Kelly is Golden Gate Music Together's Center Director/Teacher. She has a B.A. in Child Development. She been working with young children in licsenced early childhood programs since 1983. She has implemented early childhood programs all over the bay area. Kelly has formal training in piano, flute, voice, and oboe. She implements some guitar, flute, piano and percusion instruments in classroom activities. Kelly is an active member of the National Association of the Education of Young children. Kelly teaches many of the classes that are offered. She has 3 children, Raquel(3yrs), son Quinn (6yrs), and Daughter Sophia (9yrs). Kelly has completed certification 1 for Music Together^®.

Seth Ambrose comes to San Francisco from the mountains of Montana. Growing
up in a musical family, some of his fondest memories include playing guitar
and singing 'round the campfire. He started studying piano at age five and
soon added singing, saxophone, flute, and guitar to his repertoire. He
continued to study classical piano and voice privately through high school
and college, composing original music, performing for various festivals,
recitals, and competitions, and doing regular accompanying work for
vocalists and children's theatre. He also enjoyed several summers spent
creating music, theatre, and sports workshops for a low-income daycare. Seth
holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from Whitworth College in Spokane, WA.

Seth also maintains a studio for the Alexander Technique, an educational
method for adults that develops poise and coordination while reducing pain
and tension. He also teaches beginning guitar lessons geared specifically
for Music Together parents. Information on his studio can be found at
www.studioambrose.com

Seth is a Registered Music Together Teacher.

Bridgit DeCook is originally from a small town in upstate New York. She grew up in a musical family and fell asleep almost every night to the sound of classical music being played on the stereo by her parents. She believes strongly in the importance of early exposure to music. Bridgit was probably singing in the womb and started taking piano lessons when she was five years old. She studied voice at Eastman School of Music and attended Ithaca College School of Music as a vocal performance major. Bridgit has been playing guitar and writing songs since she was a teenager.

Bridgit loves children and has spent many years of her life working in day care centers as well as after-school and summer programs. In recent years, she has had the good fortune to sing professionally and travel all over the United States and Europe with a successful independent rock band. Bridgit is new to San Francisco and is extremely excited to blend her passion for music with her love of children and learning.

Bridgit is a Registered Music Together Teacher.

Daveen DiGiacomo originally hails from the Heartland, where she developed her love for music, playing piano at the age of seven. She received her degree in music at San Francisco State University. Previously, she taught an after school orchestra/band program for Children’s Music Workshop in Los Angeles, in which she helped coordinate 15 elementary schools to participate in a spring concert at UCLA each year. Daveen also plays the accordion and performs professionally in local dance/theatre companies, doing sound design and composing. She is very passionate about the teachings and philosophies behind Music Together and cannot wait to start teaching classes.

Daveen is a Registered Music Together Teacher.

Claudia Cuentas Gutierrez is originally from Lima Peru and has been living and working with children in the USA for the last 10 years. She started her music and theater studies at the age 6 and continue thought out her life. After graduating from Highs School she continue her studies at the National Music Conservatory of Lima-Peru. Moving to the United States helped her combine all her modalities as languages to be learn and that is why her approach to music is a somatic experience, where the interconnectedness of sound, movement and play work together. She obtained her BA in Music and Spanish at Chico State University and continued her education at the Tamalpa Institute, in Kentfield, CA, as a Movement and Expressive Arts Educator. She is currently working on her MA as a Drama Therapist and is also a Latino Storyteller for bilingual and diverse communities.

Claudia plays classical flute, digiridoo, ocarinas and a variety of native wind instruments from South America.
Claudia is very excited to continue her work as a music teacher and is thrilled to be part of our Music Together Community.

Claudia is a registered Music Together teacher.

We are so excited to have teacher Janny return to teach for us! Janny taught for Golden Gate Music Together for many years and is one of our most seasoned teachers. We are lucky to have her!

Janny Lukawski is a native from Hong Kong who studied abroad in England from the age of 15. Janny earned her Teachers Licentiate (LTCL) degree from Trinity College of Music, London, where she specialized in piano and the pipe organ. Janny has performed in England in solo piano recitals and has taught classical piano to both children and adults for more than 12 years.

Janny came to the United States in the early 1980’s and decided to enter the corporate world of managed health care where she held various director positions in hospitals, medical groups and managed care companies. With the birth of her daughter in 2001, Janny decided to dedicate more time to her family and to involve herself again in music with a non-classical approach.

Janny discovered the Music Together program as a parent with her daughter in 2002. With her daughter now in pre-school, Janny decided to stay connected with the program by becoming a registered Music Together teacher! She is passionate about working with young children and enjoys using her training to open the door to musical development for these young minds. Janny lives in San Francisco with her husband Ed and their daughter Audrey.

Born and raised just across the bay in Oakland, Daniel is thrilled to join the Music Together staff. Music has always played a vital role in his life; his earliest and fondest memories are of his mother coming to his pre-school to play guitar and lead songs.

In May 2007, Daniel graduated from Emory University in Atlanta with a BA in music. While at Emory, Daniel studied voice, sang in the Concert Choir, and was the musical director of an acapella R&B singing ensemble. Daniel has just completed his first year in the Masters of Music program for Vocal Performance at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where he studies under Catherine Cook. He plans to pursue a career in opera. This summer, Daniel will be performing the title role of Gianni Schicchi with the Bay Area Summer Opera Theatre Institute.

Daniel has worked with children in many different capacities. As a summer job during college, he worked as a counselor at a residential summer camp near Yosemite, where he began cultivating his song-leading skills. When he's not singing, Daniel enjoys running around Lake Merritt, grilling vegetables, and rediscovering life in the Bay Area.

Karin Hannon has been Golden Gate Music Together's administrative end for almost three years. Registrations, make-ups, class switches, website updates, email reminders, questions and more! And while she's about as musical as a doorknob, she's very excited to be a part of this fabulous team and to help in bringing music to so many families. Karin lives in Fairfax with her very musical husband, five year old daughter and one year old identical twin boys!