Welcome to the Shoshone Schools Music Classes Web page.

Sarah Butcher

I have been a musician for the past 18 years, beginning my musical career with piano and voice lessons.  I picked up the flute when I was 8 years old, and quickly found a passion for music.  I began touring Washington state for solo competitions in the 6th grade, and also began writing my own music at that time.  I went to high school in Othello, Washington, and while there learned to play the trombone, tuba, saxophone, and trumpet, besides participating in the marching band, jazz band, jazz choir, and concert band.  I was the drum major my junior and senior years of high school, and drove about an hour twice a week to participate in the Columbia Basin College Wind Ensemble in Pasco, Washington.  I have spent the past four years of my life in Moscow, Idaho, where I have been studying Music Education, although most recently I have been student teaching--then substitute teaching--in Coeur d'Alene.  I am very excited to come to Shoshone and see what adventures in music lie ahead!

To find more on the classes she teaches, visit the syllabus pages found in the sidebar to the left.

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