Children’s Music of Bath Brunswick welcomes our new Music Together teacher, Molly Tinker . Molly grew up in Phippsburg as part of a musical family, and studied Arts Management and Dance at Franklin Pierce University. She played saxophone in the school band and various ensembles throughout her school years. She also plays the piano and is actively learning the ukulele! Molly has a passion for dance and since she was a child, could be found at the studio dancing, choreographing, teaching and performing. She currently teaches dance for adults in Bath. Molly’s experience with children includes teaching at a preschool for students with special needs and raising her two school-aged boys. At home, her family enjoys music and dance as some of their favorite activities. This January, Molly took the Music Together training course with master teachers in the field of early childhood music education. She has been mentoring with Sharon since last fall and many of you have met her in class. Music Together provides an opportunity to share the magic of music and movement with children and families, and Molly is so excited to be part of your musical journeys!
Sharon Pyne
has a degree in Early Childhood Education and is a licensed Music Together® teacher. She taught as a Montessori School teacher for 19 years. Her bands, “Ladies of the Lake” and Portland Ceili Band have performed for concerts and festivals for many years. Sharon also offers community dances, preschool music classes, children’s birthday parties, and voice guitar and penny whistle lessons. Sharon’s calm experienced leadership invites children’s musical ideas. Celebrating every season with song, she joins young and old together in rhythm and harmony. “I love working to help families create musical communities.” Sharon has spent summers teaching music at Maine Fiddle Camp for the past 15 years. www.mainefiddle.org
Vanessa Levat
began performing on stage at a young age. She had a very active high school career including singing with many choirs, playing instruments in the concert and jazz bands, and performing in musicals yearly. Vanessa continued her love of music and theater throughout college and has performed in community children’s theater. After receiving her Masters in Social Work from New York University, She spent a few years working for a private non-profit adoption agency in New York where she met her husband. Shortly after they moved back to Vanessa’s home state of Maine to start a family. Vanessa has always found a way to keep music in her life and spread her passion in her everyday life, especially creating impromptu songs with her son. Vanessa has been a Music Together mom for four years and a teacher for three years!
