Parents, Grandparents and Caregivers YOU are the primary teacher!
We will help give YOU some guidelines though. All of our teachers are passionate about music and the development of children and are trained to work with infants, toddlers and preschoolers. We create a fun, informal, social setting that spurs engagement and supports each child's musical development. We are all Registered Music Together® teachers, trained by the Center for Music and Young Children in Princeton, NJ.
Teacher schedule is subject to change without prior notice.
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Gila Vinokur
Gila Vinokur was born, raised and educated in South Africa. Gila has been involved with every aspect of musical theater, from performing to production to directing. She is well-known in the Dallas area for her superb direction of the Akiba Academy productions of "Fiddler on the Roof," "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" 'Shushan Rock", "I Believe", "Alice in Wonderland" and "Annie."
Gila is a Registered Music Together Teacher and is also the owner of the very successful Center Stage Drama, offering drama classes to children ages 3-18 years. It is a natural progression to go from Music Together to musical theater.
Gila lives in North Dallas with her 8-year-old red head, Ariella. Children and adults love her fun-loving, silly, South African style! Gila also does Musical Birthday Parties. |
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Christy McLeod
Christy McLeod has had a lifelong love of music and people, so becoming a Music Together teacher falls right in line with her enthusiasm and energy. Christy has a Masters in Clinical Psychology & Marriage and Family Therapy and is a Licensed Professional Counselor, with much of her 15 years in that field dedicated to working with children. Christy closed her private counseling practice in East Texas and relocated to Dallas to pursue her new career as a professional musician with her husband and the Americana/Celtic/Roots band, Beyond The Pale. She also performs with the string ensemble, The Aisling String Trio. She and her husband are also instrumental in providing music retreat programs for children and adults for the study of traditional Irish music. Christy has studied guitar since her youth and also has lead rhythm and drumming workshops for children and adults. A natural performer, songwriter and vocalist, (and a grandmother), Christy brings her lifelong experience of working with groups of people together with warmth and vibrancy to her Music Together classes. |
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Jennie Strahan
Jennie’s adventures in music began with piano lessons at the age of four followed by the cello in fifth grade and accompanying choirs. She performed piano and cello solo work, and of course, singing! Jennie went on to start her college career at Kansas State University with a major in Vocal Performance and after redirecting her major toward her other passion, teaching, Jennie received her degree in Elementary Education with a minor in Special Education.
Jennie was introduced to Music Together while working as the Director of Group Exercise at Nortel. Jennie fell in love with the principles of the program and completed the Music Together curriculum training offered by the Center for Music and Young Children in Princeton in May of 2003. Jennie is beyond excited to explore the beauty and connection she feels only through music with other moms and their children. Jennie currently sings alto with the Arts District Chorale and plays her piano often for pleasure. |
Karen Slagle
Karen began playing the piano at the age of six she also trained vocally through highschool and college while pursuing a degree in Animation and minoring in Piano Performance. After returning to Dallas, she started to teach Suzuki piano and received a Masters in Music Education from Southern Methodist University. Karen designed and ran a study involving children’s response to music when given visual stimulae, directed a children’s bell choir, and started her own piano studio in the Dallas area. She now directs most of her time to teaching piano privately and making concept art for comics and video games.
All of this may sound lofty and accomplished, but let’s face it: Karen mostly likes to get down on the kids level and sing and dance. She loves to make silly faces and nothing makes her happier than making kids laugh and have fun while learning. When one of her new piano parents told her about Music Together, she went to one of Gila’s classes and was sold on the program immediately! Now she can’t wait to roll around on the floor and sing with all of her new friends!
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