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Dave Petrelli is one of 30 educators being recognized as CMA Music Teachers of Excellence at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
When the big day arrived, Petrelli and his wife, songwriter Victoria Banks(“Come On Over,” “Saints & Angels”), joined thousands in the park to watch the afternoon sky turn dark. The program is so appreciated that the teacher awards will be attended by as many artists as instructors, including Walker Hayes, Jordan Davis, Riley Green, Terri Clark and Gretchen Wilson. Pop, jazz, R&B and mariachi have all been used extensively by various honorees, though Petrelli does, in fact, incorporate country in his work, with songs by Garth Brooks, Dolly Parton, Waylon Jennings and Shania Twain among the material he has used.
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