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taught music prior to that. She has been a teacher of music at numerous schools, both in and out of Vermont, since 1958. Her career spans 50 years and two countries, and her students range from three-year-olds to senior citizens. She has been a composer, an organizer, and a participant in music festivals for the Vermont Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, and a teacher of music theory and composition, piano, and trumpet. For a change of pace, for 14 summers Ellen was a swimming instructor in Barnard, Pomfret, Woodstock, and the Farm and at wilderness camps in Plymouth. During that period, she wore two hats for the community production of Oklahoma, as both music director and accompanist—in her spare time.  FALL 2010 | Woodstock Magazine
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