Not to blow our own horn, but we're proud of our accomplishments. Jim Sheppard's students have gone on to such feats as:

• US Army Field Band, Pershing's Own
• Master's Degree, Saxophone Performance at IUP, Ithaca, Indiana-Bloomington
• Doctorate, Saxophone Performance, University of Maryland
• All-State PMEA Jazz
• All-State PMEA Band
• All-East Band
• Region Band (Western Pennsylvania)
• PMEA District Band
• PMEA District Jazz
• PMEA Honors Band
• IUP Honors Band
• Seton Hill Honors Band
• Seton Hill Jazz Band

When Jim is not repairing instruments or giving music instruction, he's been known to hang out with these cats...

• Burgh Big Band (Co-Leader)
• Jazz In Your Face, Johnstown PA
• Brass Knuckles, Uniontown PA
• Graham Grubb Orchestra, Greensburg PA
• Golden Brown Blues Band, Latrobe PA
• The Temptations
• Frank Sinatra Jr.
• The Jaggerz
• Frankie Vallie
• Pit musician for various local and community musicals