Judy Causgrove - Alberta
Judy Causgrove has more than 20 years experience teaching piano, including 12 years teaching all levels of Music for Young Children. She has been involved in many facets of music, including accompanying and singing in choirs, leading children’s choirs, and playing and acting in musical theatre. Judy also plays the flute in a number of community orchestras.

Judy resides in Calgary with her husband and three boys. She enjoys reading, long walks, golf and snow skiing. She is active in her local schools, community and church.

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Kim Crawford - Central Ontario
Kim Crawford was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. She moved to Rothesay, New Brunswick with her parents and older brother at the age of ten. She spent most of her childhood there, grades 5 through 12, and still claims to be a Maritimer at heart to this day! Upon graduation she moved to the big city of Toronto to attend York University. There she completed her undergraduate work in Economics and Psychology. During this time, at age 19, she began teaching Music for Young Children. Originally this was to be a part time career to help with university and apartment expenses. Kim graduated from York University in June of 1984 and married her husband John in July.

Kim went on to complete her Masters Degree in Business Administration, having their first son, Andrew, between first year and second year. Throughout this time, Kim continued to teach MYC, even with other part-time jobs on the go. After graduation from her Masters degree, Kim applied for several positions for a few months, but an empty retail store in a local plaza kept attracting her attention. In June of 1988, Kim applied for and received a Small Business Development Grant and opened NOTEWORTHY Music Studio and Gift Store. After 12 years of ups and downs, Kim decided to close the gift store portion of the business and move the music studio into a local church.

Today Kim employs 4 other teachers, offering MYC, private piano, guitar, violin and voice lessons. This will be her 21st year of teaching MYC. Kim has spent 2 years as Music Director for Century Montessori School and one year as music teacher for Woodlane Nursery School. Currently she is volunteer bandleader for the 778 Banshee Squadron Air Cadet Band and an alto in the Richmond Hill United Church Chancel Choir. She and John have been married for 18 years. They have four children, Andrew, 16, Alex, 11, Harrison, 6 and Hannah, 5.

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Ted Ellis - Music Technology Coordinator
Ted Ellis has an Associate Performers Diploma from the Western Ontario Conservatory of Music, an Associate Teacher’s Diploma from The Royal Conservatory of Music, a Licentiate Diploma from Trinity College in England, and a Fellowship Diploma from the same institution.

He is an active member of the Welland Port-Colborne branch of ORMTA, having been president for the past four years. An examiner for Conservatory Canada, he considers it a privilege to be able to help students along their path to becoming self-reliant musicians.

Ted has been teaching piano and music for 34 years to all ages of students and for 14 years in the Music for Young Children program. He enjoys sharing all aspects of music making, and uses the computer in the studio as an aid in motivation, and ear training, and music theory. It is because of this interest and experience that he was appointed Music Technology Coordinator in the summer of 2000. He loves empowering teachers and students with the awareness and skills available in the present and ever-growing potential of music technology.

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Lise Gauthier - Quebec
Lise Gauthier studied at the Ottawa Teacher’s College and holds an ARCT in piano performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music. She has taught in the Ottawa public school system and for the Montreal French Catholic School Board.

Lise has taught piano privately to beginners and to students up to grade 10. She also teaches theory, harmony and music history.

Lise Gauthier trained as an MYC teacher 13 years ago and still teaches all levels of the program in French and in English from her studio in St-Leonard. In 1991 she was appointed Translation Coordinator to create a fully bilingual version of Music for Young Children and, in 1994, was appointed Coordinator for the province of Quebec.

Lise is a member of the Quebec Music Teacher’s Associations.

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Wendy Guimont - British Columbia
Wendy Guimont received her Bachelor of Music from the University of Victoria (Piano Performance) in 1980. While in Victoria, she took a two-year piano pedagogy program with Winifred Wood and also a two-year music language training program at the Victoria Conservatory of Music. Wendy was resident pianist for the Kootenay Chamber Orchestra from 1980-1995, and performed for three years as a member of "Trio con Brio" with Wendy Herbison (violin) and Ronald Ediger (cello). She continues to accompany professionally with different ensembles in the Kootenays and is very involved with the East Kootenay Registered Music Teachers’ Association.

Wendy is married with two daughters and maintains a full teaching studio with MYC classes and private students.

