Our teachers are multi-instrumentalists and each have over 15 years experience working with music and young children in professional capacities. They also work in other areas of education leading Preschool Teacher and Music Together® Teacher workshops, along with giving music lessons and creating unique music curricula for schools. Amy Conley and Nancy Wight also love to perform music in many settings, from small parties to large concerts.
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Amy Conley
Amy Conley has been a performer and educator since 1984. She plays guitar, keyboard, accordion and banjo in class and when performing family music all around NH/MA at senior centers, schools, campfires, festivals and birthday parties as a soloist, in the duo "Fine Folk" or with her band, "Folkenergy!" Amy also leads teacher workshops in early childhood centers, teaches banjo and guitar classes for adults Monday nights, and presents music/dance programs for schools. She has recorded two collections of family folk songs, Grow Your Own Music and I Sing Every Day.
"Amy is great with children of all ages. Her classes are a joy." Myfanwy C.
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Nancy Wight
Nancy teaches Music Together classes in Milford & Nashua this spring. She has a thorough background in music and a long history with Music Together as a former director/teacher in Acton, Concord, Chelmsford and Westford, Massachusetts. She has completed advanced training from Music Together in Princeton NJ and now trains teachers in the Music Together philosophy and methods around the country. Nancy majored in piano and music education at Westminster Choir College and has taught piano for over ten years. (Ask her about private piano lessons too!) She plays the flute, keyboard and guitar in class and is the mother of two children.
"We keep coming back to Nancy's class each semester because of her gentle manner with our children and her deep knowledge of musical development." Parent Evaluation
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Teachers in Action!
Amy Conley and friends get into drumming! Teachers play a variety of instruments in class as they demonstrate to children that instruments are fun, can create a great atmosphere for playing and dancing, and are not mysterious! Seeing others play inspires children and parents to do the same.
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Instruments in Class
Both Amy and Nancy bring different instruments to class and use them to lead various songs or movement activities. Children are also invited to try out the instruments, before, after and during class. Here is Nancy playing the flute. Other instruments we use are the keyboard, guitar, banjo, recorder, accordion, violin, djembe.
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