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Alexandra Andrews, director of Apple Country Music Together, has been playing the flute and teaching music since she was in high school. She has a BA in Human Development from Colby College, and developed and taught a music theory curriculum as part of an accelerated middle school program in coastal Maine. Inspired by attending Music Together ™classes with her children since 1997, she trained as a Music Together™ teacher in 1999 with Dr. Lili Levinowitz, one of Music Together's founders. In July 2003, she was awarded the Music Together Certification I designation, recognizing her experience and expertise with the curriculum and completion of advanced level training. She is past member of the Board of Directors of the Hudson Area Arts Alliance, a non-profit umbrella arts organization, and currently serves as Treasurer of the Hudson Cultural Council. Since 2002, Alex has taught flute lessons in the Arts Alliance after-school music lesson program as well as guitar classes. In April 2007, she was elected to the Music Together Directors Leadership Group. When she's not teaching, she likes to try out new recipes, plays flute in the Lincoln-Sudbury Civic Orchestra, and tries to keep her garden weeded and her houseplants watered.
Michelle Tate has a Bachelor of Fine Arts, and also loves the field of music. Michelle has been involved in music since first taking piano lessons at age 5. She has also studied flute and piccolo, and quite brilliantly snapped her piccolo in half while branching out into percussion at a high school football game. Michelle has also been a member of several choirs, and currently directs the children's choir at her church. Michelle's love of music introduced her to Music Together as a parent in 2002 which inspired her to train and become a registered Music Together teacher in 2003. in July 2010 she was awarded the Music Together Certification I designation. Michelle is the lucky mother of 3 fantastic children, and is attempting to teach herself the guitar. She does not bother weeding her garden, but instead takes African drumming classes on the side.
Gina Cranford began her musical career with piano lessons at age 5. The excellent choral music program in the Northborough Public Schools laid the foundation for a lifetime of singing. Gina has both Bachelors and Masters degrees in Music Education from the University of Connecticut. She taught middle and high school choirs for 10 years, most recently at Algonquin Regional High School. She fell in love with Music Together while enjoying the classes with her two sons and realized that this was the perfect next step in her musical journey. Gina enjoys singing and playing with her children, eating great food prepared by her husband, yoga, and traveling. She hopes someday to be able to play the "Hello" song on the guitar, but thinks it may be a little late to teach a new trick to an old(er) dog.
Barbara Hall-Siktberg has been involved in music her whole life, brought up in a musically active family. She started singing in choir when she was 4, began piano at age 7, and recorder and trumpet at age 8 and 9. Always involved in many music activities, she has taught music in various summer camps and played many performances throughout high school and college. Barb attended Berklee College of Music to round out a mostly classical background, receiving a Bachelors in Music Education and where she studied the Jump-Right-In method of instrumental study based on the Gordon music learning theory with Chris Azzara at the Hartt School of Music summer program. She was a founding member of and performed regularly with the Quintessential Brass Quintet for 6 years. She taught in the public schools as an Elementary Band Director for 10 years before starting a family. In addition to raising kids and weeding her garden, she is also teaching instrumental lessons for the Hudson Public Schools/Arts Alliance after-school lesson program, and directing the children's choir at her church. She attended Music Together classes with each of her three children and began teaching Music Together in 2005.