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Peggy Harrison
After receiving a B.S.H.E. and Masters of Education degrees in North Carolina, Peggy Harrison revisited her study of music in Nova Scotia where she earned an ARCT in piano (teachers). She has taught Music for Young Children as well as piano and theory since 1982. Her interest in music in the community has been exemplified by her work with school liaison in her local community Concert Association and by holding the positions of President of her local Registered Music Teacher’s Association and council member of the Provincial RMT Association.

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Karen Jackson
Karen Jackson began her first music studies in piano and organ at an early age. At age twelve, she became organist and director of both Senior and Junior choirs and Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Selkirk, Manitoba, a position she held until 1971.

After 15 years in the nursing profession, Karen resumed her musical studies through the University of Winnipeg, majoring in both Music and History. At that time, she was a member of the Oratorio Choir of the Mennonite Brethren Bible College in Winnipeg.

Karen began teaching Music for Young Children in 1991.

Karen continues to teach a full compliment of MYC classes in her private studio in Clandeboye, MB. In addition, she has served as accompanist to the local school choir during Music Festival, and continues to be an organist at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.

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Anita Kuntz - Saskatchewan
Anita Kuntz was born and raised on a farm in Southeastern Saskatchewan. Music was a part of everyday life for her family. In high school, Anita belonged to the Swing and Concert Choirs, performed in musical theatre and was named to the Saskatchewan Honor Choir.

After the birth of her fourth child, Anita decided to continue to study piano and voice. She has worked with children and music for the past 20 years. Some of the highlights have included directing and choreographing numerous children’s’ musicals at various music camps in Saskatchewan.

In 1989 Anita became part of the Music for Young Children team and in 1999 was named Coordinator for Saskatchewan. She continues to teach MYC full time, directs an adult choir, serves on church council and is an executive member of the Estevan and District Music Festival Committee.

While Anita enjoys seeing her own children and students grow and learn, her greatest joy is to see them share the gift of music with others.

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Vicki Lewis -- Great Lakes Region

Vicki Lewis has been teaching piano for more than 30 years in two states and five cities in Ohio . She received her BA from Baldwin-Wallace College and her MA from Ohio State University . She has served as the President and Vice-President of both the Cleveland Piano Teachers’ Organization and the Rocky River Chamber Music Society. Vicki maintains a large studio of between 12-14 classes, teaching all levels of Music for Young Children. She is a member of the Ohio Music Teachers’ Association and the Music Teachers’ National Association.

Vicki has two children. Her son, Zachary is one of the youngest music critics in the US . He and his new wife, Nicole, live in Cleveland , where Zach works as an arts writer. Her daughter, Amanda, is studying to be a Doctor of Oriental Medicine. Vicki’s husband, Phil, is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music in Piano Performance. The household revolves around Vicki’s Yorkshire Terrier, Tristan.

Vicki is an avid reader and enjoys watercolor painting. She is bilingual (French) and has been actively involved in foreign exchange, often teaching English to French students. She and her husband have a sailboat and spend most summer weekends on Lake Erie .

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Frances Louard - New Zealand
Frances Louard was born and raised in New Zealand where she studied piano and violin. She has a Bachelor of Education degree in teaching, specializing in music. She has lived in Australia, France and Canada. When she realized her true vocation was music, she specialized in the Kelly Kirby, Orff-Scholwerk and Suzuki methods in addition to ongoing study through the Royal Conservatory of Music.

Frances joined Music for Young Children in 1991 and taught in school and day care settings in Montreal, Canada. She returned to New Zealand and was named Coordinator responsible for training and administration of the program.

Frances says that it is one of her greatest joys to be Coordinator for such an extraordinary program. Through Music for Young Children, she is able to fulfill her dream of bringing the joy of music to children while at the same time giving them a solid foundation in music.

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Marilee Mansfield

Marilee Mansfield was born and raised in rural Manitoba and could hardly wait to take piano lessons in Kindergarten.  After receiving her Grade X Royal Conservatory Piano in Grade 10 in High School, Marilee decided she wanted to become the best female trumpet player in the world.  Marilee enjoyed her month-long tour of Europe as the youngest member of the North American Peace Gardens Honour Band, but changed career plans once again to study Commerce, (pre-law).

Following a year of teaching English in Japan (post Commerce [Honours] Degree), Marilee moved to Ontario and discovered Music for Young Children.  "I have been teaching Music for Young Children for 12 years and absolutely love it!" 

