Julia has been teaching Music Together in Alamo, Walnut Creek, Moraga and Concord since 2002.
She is a registered Music Together teacher and has also been awarded Certification Level 1 and Level 2, for demonstrated achievement in musicianship, movement, parent education, and teaching the Music Together program.These awards were granted by the Center for Music and Young Children in Princeton, NJ, Kenneth Guilmartin, Founder/Director.
In 2006, Julia completed Level 1 Certification in the Orff Schulwerk approach to teaching music to young children.
A life-long violinist, Julia also plays recorder, guitar and keyboard in class.
Julia loves young children, especially now that her own two daughters are in middle school. She discovered Music Together with her first baby daughter in New York; she was once a parent in class just like you!
As founder and director of Music Together of Concord, Julia is available for speaking engagements.
Over the past year she has spoken to mothers' groups, day-care staff and pre-school educators on the subjects of 'Music and Your Child', and 'Music in Early Childhood Education'.
Contact Julia to have her come speak to your group.

Chelsea Pickslay is a registered Music Together teacher and has been teaching since the spring of 2006.
She and her husband have attended Music Together classes with their own daughter since 2004.
For ten years Chelsea worked as a museum educator at several Bay Area museums and is excited about using her education background to teach music. Long before her training as a Music Together teacher, music and dance were always a favorite hobby of Chelsea's which she enjoyed through choirs and ballet classes.

Her happiest childhood memories are of making music with her family and she is passionate about providing parents with the tools they need to create those same types of memories with their own children.

Chelsea plays keyboard in class - you'll love joining in with her sweet voice during a lullaby.

Barb first discovered Music Together with her daughter, and they both fell in love with it! She is a newly registered Music Together teacher, but has been teaching and directing music with all ages for over twenty years. Barb has a BA in Music Education and Vocal Performance from McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas. She taught K-12 general and vocal music in the public schools before entering the non-profit sector as a peace educator and communications coordinator.
Barb began making music almost before she could walk, as she sat in a cantaloupe crate entertaining her family with songs as they worked on the farm. She has continued to share her joy in music and especially loves to create a cappella harmonies with a quartet she sings with, JOYA.

Anna-Lisa relocated to the Bay Area from Southern California where she received her BA in Music from California State University, Northridge. She teaches in Concord, Hercules and Martinez with Music Together, performs regularly around the Bay Area and is a member of the East Bay Aria Club and the Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota. She also works with Bethel No. 218 of the International Order of Job's Daughters as Guardian Director of Music. Anna-Lisa became a Registered Music Together Teacher in 2004.