The School Committe unanimously supported the program for students in grades five through twelve and offered music teacher Kenneth Longstreeth, above, the use of the music room.
Instruction is offered on trumpet, trombone, fluet, clarinet, alto saxophone and percussion.
Lessons are taught Monday and Wednesday in the afternoon. Longstreeth loves with his wife Janice, and two children in Hatfield and is the band director at Agawam Middle School.