Marilee continues to play her trumpet in a stage band and has sung in and accompanied various choirs and musical groups.  Marilee and her husband, Peter Mansfield, an architect, have two boys, Liam and Adam currently enjoying Music for Young Children classes.

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Roxanne McGahey - US East Coast Coordinator
Roxanne McGahey graduated from Carleton University, B.Mus. and received an Associate of Music (A.Mus) (piano teacher) from Western Ontario Conservatory of Music (now Conservatory Canada). Roxanne is also a member of the Ontario Registered Music Teachers Association.

In 1989 Roxanne began teaching "The MYC Way" while continuing to teach private piano and theory.
In addition to her responsibilities as an MYC Coordinator and teacher, Roxanne is an examiner (piano and theory) for Conservatory Canada and adjudicates festivals.

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Heather Meaney - Newfoundland & Labrador
Heather Meaney received a Bachelor of Arts and Education from Memorial University of Newfoundland. Heather has 30 years experience working professionally with children, first as a kindergarten and music teacher in the St. John’s school system for five years and then as a private piano teacher. Heather became a Music for Young Children teacher in 1984. In 1994 she was appointed MYC Coordinator for Newfoundland. Teaching Music for Young Children has had a profound and positive effect on a career lasting a quarter of a century.

In addition to teaching MYC, Heather is a member of the St. John’s Choir and the Scottish Folk Dancing Society. She has been married to Art, a retired teacher, for over thirty years and has three sons.

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Sandra Poolton - Southwest Ontario
Sandra Poolton was born and raised in Northern Ontario. She graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a Bachelor of Arts Degree and is a member of the Ontario Registered Music Teacher’s Association.

In 1986 Sandra joined Music for Young Children as a teacher and was appointed Southern Ontario Coordinator in 1988. She also teaches private piano and theory lessons in her home studio. Sandra has been an organist and church school administrator over many years.

Sandra feels privileged to be part of MYC – an organization that gives so many young families and teachers the opportunity to experience "the happy habit of learning music". She values her association with fellow colleagues very highly and is inspired by them and all that they do in instilling the same philosophy in their students.

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Nancy Rogerson
Nancy, who is a member of PEIRMTA, began her studies in piano and voice at the age of 5 and is committed to a life-long journey with music. Her most exciting and beneficial piano studies were with Sr. Mary MacQuaid and Frances Balodis. She studied organ with the late Thomas Hamilton-Irving and vocal coaches included Dr. L.M. Murray, Pamela Campbell, Kathleen West and Lori Linkletter. She completed Business Administration at Prince of Wales College and received a Master of Arts (Education Administration).

Nancy joined Music for Young Children in 1980. Nancy is the International Coordinator of the MYC Sunrise program. As the coordinator, Nancy is able to give support to Sunrise teachers and also works on the development and revision of Sunrise teacher and student materials. Nancy produced a children’s album, "Happy Birthday MYC" and a CD, "Sunrise Celebration" featuring 35 Sunrise favorites for children. 

Nancy feels that every child is special and finds a wonderful satisfaction in sharing in the musical life of young children.

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Doris Sabean - New Brunswick & PEI
Doris Sabean was born and raised on Prince Edward Island. She received her Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education degrees from the University of PEI. She began piano lessons at age eight and was teaching her own piano students by age sixteen.

For almost thirty years, Doris has been involved in music education. She has taught private piano lessons to both children and adults, directed both children’s and adult choirs, and has directed several children’s musicals. In 1989, after four years in the public school system as a Special Education teacher, she decided to stay home to raise her family, and started teaching the MYC program. She became the New Brunswick Coordinator in 2001.

Doris is a member of the New Brunswick Registered Music Teacher’s Association and the Moncton Music Teacher’s Association. She is the piano accompanist for four local school choirs as well as being the back-up organist at her own church and filling in at other churches. She maintains a studio of fourteen to sixteen MYC classes per week and enjoys every minute of it. She loves working with children because it is challenging and, in her words, “I learn something new, all the time.”

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Hyewon Yoon - Korea
Hyewon Suh Yoon was born and raised in Seoul, Korea. She received her Bachelor of Arts piano major in Ewha Women's University in Korea. She also took courses in the Music Department at Syracuse University in New York between 1986 - 1989. She has more than twenty years of experience in teaching private piano lessons to children in Korea and in the U.S.

