Catherine Monnes’s musical experience includes disaster relief, cab driving, go go dancing, farm labor, racehorse exercising, water aerobics instruction, highway construction flagging (so glad they use signs now), bouncing, & selling electric yoyos for the circus, among many other things. She’s starred as Shootin’ Moon with an …
Carol Purdy
Ever since she was four years old and dancing in Macy’s “Little Theatre” in Manhattan, Carol has loved and pursued the arts. Her poetry and concert pieces for beginning string players have been widely published. Carol …
Betsy Bevan
I am a composer and visual artist who has enjoyed sharing my music and art with many people. I have a masters degree in music composition from the Eastman School of Music in NY and …
Ben Smith
Benjamin W. Smith is a pianist and improvisor and earned a Bachelors in Music Theory from the Manhattan School of Music. Ben has private music students in music theory and improvisation and has taught music …
Annie O’Shea
Annie lives in Eugene, OR and operates under the umbrella name of “Music Maker.” She has on-going improvisational classes called “SoundPlay” in which she leads people through a variety of musical explorations with the voice, …
Ann Rogers
I loved my teacher and progressed well. When I was 7 or 8, I was given a new teacher. She put a piece of music in front of me with lots of notes. I was …
Arianna Rose
is a professional singer, vocal coach, theatre director and lyricist currently living in Florida. She holds a BA in Theatre from Bucknell University with a concentration in music. Upon graduating Music for People’s Musicianship & Leadership Program, Arianna …
Ange Chianese
Ange has been singing and been sung to since the cradle in the early 1940’s. While his talented parents were out earning a living, he stayed at home with his very musical Italian grandparents, Assunta and Angelo …
Andrew Oxman
Andrew Oxman, M.Ed., is an experienced workshop leader who holds certification as a Music Improvisation Teacher from the Musicianship and Leadership Program (MLP) of Music for People. With his joyful and authentic teaching style Andrew …
Amala Viola
Carolyn “Amala” Viola’s musical journey has been richly vast and varied. She is a Music for People graduate of both the Music Leadership and Musicianship programs. She joyfully proclaims, “Finding Music for People, where spirit, …