Julia has been teaching Music Together in the east bay area 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.
Julia also has Level 1 Certification in the Orff Schulwerk method of 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- and high 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. In 2009, Chelsea was awarded Certification Level 1 for demonstrated achievement in musicianship, movement, parent education, and teaching the Music Together program.
She and her husband have attended Music Together classes with their own two children since 2004.
For ten years Chelsea worked as a museum educator at several Bay Area museums and enjoys drawing from her education background to teach Music Together.
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.

Jacob grew up performing in School and Community Theater from Elementary through Community College. He has been a Music Together Parent since 2007 with his son Lucas and daughter Tawnli. When he’s not singing and dancing like a 3 year old, Jacob is a practitioner of Acupressure, Chinese medical massage (Tui Na) and Medical Qi Gong, as well as a teacher of Qi Gong. He holds a Master of Science degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine and is currently pursuing a license in Acupuncture. Having completed the Music Together Teacher Training, Jacob is incredibly excited to bring singing, dancing and tons of fun to his classes and to build a strong rapport with many, many families to come.

Anna-Lisa relocated to the Bay Area from Southern California where she received her BA in Music from California State University, Northridge. In addition to teaching Music Together, she 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.
We're delighted to welcome Anna-Lisa back this summer after playing the Blue Fairy in the East Bay Children's Theatre production of 'Pinochio'.