Hyewon joined the MYC program while she was in Minnesota in 2001. She was so excited about the idea of teaching children in group lessons with their parents in a more fun manner because she had seen many children becoming bored and losing interest in music during the usual private lessons.

After she moved back to Korea in 2002, she started teaching and introducing the MYC program to Korea. In January 2003 Frances and Gunars Balodis, the founders of Music for Young Children, invited Hyewon to create MYC Korea Ltd and become the Director of Music for Young Children for Korea. In this position, Hyewon is responsible for all aspects of the operation of Music for Young Children throughout Korea.

Hyewon has 4 children ( 3 girls and a boy ) and loves raising kids. She and Yung-Ho have been married for 20 years. She used to play the piano in the choir in the Global Church in Korea and in the churches in America.

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Deborah MacDonald Grew up on a farm near Ottawa surrounded with music. She started piano and voice lessons at age five and competed in numerous festivals during her school years. At age fourteen, with grade VIII piano and grade two theory (Royal Conservatory of Music) behind her, she began teaching music. Throughout her high school years, she completed grade IX piano and grade III Harmony and began grade X piano and history of music. Playing clarinet through her high school years led to her teaching the band class during grade thirteen and receiving a first place in the Senior Percussion Ensemble in the Ottawa Music Festival.

 

The experience of singing in numerous school and church choirs and as a member of the St. Croix Choral Society, which performed at Expo 86 in Vancouver, have enabled her to perform as a soloist at many functions over the years. She is presently Choir Director and back-up organist at her church.

 

The MYC program made it possible to teach in her home and be available for her husband and two daughters. Deborah has enjoyed teaching MYC , private lessons and theory for the past eighteen years.

 

Teaching students from three to seventy-three at times has been challenging but always enjoyable and rewarding.

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Heather Brannon was first introduced to Music for Young Children when her oldest daughter began the program in 2001. And Heather knew at that time that she wanted to someday be involved in teaching this fantastic curriculum. Today, all three of her daughters are enrolled. The fun learning environment and age-appropriate materials give young children a wonderful introduction to music. Heather believes that all children should have the opportunity to experience how fun music can be. Music for Young Children is not just another activity to enroll your child in – it is an education. So many of her student's parents say “If my music lessons had been this much fun, I might have continued on!”

Heather enjoys teaching young children and currently home schools her three daughters, she teaches Sunday School ages 3-5; and is a Spark leader which involves girls ages 5+6. She has taught private piano lessons for 10 years and began teaching MYC in 2004.

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Sharon Dyer  has a passion for teaching young children, music and life long learning. Teaching MYC has enabled me to combine these three loves. She truly enjoys being able to pass on her love of music to children and adults in a fun learning environment.

 

When she retired from teaching she chose to incorporate MYC as part of her private music studio because it meet with her high standards of child-centered learning and developmentally appropriate curriculum in all aspects of music – keyboard, creative movement, theory, composition and solfege training while having fun.

 

Sharon was a public school teacher for 36 years (B.T. Elementary). During this time she designed a child-centered integrated curriculum for primary and special education classes. *Studied piano at Grade 8 level. *Grade 2 Music Theory Certificate. *Grade 3 Music History Certificate. *RMT. *Music Festival experience – performance, directing, accompanist. *Church pianist. * Worship Team Band. *Wedding pianist. *Opened private music studio in 1993. * MYC teacher since 1999.

 

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Lorna McCain has been teaching Music for Young Children for almost 23 years (beginning with her own 2 now in their late 20’s).

 

There is no greater way to introduce a child to music. In recent years Lorna has begun with little 3 year olds in Sunrise doing songs, dance and rhythm and lots of stories. It keeps her young! She has a cheerful studio in her home outside Woodstock , N B.

 

She enjoys the continual training and new ideas that are shared at teacher’s meetings, seminars and National Conferences.

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Margaret Stewart chose to become an MYC teacher because of the excellent training and professional support offered by MYC. She has seen and “heard” first hand the quality of musicianship MYC provides its students.  

Qualifications and Background:

Grade 8 piano *Certified MYC teacher training *BSc Biology *BEd. *former high school supply teacher in N B school system *Sunday School Teacher *Volunteer with youth * MYC teacher since 2002 *Mother of 4 boys *Favorite pastimes: playing piano, reading and traveling with family.

