All of our teachers have successfully
completed the Music Together® Teaching Workshop developed by the
Center for Music and Young Children, Princeton,
New Jersey.
Our teachers are passionate about music and the development of children. Each instructor creates a fun, informal and social setting that spurs engagement and supports each child's musical development. Utilizing their talents and gifts, our teachers make their classes unique and diverse. In Footnotes Music you and your child will experience a variety of instruments including; the African djembe, flute, banjo, accordion, guitar and voice. All this and you'll have a rich and enjoyable (oh, who are we kidding...FUN) musical experience!
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Debbie Foote: Director
Debbie took Music Together with her daughter for 3 years and has taught the program for more than 10 years all over New England. She graduated from Northwestern University with a BM in Flute and Voice Performance and studied Dalcroze Eurhythmics at the Manhattan School of Music and currently sings with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops. Debbie has sung at Carnegie Hall, Toured Europe, and is on several CD's--she has even been spotted on TV with the Pops. Debbie offers beginning piano, flute and voice lessons to older children. Close your eyes and you'll swear it's Julie Andrews! Children and families sing along with her beautiful voice and her magic flute.
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Tom Foote
Tom is a professional drummer and studied at Shepherd College, Berklee College of Music and Drummer's Collective. He is versed in all musical styles and has studied classical, world percussion, African drumming and drum set. Tom currently studies with Malian master drummer Moussa Traore. He is the founder and developer of Rhythm Kids, a program that offers multicultural music, movement and drumming for children and schools. Visit www.rhythmkids.com for more information. Tom brings his djembe to class and it's a non-stop party as he often breaks out into "Move It, Move It" or "Dynamite" in his classes--you've been warned!
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Marcy Wanzer
Marcy's involvement with Music Together began as a parent taking classes. She attended for four years with her two daughters and her family hasn't been without it since! Marcy plays violin, Celtic fiddle, guitar and many multicultural instruments and introduces these instruments throughout her classes. When not teaching music, she is a pediatric physical therapist in the Boston Public School system. Marcy is full of life, so much fun and families LOVE her classes.
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Greg Nikitas
Greg Nikitas earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications/Media in 2008. He toured Massachusetts for three summers performing Aesop's Fables and the Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales with the Central Mass Repertory Theatre as an actor, singer and dancer. Greg studied voice for two years at the Indian Hill Music School and plays locally as a solo acoustic artist. Recently, Greg was a featured artist with Great Big Planet leading preschool shows all over New England. Greg learned to play the guitar at the age of nine and uses it during classes to keep things rocking!
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Chris Belden
Chris Belden grew up in Bethesda, Maryland and started his musical journey on the saxophone at nine years old. He studied at Berklee College of Music with renowned instrumentalists like Dino Govoni, Ricordo Monzon and David Fiucczyski. Chris plays saxophone, flute, and percussion for a wide variety of groups and organizations including; the Emerson College music theatre department, the Boston Ballet’s Adaptive Dance Program for children with Down Syndrome and he performs locally with All of the Animals, the Gary Backstrom Band, the Grass Gypsys, and the Excited People. Chris is creative, fun and helps children discover their own creative energy!
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