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About Gary Westfall

Gary developed an interest in music in his early teens, and started his own music education through private lessons and group lessons taught at the local high school. Unsatisfied and wanting to continue his music education, Gary attended famed Berklee College of Music in Boston, where the musicality and quality of education was way more than he had ever experienced before. After studying performance and arranging, he focused his efforts in business. Upon graduation, Gary moved to Los Angeles to work at a major record label. He maintained his love for music education and started teaching students of all ages and levels in their homes. Gary then moved to Florida, where he taught private lessons, as well as group lessons at IMG sport academies, home of the famous Nick Bollettieri tennis academy. Seeing a need for standardized quality music education, Gary decided to make his love of music and his desire to share that with others a full time occupation, moving to the metro Detroit area and starting Sound Music Instruction (SMI.) SMI is now a fast growing music instruction business located in parts of the northern suburbs of Detroit, with plans on expansion to Seattle in the near future. You can visit SMI at http://www.soundmusicinstruction.com