Teacher Lucy (Center Director, registered Music Together teacher) - Lucy Schram realized in the spring of 8^th grade that she wanted to become a music teacher. During her freshman year of high school she started teaching music lessons. Since then she has received a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from Southern Illinois University and a Master's Degree in Music Education from Southern Oregon University, The American Band College. Lucy taught band in the Pleasant Ridge School District for 10 years, along with after school music enrichment courses before stepping away from the classroom.

Four children and six years of Music Together classes have allowed her to see how wonderful MT is for all ages. To see little ones begin to bounce, sway and pound on drums all the way to listening to your child sing their very first song in full form is just amazing. The shows that the Schram Children put on are filled with a variety of MT songs and actions. Loving to teach music and share that love of music with others is the number one reason why Lucy has decided to be a part of the Music Together program.

Lucy, her husband Pete (also a music teacher), and her children have lived in Grass Valley for 12 years. The SchramFam sings songs for all actions around the house. Lucy currently works as the Far West Ski Administrator and teaches tennis. Teaching Music Together will round out all loves of family, teaching, skiing and tennis!

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Teacher Annie (Certified level 1 Music Together® Teacher) - Ann Keeling Friedman loves teaching, music, movement, children - and any chance to bring them all together.  With an MFA in Dance from UCLA and a BS in Dance Education from the University of Wisconsin, she has taught dance to all ages - pre-school to elementary, university students to seniors. 

Ann's musical background includes chorus, clarinet, and guitar.  One of her favorite memories is participating in the high-stepping, award-winning UW-Madison marching band.  Another is playing guitar for groups in her parents' home at the age of ten.

Her son, Zed, introduced her to Music Together^®.  As the son of a juggling Dad and dancing Mom, a common meeting place for Zed and his parents has been the MT experience.  Ann is a registered Music Together Teacher - and has also obtained the next level of education through Music Together, her Certification I.

Ann loves teaching a program that is research based with a solid foundation in how young children learn - not to mention the joy and laughter that families exhibit as they get hooked on experiencing the powerful world of music.

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Teacher Mary (registered Music Together teacher) - Mary Thompson has worked with children for over 30 years in several different capacities.  As a recreation leader, a teacher in elementary and junior high school and director of school-aged child care sites for the City of Sacramento, Mary has developed skills in relating to children of all levels and leading groups in a fun and developmentally appropriate way.  Her most recent work with children is as mom to Keegan who brought her to Music Together.

Mary has a lifelong love of music and singing and sang to Keegan even before he was born.  They attended Mothersong together in Santa Cruz for the first few months of Keegan's life and once they were back in Grass Valley, looked for ways to continue the musical experience for both mom and son.  Music Together provided an avenue for them to have fun with each other and to develop Keegan's musical competence (and Mary's!).  After taking a Music Together session, Mary decided to pursue the training to become a Music Together teacher.

Mary currently works for the California College of Ayurveda as a teacher and maintains a small Ayurvedic practice in Grass Valley.  Mary brings her background in education and recreation into the teaching and play that is Music Together.  She joyfully sings and shares her love of the songs and play with the group.

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Teacher Lisa (registered Music Together teacher) - Lisa Wilkinson has been involved with Music Together in some capacity over the last six years. It was with her eldest son, at the age of 18 months, that she found Music Together. He’s in first grade, now, but she continued to relive the experience with her younger son. Watching her children and the children of others flourish through the weeks of each music session has been very inspiring. In her own life she has used the songs to teach speech, get chores done around the house, and tuck her little ones in bed. She knows firsthand how important music is in the life of a child.

Lisa uses her musical experience in many different capacities.  She used music as a grounding force in her massage work and created a body work she called Rhythmic Massage, where music was the meeting place with her clients. As a class room assistant with third graders and a story teller to K-5 kids, she loved to weave the songs and movements into a story for the children to absorb each week. Music Together allows the same kinds of opportunities for parents to connect with their children.  

Though Lisa found her fondness of children through working as a teacher’s assistant and a story teller, it was growing up with her own children that made her cherish the parent-child relationship.  Now that her children are growing up so fast, she enjoys sharing her love of families, music, rhythm and story through her own Music Together classes.

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