Elefante Music

Al Elefante attended Newark and New Providence public schools before graduating from New Providence High School. He went on to receive a B.A. from Kings College and study music performance at Manhattan School of Music. He studied clarinet with Charles Passhaus, Charles Russo, and Leon Russionoff. After a stint in the U.S. Army Band, he attended Dorn & Kirschners repair school and worked as a musical instrument repair technician there until 1992. After D. & K. closed in 1992, Al continued to repair instruments and teach private woodwind lessons on his own. In 1996, Al was teaching about 20 private students out of his home when the opportunity arose to rent three small rooms in the second floor of a rundown building at the corner of Springfield Union Ave. in New Providence. 2 years later, Al took over the whole second floor. In 2000, he bought the building, and a year later undertook a complete renovation, doubling its size. Als daughters Stefani and Michele joined the company a...