Jackie Freimor has been performing as a singer/guitarist since she was a child, and she played her first professional gig at age 15. She is also a self-taught pianist, and for a time she played the lute and the viola da gamba. Most recently, she was the rhythm guitar player and backup vocalist in a Manhattan-based alternative rock band. Jackie first experienced Music Together when she enrolled her daughter in the program, and she is always eager to share her and her daughter's love of the program with other families. Jackie began her first semester as a licensed Music Together center director in fall 2005.

Kathryn Kitt Aldous is a lyric soprano who performs in various venues around New York City. She also has a strong interest in musical theater and has given concerts of theater songs and performed in a number of operettas and musical comedies. Kathryn first came to Music Together as a mom with her son Andrew, and she is now the proud mother of John and Madeleine. This is her fifth year as a Music Together teacher. Kathryn has recently been awarded Music Together Certification Level I status, having demonstrated outstanding achievement in teaching, musicianship, program philosophy, and parent education. The award was granted by the Center for Music and Young Children in Princeton, NJ, Kenneth K. Guilmartin, Founder/Director.

Shannon Boyce is a soprano who has a Master of Voice from the Manhattan School of Music and a Bachelor of Music in Voice from Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama. In summer 2003, Shannon was an apprentice with the Des Moines Metro Opera. As the 2002 winner of the Manhattan School of Music Eisenberg-Fried Concerto Competition, she performed Haydn’s "Scene di Berenice" with the Manhattan School of Music Symphony conducted by Julius Rudel. Other credits include Guilietta in the "The Tales of Hoffman," Mrs. Mullins in "Carousel," Ado Annie in "Oklahoma," and the Witch in "Into the Woods" at the Brevard Music Center; soloist in Mozart's "Requiem" with the Riverside Symphonia; and performances with Dicapo Opera as part of their young artist program.

Karen Hamlin has been singing and performing since she was a child. She has studied flute and piano and has sung in numerous choruses, including a traveling a cappella singing group. Karen’s background is in developmental psychology, and she has worked as an educator for many years. She has taught all ages, from infant to adult, and worked for several years as a kindergarten teacher. Karen is now the doting mom to Sophie, Violet, and Asa. She came to Music Together as a parent and loved it so much she had to become a teacher!

Jennifer Jacquet-Murray is a certified music therapist and special education teacher who brings a wealth of experience working with special needs children to her work. She is a vocalist who enjoys singing a wide variety of music but especially enjoys opera and children’s music. Although she has sung with the Westchester Choral Society and the Choral Arts Society at New York University, she truly believes that everyone can sing and can find their unique voice. Jennifer is very silly and encourages humor and fun! She loves to see the way music, movement, and rhythm can bring a smile to a child’s face while enhancing his or her developmental growth.

Kelli Lewis has been singing and writing music since her first composition at age 5. She grew up performing in theatrical productions and concerts and went on to receive a BFA in musical theater from Millikin University. In addition to her work in musical theater, Kelli has sung just about every style of music, and she especially enjoyed her years as lead singer of her rock band. Most recently, she spent 6 years touring the country and recording with professional vocal jazz ensemble Pieces of 8. With Pieces of 8, Kelli had the opportunity to teach various aspects of music to students of all ages from elementary to high school and presented master classes at colleges across the country. She fell in love with the Music Together program while attending her first semester with her daughter, Sophie, and she knew she wanted to share the experience, as a teacher, with other families.

As an actor, singer, and dancer, Gabrielle Mason performed locally at Westchester Broadway Theatre and Paper Mill Playhouse, Off-Broadway, and at regional theatres across the country. She majored in music at Wesleyan University--training classically and dabbling in South Indian singing--and has danced and choreographed extensively. A grateful Music Together Mom to Zachary--now 5 and an inspired drummer and "at-home teaching advisor" after 4 years in the program--Gabrielle believes that everyone can and should sing and that playing musically with our children is a lifelong gift. She’s excited to share song, dance, guitar, warmth, and wackiness with your family.

Anna Maria Mejia-Epstein has worked with children as an occupational therapist for 18 years. She started studying and playing ethnic hand percussion in 1990. She plays the African djembe and dun-dun, the Middle Eastern frame drum, the riq, and the doumbek. In 1996 she traveled to Cuba where she learned Afro-Cuban conga rhythms and song. She has integrated her love for percussion into her therapeutic work with children. Anna Maria has also performed throughout the Northeast region and recorded with various artists. She enjoys combining song, dance, guitar, and percussion to make Music Together!

Laura Lee Spence is a trained opera singer and New York State-certified music teacher. She has a BFA in opera from Purchase College Conservatory of Music and an MFA in music education from Hunter College. Laura Lee has performed throughout the tristate area as well as in Italy and France. Along with performing, Laura Lee has taught chorus, general music, and African drumming to grades pre-K through 8 in Westchester public schools. After seeing how much her son Wesley loved and embraced Music Together, she became a Music Together teacher, and she is very excited to share this great time and learning with others.

A classically trained pianist and soprano, Ellen Spencer has enjoyed music in one form or another every day of her life. Ellen has been the pianist for the Stevens Memorial United Methodist Church in South Salem, New York, and the Congregational Church in Grafton, Massachusetts. She has directed both adult and children’s choirs. In addition to Music Together, Ellen teaches piano. Originally from the Boston area, Ellen and her family live in South Salem. Her daughter Tess is a vocalist in the John Jay High School Chorus, and her daughter Juliet studies the flute. Ellen, along with Beach Boy Brian Wilson, encourages everyone to "add some music to your day." She has recently been awarded Music Together Certification Level I status.