First Note Music

Originally from Wisconsin, Mike attended Allied Music Corporation's School of Band Instrument Repair in 1980. After graduating, he moved to Charlotte, North Carolina as the manager and lead repair technician of John's Music Store.

His travels eventually took him to Redbank, New Jersey where he was hired as the band instrument repair tech. After six years, Mike moved to sunny Southwest Florida in 1990. For a time, Mike was the owner of Educator's Music in Cape Coral before partnering with American Music to complete repairs for them.

In 1998, he and his wife, Christy, formed Baroque Instrument Repair, Inc. and continued repairing instruments for Lee and Collier County Schools. In 2001, Mike & Christy began doing business as First Note Music and opened their first store in North Fort Myers. In 2004, construction was finally completed on the new store. Since then, Mike has seen the lesson studios expand to 16 teachers and over 350 students. He continues his duties regularly as lead repair tech and owner often visiting local schools with his wife and daughter.

Pennsylvania is the home state of Christy where she attended Clarion University. She earned two Bachelor's Degrees in Elementary Education and Music Education. After graduation, she moved to Southwest Florida and began working in the Lee County School District at Pine Island Elementary.

She attended the Universtiy of South Florida in 1990 where she eventually earned her Master's Degree in Elementary Cirriculum & Instruction. She met Mike, her future husband, while performing with the Haffenkapelle Band at the German American Social Club in Cape Coral. Christy continued to teach at Villas Elementary and Pelican Elementary before moving to St. Michael's Lutheran School as the Music Instructor.

For the last 15 years, Christy has worked with her students and collegues at St. Michael's to present the annual drama deparment production. Enlisting the help of her husband Mike, they have successfully performed The Music Man, The King and I, Disney's The Aristocats and many other great shows. Christy's duties at First Note Music now take her to Collier County as one of our Educational Representatives servicing more than 20 schools on a weekly basis.

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