All of our teachers are passionate about music and the development of children.
They create a fun, informal, social setting that spurs engagement and supports each child's musical development.
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Gwyneth Marini
Gwyneth Marini holds a BS in Music Education from Penn State University. She plays the guitar and alto saxophone. She has seven years experience teaching Music Together and 10 years experience teaching preschool music. Gwyneth also enjoys doing musical birthday parties. The Center for Music and Young Children in Princeton, NJ, recently awarded Gwyneth Music Together Certification Level I status for outstanding achievement in teaching, musicianship, program philosophy, and parent education. |
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Rosemary Valentine
Rosemary Valentine holds a BS in Music Education from the New England Conservatory of Music. She plays the piano and guitar. Rosemary has almost 30 years experience teaching general music education in the West Bridgewater School system. She also teaches private piano lessons. |
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Erica Levesque
Erica Levesque earned her B.A. in Japanese Studies and a Master's in International Affairs from the University of California, San Diego. After many years as a global marketing manager for various high technology companies, Erica decided to embark on a completely new career path by pursuing a degree in early childhood education. She worked as a substitute teacher in San Francisco, CA for grades K-8 before becoming a stay-at-home mom to her three small children (so far, the most demanding job of all)!
Erica first experienced Music Together by attending classes with her own children, and was immediately impressed by the richness and depth of the curriculum. Teaching Music Together is a natural extension of Erica’s love of both music and children. She looks forward to sharing her enthusiasm for the Music Together program with other families in the Bridgewater area. |
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Jennifer Grant
Jennifer Grant is a piano teacher from Hyde Park, who has worked privately with kids of all ages for the past six years. Believing that enjoyment is an essential aspect of learning, she uses a fun and supportive approach to encourage her students to develop into confident pianists. Music and dance have always been infused throughout Jennifer's life. She has served as an administrator with the New England Foundation for the Arts, and was the children's choir director at the First Parish Church in Milton for a number of years. A mother of 2 children, Jennifer has been participating in Music Together as a parent for the past 3 years. She has loved the parent participation and playful atmosphere of Music Together classes so much that she decided to become a certified MT teacher in March 2007. She is currently teaching Music Together in both Milton and Boston and is looking forward to adding Weymouth classes. |
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Jody Richardson
Jody has recently taken the Music Together training this December. She graduated this spring from the New England Conservatory of Music with a background in music theory and violin performance. She brings her violin to class and shares her knowledge of music in fun, appropriate ways. She has begun a Master of Education of program at Harvard University and continues to teach Saturday morning classes in Boston. |
Cheryl Ungar
Cheryl Ungar earned a BS in Music Education from Rhode Island College.
She plays the French Horn, and she sings in the Jubilate Chorale in Easton, MA. She also sings in her church choir. She has 13 years of experience teaching general music from preschool age to 6th grade and has directed children’s choirs, grades 4-6. She co-directs the children’s choir at St. John the Evangelist church in Canton, MA.
She was introduced to Music Together by attending classes with a friend and her friend’s two children. She loved how the parents were able to musically have fun and be creative with their children, through the use of child centered songs and activities. She took the Music Together training in August, 2007, and is looking forward to exploring music in this new setting with children and their parents and caregivers. After co-teaching with Gwyn she is teaching in Mansfield and Milton.
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Karen Rodgers
Karen Rodgers, BA Elementary Education, Colgate University, MA Reading Progress Management, George Washington University. Karen has extensive experience teaching young children as a reading teacher in West Windsor, NJ. She led her Lawrenceville Moms Club in regular music activities, enjoys attending Music Together classes with her two boys, and plays the flute. Karen taught a few sessions at the Music Together lab school in Princeton New Jersey before moving with her family to Massachusetts. |