All Music Together® teachers are trained and registered through Music Together, LLC and the Center for Music and Young Children in Princeton, New Jersey. Every semester Bettina and her teachers update their skills in workshops covering not only musical elements but also childhood development, different learning styles, and classroom management.
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Bettina Leu
It's Groovy Baby Music, Center Director and Teacher
Bettina has three children and attended Music Together classes while living in San Francisco. Amazed by the development and awareness brought about by the program she decided to become a Music Together® teacher and has been in the classroom for the last eight musical years and loving it! Music has always been an important part of Bettina's life. As a young child she wrote silly songs so her puppets could sing and dance for shows. She played her violin in the Los Angeles Jr. Philharmonic Symphony of Southern California and attended the Los Angeles Conservatory for the Gifted & Talented. Bettina graduated from Loyola Marymount University in Southern California. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology and studied music under Paul Salamonovich, known as one of America's most inspiring choral conductors. Bettina has sung in professional and college choirs. She has studied many types of dance: jazz, modern, Hawaiian, and belly dance.
Bettina has worked in special education and early childhood education. On the weekends she can be found on stage in a local musical production or sharing her love for children and music by performing at a child's birthday party. |
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It's Groovy, Baby! Birthday Parties
Musical Birthday Parties are so much fun for both children and adults. The session lasts about 45 minutes. First we sing hello to all the children by name. Next we go through a set of songs, some familiar, some new, some requests, but all simple and easy to follow along with. Some songs will have movements that go with them; other songs will be sung while playing egg shakers or sticks. We will dance with ribbons to fun disco, motown and rock and roll songs. The highlight is the jam session toward the end of the program where everyone at the party finds an instrument to play from the assortment and we all jam together. We finish with the goodbye song and a grand finale of "Happy Birthday" to the birthday child. Bettina brings all the instruments, props and music. All you need to provide is a space for the party. $200 (birthday child will receive a $25 It's Groovy Baby class gift certificate and each child attending will receive a $10 gift certificate for a future It's Groovy Baby class (for Pikesville, Towson, Owings Mills and Westminster locations only). It's a blast for everyone at the party. |
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Chloe
Chloe Kruse' has been actively involved in the arts since she was young, beginning violin when she was nine years old. She has many years experience in orchestra, choir, dance and theater.
Chloe is a very happy part time nanny that has been employed by the same family for two years. She has worked for Baltimore County Public Schools as a kindergarten and first grade Teacher’s Assistant. Also, she has extensive experience in early childhood education and possesses a 90 hour certification. She had worked at the Dickeyville Nursery for more than seven years.
Chloe has taken college level modern dance, classical violin, and Early Childhood Development courses. To this day she continues to study violin and piano privately with Rachael Stockton. She really and truly enjoys bringing music into the lives of children. |
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Debbie Stuehler
Debbie has always had a great love of singing, dancing, and children. She has worked with children in various capacities from being a nanny to teaching and tutoring children with special needs. She holds a B.S. in Psychology, a Masters in Early Childhood and Elementary in Waldorf Education and has certifications in Yoga Dance. She has performed singing in acoustic groups over the years as well. She is very excited to teach “Music Together” that brings together her great passion for children with her joy of music. |
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Melissa Adler
Born and raised in Baltimore, Melissa has always loved working with children. Using her experience as an Elementary Education certified teacher, Melissa brings passion and excitement to all her students. As a mother of two young boys, she adds enthusiasm and fun to each song she sings. After taking 6 session of Music Together with her boys, she fell in love with the program and loved how much her children enjoyed and learned from the classes. Teaching Music Together brings joy to her life, especially when she watches the faces of the little boys and girls as they sing along to the songs! |
Megan
Megan Dimmock is a lyric soprano who has sung throughout the country in musical theatre, opera, solo recitals and many private engagements. She received her B.M. from the University of Maryland and her M.M. from the University of Missouri-Columbia, both in vocal performance. Presently Megan teaches early childhood music classes, is the performing arts coordinator for the Community Colleges of Baltimore County Continuing Education program, and is completing her Culinary Arts Degree. Recently, Megan was the soprano soloist in Mozart’s Requiem with the Harford Choral Society and is a regularly soloist with the Bach Cantata Series in Baltimore City.
Erika Cincotta
Erika graduated from Duquesne University with a Bachelor's in Music Therapy and Education. She is versed in all styles of music from classical, musical theatre to popular and contemporary.
Erika has performed recently with the Baltimore Symphony Chorus, and has been performing in groups from Classical Bands and Orchestras to Folk Music Groups all over the United States.
Erika has been teaching for over 5 years and is particularly skilled in teaching learning disabled students, from the mentally challenged to the visually impaired. She enjoys sharing her talents with her students.
