Ms. Bettina

Bettina Leu (Center Director) began teaching Music Together while living in San Francisco. Inspired by the positive impact the program had on child development and awareness, she decided to become a Music Together® teacher and has been joyfully teaching in the classroom for the past sixteen years.

Music has always been a central part of Bettina's life. As a child, she wrote playful songs for her puppet shows. She played 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 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology and studied music under Paul Salamonovich, one of America’s most inspiring choral conductors. She has also sung in professional and college choirs and studied various forms of dance, including jazz, modern, Hawaiian, and belly dance.

Bettina has extensive experience in special education and early childhood education. On weekends, she can often be found performing in local musical productions or sharing her love for children and music at birthday parties.

JoAnna is joining It's Groovy Baby after years of attending class with her own two children. She and her children began attending Music Together class in 2014 when her oldest child was 3 months old. The classes reignited a passion for music and community, something she had nott experienced since performing as a child and young adult. She was so amazed at the development and joy she was seeing in her own children during class that she could not resist completing the Music Together Training in 2016 so that she could assist in bringing the amazing curriculum to more families. JoAnna has a background in Musical Theatre and Classical Voice and studied Secondary Education at The University of Maryland College Park. Her most memorable venues to perform at have been The Kennedy Center, Adventure Theatre Glen Echo Park, and The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. When she is not teaching you can find JoAnna singing and dancing at home with her family or binging on Netflix after a (hopefully) early bedtime for her babies. She can not wait to make Music Together with you!

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.

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.

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, upbeat 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. Our music specialist 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, Mt. Washington and Westminster locations only). It's a blast for everyone at the party.

Monica is a current elementary music teacher in Baltimore County Public Schools. Monica graduated Towson University in Spring 2020 with a B.S. in Music Education. She is now entering her 5th year of teaching music. Monica mainly teaches 4th and 5th grade band and orchestra, but fell in love with teaching Pre-K students as well. Monica is excited to be joining Music Together because she has always had a passion for music and wants to share her experience with others.