Meryl is a certified Music Together Teacher and licensed Signing Smart teacher. Being raised by professional musicians, Meryl has been involved in music all her life. She has participated in music performance including various choirs, solos, and musical theater. On the college level, Meryl studied vocal music and minored in piano. Having completed her Music Together teacher training in November 2002, she is now bringing this wonderfully enriching program to the lives of Cape Cod families. She is the proud mother of Peter (7) and Russell (10).

Meryl is a member of the Early Childhood Music and Movement Association and the Children's Music Network.  She enjoys playing the djembe with the Cape Cod African Dance and Drum Ensemble and sings and plays various percussion with The Beach Plums.

In 2005, the Center for Music and Young Children in Princeton, NJ, awarded Meryl Music Together Certification Level I status for outstanding acheivement in teaching, musicianship, program philosophy, and parent education. In 2010 she completed her certification level II, the highest level of certification Music Together offers.

She teaches Music Together, Beginning Signing Smart, Music Together Preschool and Music Together Big Kids.

Rachel started teaching piano to young children while in high school. Throughout her education she participated in choirs and solo performance, even having the opportunity to perform in Venice and Florence, Italy. She studied piano and voice while at Smith College and continued her vocal study at Boston Conservatory while working in Boston. Currently, she performs at weddings, funerals, diaper changes and bath time. Rachel has been participating in Music Together as a parent since January 2004. Her daughter Cordelia (born July 2003) just loves the music and attending classes with her mom.

The Center of Music and Young Children in Princeton NJ, awarded Rachel Music Together Certification Level I status in 2007 for outstanding acheivement in teaching, musicianship, program philosophy, and parent education.  In 2010 she was also awarded Certification Level II, the highest level of excellence in a Music Together teacher.

You will find Rachel teaching Music Together in our Sandwich, S. Yarmouth and Harwich locations and Piano Transitions in our Sandwich and Harwich studios.  She also teaches many of our Cape Cod Child Development Music Together Preschool classes on the mid-cape.

Courtenay's love of music began at an early age. As a baby she would often refuse to go to sleep at night unless her Dad sang and played the guitar for her! (Sometimes a tap dance from Mom would do.)

She holds a BA in vocal music and theatre arts from Hartwick College. Soon after graduating she began her professional career in musical theatre where she performed for countless audiences across the country, Canada, and in Europe. Courtenay was first introduced to Music Together in New York City back in 1998 when her first child was a baby. She is thrilled to now be teaching Music Together here on Cape Cod. In addition she teaches Creative Drama for Kids aged 4-12 at DRAMAFUN!, and is the director of music and drama at the Bridgeview Montessori School teaching children ages 2.9-12.

You can find Courtenay teaching Music Together mixed ages classes and the new Music Together Big Kids classes in our Sandwich studio, as well as many of our Cape Cod Child Development Music Together Preschool classes on the Upper Cape (including Mashpee, Bourne, Falmouth, and Wareham).

Jan Allen Melikan began singing and playing the guitar professionally at the age of 13. Throughout her 47 year career Jan has directed and performed in theater productions and music festivals. She has composed for and sung in radio and television commercials and industrial shows for major corporations. Together with her husband, Dale, Jan entertained in clubs, restaurants and private events for over 35 years. She taught music for several years in a private elementary school in Connecticut. Most recently, having moved to Cape Cod, Jan and Dale owned and operated a B&B in Brewster for 6 years, where they performed for their guests on Saturday evenings.

Jan's love of music and her enthusiastic belief that everyone should have music in their lives (besides being Meryl's mother!), make Jan a great addition to our Music Together team.

Jan teaches our outer cape classes including our popular Intergenerational Music Together class.

Kathleen Healy is the Harwich Junior Theatre's resident singer/songwriter and creative movement teacher, and a music and movement specialist at area preschools. She has her Masters Degree in Early Childhood Education and over 15 years experience working with young children. She has delighted Cape Cod audiences of all ages for the past 8 years with her own brand of family entertainment. She also can been seen singing for adult crowds at area restaruants and pubs.

Kathleen lives in Harwich with her husband and three sons ages 9, 7 and 3.

Kathleen teaches parent/child Music Together in our Harwich location, Preschool Music Together at 5 Cape Cod Child Development locations, and Music Together Big Kids. 

Alicia Mathewson is a composer, lyricist, playwright, singer, healer, and teacher. Her song Deliver Me was premiered at Carnegie Hall in December 2006 and her independent musical production of Love According to Luc (Greenwich Street Theater) received a 2004 nomination for best off-off Broadway play from GLAAD. She holds an MFA in musical theatre writing from NYU'S Tisch School of the Arts and has taught music and theater internationally for the past 15 years. Winds of Sinai an album of original songs was released in 2008 and can be heard on itunes, cdbaby, and in a variety of yoga classes and healing workshops. She is grateful to be back on Cape Cod (BHS 88) and working with Meryl's Music and Arts to share the wonderful program of Music Together. To learn more about her and Sounding Still Wellness please visit www.aliciamathewson.com.

Tara Murphy is originally from Washington, D.C., and grew up studying ballet and theater. She earned her B.A. in theater and religious studies at Yale University, where she also began studying African dance and drumming. Being African-American, Tara was moved to explore her heritage through African studies at Yale, and was awarded a fellowship to study traditional dance and drumming at the University of Legon in Ghana, West Africa. Since then she has studied with many West African and Afro-Caribbean teachers in Washington, D.C., New York City and Boston. Her primary mentors are Mohamed Kamara of Guinea; Joh Camara and Seydou Coulibaly of Mali; Fatou N’Diaye, Astou Sagna and Pape N'Diaye of Senegal; and Jean Appolon and Wilmayer Marcelin of Haiti.

Tara recognizes African dance and drumming as a tremendous healing force for the body, mind, spirit and community. Her greatest joy is to spread the beauty, inspiration and healing of this ancient tradition.

Emily comes to Meryl’s Music and Arts after having attended Music Together classes with her children for the past five years. She has been teaching Spanish to students of all ages since being selected to pilot a kindergarten Spanish program during her sophomore year in college. She obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Spanish and Elementary Education and completed a study abroad program in Sevilla, Spain. She holds a Master’s degree in Education and is licensed to teach both Spanish and Elementary Education through the MA Department of Education. She taught Spanish in the Plymouth Public Schools for eight years before becoming a stay-at-home mom to her two children, now 5 and 2. Emily now teaches Spanish at West Falmouth Preschool and offers private tutoring to struggling students in various grades. She is very excited to be able to offer language exposure to young children and to share her love of Latin culture. Click here for more info.