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 (4) and Russell (7).

Meryl is a member of the Early Childhood Music and Movement Association and the Children's Music Network.

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.

She teaches Music Together, Beginning and Intermediate Signing Smart.

Registered Music Together and licensed Signing Smart instructor. 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, recently awarded Rachel Music Together Certification Level I status for outstanding acheivement in teaching, musicianship, program philosophy, and parent education.

You will find Rachel teaching Music Together in our Sandwich, S. Yarmouth and Harwich locations and Piano Transitions in our Sandwich and Harwich studio.  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 accross 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 4-9 at DRAMAFUN!

You can find Courtenay teaching Music Together mixed ages and 4,5,6's 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 will be teaching our Outer Cape Music Together classes beginning Fall 2008.

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 7 years with her own brand of family entertainment.

Kathleen lives in Harwich with her husband and three sons ages 7, 5 and 1.

Kathleen teaches Music Together in our Harwich location and will be teaching Music Together Preschool at Cape Cod Child Development's Brewster location beginning Fall 2008.

Amy Sanborn is a certified infant massage instructor from International Loving Touch Foundation, she became certified in 2004. Amy worked as an early intervention specialist for four years before she had her daughter Lily. Since becoming a certified infant massage instructor, Amy has taught infant massage techniques to:
 Teen parents
 Parents in substance abuse recovery programs,
 Parents who have adopted babies
 Parents who work full time and was looking for bonding activities with their child
 Other parenting groups in her agency and community
Amy has the desire and dedication to share this comprehensive massage training with all new parents. Amy will guide you through the hands–on bonding and attachment experience that occurs through infant massage.

Master Visual Arts Educator Dianne K. Greaney has taught art for over 35 years in schools and summer camps; small group and private lessons; and undergraduate and graduate level art education. She taught Museum Education for 5 years, focusing on Pre Columbian and Contemporary Collections at the Kislak Museum. As NW Area Art specialist, Dianne worked with 45 art teachers (K-12), and helped write the Dade County, FL Art curriculum. She taught workshops to Art Educators at local, state, and national conferences. She assembled children’s drawings and turned them into a 45 ft. long x 7 ft. high ceramic tile mural, and organized over 300 intergenerational participants to help glaze the project that was listed as a South Florida Treasure by The Miami Herald. She is a producing artist currently working in Calligraphy, pastel painting, embossed stamp painting, and mixed media.

Her undergraduate degree in Art with a minor in Education is from the University of Massachusetts (UMASS) at Amherst, and her graduate degree in Education with Art focus is from Florida International University (F.I.U.). In 1991, Mrs. Greaney received the National Art Education Association’s Elementary Art Educator of the Year Award for the Southeastern United States.

We are excited to have Di share her talents with us in our newest program Exploring Art Together coming Spring 2008!