Director, West Essex Music Together. Anne (she/her/hers) is a lifelong music-maker who grew up with a mom who sang about everything...just because. Through her Music Together teaching, Anne helps parents and caregivers give their children the kind of musical childhood (and life!) that her mom gave to her. She has been teaching Music Together classes since 2004. Anne has achieved Music Together Certification Levels I and II and teaches all Music Together programs: Mixed-Ages, Babies-Only, Rhythm Kids^®. She is also a Teacher Trainer and Workshop Leader for Music Together Worldwide. In addition, Anne leads workshops for parents, educators, and therapists on early childhood music development and using music to enrich the lives of children and families in all settings. In her spare time, Anne loves to make all kinds of things (in addition to music!): green gardens, yeasted bread, knitted scarves, fermented sauerkraut, pen-and-ink drawings, and more. She lives in Montclair, NJ with her husband and two adult children.

Amy has been singing, dancing, and acting since she learned to talk. Coming from a musical family, she performed in professional theater as a teenager and went on to study at The Boston Conservatory of Music. After a career change, she became a psychotherapist and has been working to support and empower trauma survivors and postpartum parents for the past fifteen years. Amy discovered Music Together classes with her two boys, Cody and Jake and decided to get back to her roots. In her teaching, she weaves her therapeutic "attachment perspective" into every class, helping families leverage the power of music to create secrure bonds that last a lifetime. She is thrilled to teach, inspire, and make music with her family and yours!

Amy received her BA in Musical Theatre from American University, with a concentration in Theatre Education and Performing, directing shows and teaching classes at camps and in high school and after-school settings. She has enjoyed embodying a plethora of roles throughout college and beyond, including the National Tour of the children's book, "Are You My Mother", with NJ-based, ArtsPower. However, Amy's most favorite role to date is mom to her daughter Logan Rose. Amy believes that there is nothing like the true joy in witnessing someone hearing music or seeing theatre for the first time and falling in love with it, just as she had done so many years ago. When she's not teaching, you can find Amy involved in events all over the tri-state area in her role as the Director of Special Events for the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation. She hopes that you enjoy her classes as much as she enjoys teaching them!!

Christine owned a successful business in Bloomfield for 20 years before deciding to follow her true passion for children and music. She was a Music Together mom for for eight years with her two sons (now teenagers!) and was drawn to the path of leading children through their first musical experiences. Christine has been teaching Music Together since 2005. She is fun, playful, and a natural leader with a gift for working with children--but she is totally serious about the power music plays in a young child's life! Chris lives in North Caldwell with her husband, Bob, and their two sons, Luke and Sam.

LeAnne (she/her/hers) has been teaching Music Together family classes for more than 21 years and teaches Music Together In School for the Montclair Community PreK. She is a Teacher Trainer for Music Together Worldwide and is involved in leading workshops and training teachers here in the US as well as internationally. She has a BM in Vocal Performance from Oberlin Conservatory and an MA in Music Therapy from New York University, as well as Music Together Certification Level II. All four of her kids are Music Together Alumni and one has even taken the Music Together teacher training. In the past few years she has also begun teaching MT Babies classes as well as Rhythm Kids^® and Guitar for Grownups. She declares that this is the "Best Job Ever."

Missy graduated from Skidmore College with a major in theatre and minors in both dance and philosophy. Upon graduation she continued her training in New York City and went on to perform in numerous plays, musicals and dance performances. Additionally, she did a great deal of choreography and producing, and formed a new theatre company which still exists today. After starting a family, Missy continued to sing in a band and teach ballet. Now she is thrilled to follow her passion of introducing the arts to children through teaching Music Together. She resides in Roseland with her husband and three daughters.