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About Mr. Carpenter

This is Mr. Carpenter's twenty sixth year teaching at Essex Elementary School. He previously taught for two years at the O'Maley Middle School in Gloucester. He holds an undergraduate degree from the Boston Conservatory and a masters degree in music from U. Mass. Lowell. In addition to Mr. Carpenter's teaching career he is also an active performing clarinetist.  He formerly performed with the Lexington Symphony under the direction of  the former Boston Ballet's conductor Jonathan McPhee for 19 years and currently performs with the Salem Philharmonic in Salem Mass. Mr. Carpenter is also on the Memorial School staff  where he teaches the fourth and fifth grade instrumental music program.