetary donations from community benefactors, Mr. DeNiro loaded up these tools of the trade into his station wagon before every class, traveling to schools throughout the district to pass on his love of music-making to students.

Read more about Pueblo’s “Music Man” on the Pueblo Academy of Arts website.

By NELSON GARCIA

Music Director Matt Steele is building a legacy at Northfield High based on flutes, clarinets, saxophones, and even a tuba, from Bringing Music to Life. Watch him in the classroom and listen as he tells Nelson Garcia about the pride and confidence these instruments instill in his students.

By ANN DELANEY

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by ARVIDA RASCÓN.

Click here to continue reading and to listen to a Susan Gatschet interview with Steve Blatt.

by NELSON GARCIA.