 

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Geraldine Mitchell loves to teach children because they have such a huge desire to learn new things. You can tell when you see those big attentive eyes looking at you when you’re telling those little critter stories to learn the names of the keys on the keyboard. When your child is put in a fun and exciting environment like this, what happens is they grasp everything they can of what they’re being taught. Geraldine has been taking piano since she was 5 years old and has enjoyed every minute of it. She has grade 8 piano and grade 2 rudiments and thoroughly enjoys teaching MYC to her students.

 

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Je m’appelle Isabelle Perron et je suis une enseignante du programme Musique pour Jeunes Enfants dans la belle région du Grand Moncton au N .-B. Ma mission est qu’ensemble, nous partirons à l’aventure musicale en effectuant un voyage des plus colorés à travers le merveilleux monde de la musique. Vous pourrez découvrir la musique par le chant, le piano, des ensembles rythmiques et plus encore. Beaucoup de plaisir est au rendez-vous ! Il me fera un énorme plaisir de vous accueillir chez moi afin de vous permettre de vivre une expérience musicale des plus enrichissante ! À bientôt !

 

Visitez mon site web : www.myc.com/teacher/IPerron

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Mon nom est Thérèse Landry-Laflamme et j’enseigne le programme « Musique pour Jeunes Enfants » depuis plus de 10 ans à Moncton. Enseigner la musique, c’est, à mon avis, donner aux enfants un cadeau précieux qu’ils pourront garder toute leur vie. La participation des parents dans mes cours de musique est très importante pour moi. Ils jouent des duos, des ensembles rythmiques avec leurs enfants au grand plaisir ceux-ci. Dès le début où j’ai enseigné le programme arc-en-ciel, j’ai été impressionnée de découvrir tout ce que pouvait accomplir un enfant malgré son tout jeune âge. C’est un plaisir pour moi de faire découvrir le merveilleux monde de la musique à ces tout-petits. N ’hésitez pas à me contacter si vous voulez en savoir plus sur ce programme.

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Hannah Hamm teaches MYC in Vancouver, BC. MYC encompasses all the things she loves - music, kids and teaching. She grew up in a musical family, studied Royal Conservatory music and went on to get her degree in Education. She discovered the program while filling in as "parent" for a 3 year old friend and knew it was the perfect fit for her. She teaches out of her home, with the support of her husband and two children. She has been teaching MYC since 2001 at home and in the community and thoroughly loves it.

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Liselotte Jongedijk is the owner/manager of MUSICA MUSIC SCHOOL in Toronto and has been teaching MYC since 1991. The school is at 88 Laird Drive in Leaside, about fifteen minutes from downtown Toronto.  With three MYC teachers on the faculty, the school offers MYC classes seven days a week and currently has more than 150 students enrolled in the program.

Liselotte is an active member of the Ontario Registered Music Teachers’ Association and of the Alliance for Canadian New Music Projects. She encourages her students to participate in regular auditions, recitals, and the annual Contemporary Showcase Festival in Central Toronto.

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Carol Coutts has been a Music for Young Children teacher for more
than twenty years. She has been a part of the Music for Young
Children Marketing Team since November 2004, and she is also an
elementary school teacher with the Halifax Regional School Board.

Carol enjoys sharing the MYC philosophy with children in Bedford and
then watching them grow and develop musically.

Carol is married with two sons, both MYC students.

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A seasoned educator,  Krista Quenneville has discovered her calling to be the sharing of music knowledge and skills with young children and their parents.  The synergy created by the small-group dynamic motivates participants to achievements beyond those easily attained by the individual.  The Music for Young Children program is consistent with Krista's values:  Well thought-out pedagogical progression and hard work, imbued with activities to capture the child's imagination, result in the proud mastery of life-long skills, both musical and those which are transferable throughout life.

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Martha Shaw-Murphy started teaching the Music for Young Children Program in 1999, and brings with her more than 20 years of musical instruction and theory, in various formats.

Martha has a strong commitment to teaching music. “My goal is to provide students with a high quality educational program which promotes a strong love of music.”

Martha completed her Grade Eight Mount Allison University music exam, before starting to teach music and continues to supplement her education to remain current. In addition to the MYC workshops she has attended, she has also taken supplemental instruction in organ and hand/tone bells.

Martha is married and is the mother of three children of various ages. In her spare time, Martha provides her services for the various churches around the Moncton area as a part-time organist and has directed several hand/tone bell choirs as well. Her increasingly popular summer music camps have been ongoing for the last six years.