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Here at Starbird Music Mall you will find a very
experienced staff to take care of your every music need.
Jill Starbird Clarke - Owner
Jill's passion for the music industry began as early
as 12 years old when she began working in her father's music store.
After gaining the knowledge and experience from those early years,
Jill and her mother opened their own store in 1976. Their original
small print music shop has grown to be today's Starbird Music Mall,
containing the largest piano showroom and largest selection of music
in the state of Maine. Jill has dedicated her life to fulfilling the
musical needs of the community and prides herself in giving the best
service to all her customers. She truly believes that music is the
best gift you can give your family.
Tom Clarke
Tom has recently joined his wife Jill at Starbird
Music Mall and will be involved in sales and marketing. He brings
over 20 years of sales experience and looks forward to putting that
experience to use in growing the inside and outside sales at
Starbird Music Mall.
tom.clarke@starbirdmusic.com
Chris White
Chris is the Music Shoppe Manager.
Chris has been with Starbird Music since 2002.
He is knowledgeable in guitars and guitar music, piano methods, and popular
artists. A guitarist and audio engineer himself, Chris can answer questions
about music and recording technology; such as software, microphones, and
performance equipment.
You can see Chris perform with local rock group
the Frotus Caper, with whom he has shared stages with Atlantic
Chamber Orchestra, Peter Tork of the Monkees, plus national acts
Owsley, Rubyhorse, Digable Planets, and Sam Roberts.
Petra Kirchmaier
Petra is the main "behind-the scenes"
person at Starbird. She handles everything from billing, accounting,
payroll, etc. If it has to do with finances, it has to do with
Petra.
Petra has worked at Starbird for 16
years.
Robert D. Miller
Bob runs the Lowrey Organ Music Program at Starbird
Music. He not only can help you find the right Lowrey organ to take
home with you but he also conducts the lessons each week here in the
Lowrey Lounge. He currently has about 40 students altogether.
Whether you are a novice or an expert Bob has an organ and a class
for you!
Bob began piano lessons at age 8. At
age 12 he became interested in organ and at age 13 he began playing
the organ in his Church. Fifty-five years later he is still playing
the church organ, well, by now it is a different one ;-) currently
at the Redeemer Lutheran Church in Gorham, ME.
While stationed in Okinawa with the
U.S. Air Force Bob was an organist at the main chapel on Kadena Air
Force Base. In 1971 he began playing for a Welsh singing service
called Gymanfu Ganu in PA and he has played there every year since.
Bob retired in 2001 from a career in
accounting and started working part-time for Starbird Music Mall.
Roland Jalbert
Born and raised in Lewiston, Maine, Mr. Jalbert began
vocal instruction as a small boy and has sung publicly since the age
of seven. While a student at St. Francis College (now the University
of New England) in Biddeford, he studied with the late Lawrence C.
Davis, with whom, in 1972, he helped found the Lawrence Davis
Chorale. In 1984, Mr. Jalbert received his Master of Music Degree in
Vocal Pedagogy from the New England Conservatory of Music, where he
studied voice with Susan Fisher Clickner and Ray deVoll, and
pedagogy with Mark Pearson.
A classically trained singer, Mr.
Jalbert has been a member of the Portland Rossini Club for twelve
years. He was a member of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, singing
with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, from 1973 to 1977. Mr. Jalbert
has also been a member of the Portland Opera Repertory Theatre
Chorus and has sung small roles in PORT productions of Madama
Butterfly (1996) and Tosca (1997).
A frequent performer of French
chansons and music from the American Broadway stage, as well as
Opera and Oratorio, Mr. Jalbert has given full-length concert
recitals throughout New England, Quebec Province and the Maritimes.
Mr. Jalbert has taught voice privately since 1977 and was a member
of the Voice Faculty for the Chappell School of Music at River Tree
Arts in Kennebunk from 1999 through 2002. He currently teaches a
course titled "Singing Just for the Fun of It" at USM's Center for
Continuing Education in Portland.
Marilyn
Marilyn's Bio
Our Moving Crew!
Bios to come ...
For more information please call any of us at
Starbird Music Mall
(800) 322-7664 or (207) 828-0888
FAX (207) 874-0552
or
MUSIC SHOPPE
PIANO STORE
JILL STARBIRD CLARKE - Owner
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