About Melanie Shaffer
Melanie Shaffer
Music Teacher, Expert
Get to know Melanie Shaffer
Miss Shaffer is a graduate of Elmhurst University and has a BA in Music Education. She is a clarinet player and multi-Instrumentalist who loves teaching band!
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With over 250 locations nationwide, Music & Arts is the nation’s leading provider of private music lessons, band and orchestra instrument sales, rentals and repairs. Our remarkable story of growth has everything to do with the countless unshakable relationships we’ve formed with students, parents, music educators and musicians of every stripe in the local communities we serve across the country. Since opening our first store back in 1952, we’ve been owned and operated by the same family, and there’s nothing we do as a company without our values in mind. For whatever you’re doing in music, we’re here to help. We hope you visit our Itasca location soon! Our friendly staff can’t wait to meet you.