Jeanina, center director of Foothills Music Together, has performed in Europe and the USA both as an accompanist and soloist. She has taught Music Together since 1997 and is an accredited Suzuki piano teacher. Jeanina did her undergraduate work at USC in piano accompanying. She enjoys working with children and has taught the Suzuki piano method since 1981 in Los Angeles and Milan, Italy.

Stephanie has been teaching Music Together since 2001. Following her undergraduate work at UCLA, it struck her that teaching Music Together was a great opportunity to serve her community. Her aim is to foster in other families the unique musical bond that she and her son enjoy. Stephanie is thrilled to be sharing her skills and experience; she particulary loves singing along with her classes to gentle lullabies strummed on her well-worn guitar.

Audrey discovered Music Together classes with her one-year-old daughter in 2002, having been attracted to the program because it reminded her of happy times singing in Camp Fire Girls. She earned a Masters of Fine Arts from the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago, and has more than two decades’ experience working as an actor, writer, director and coach in theatre, independent films, commercials, and voiceover.

Angie graduated from the Los Angeles Music Academy in 2001 and toured Costa Rica as a representative for LAMA. She was working as a singer, songwriter, vocal coach and arranger when her mother and brother (both Music Together teachers and music educators) referred her to the Music Together workshops. She fell in love with the program, one which she feels is a fun, free, and inspirational way for children to learn about music. She was raised with music and it continues to be a huge part of her life.

Choral Conductor and vocalist Camille Couture has been involved in music all of her life. At the tender age of eight her parents gave her a classical guitar and from that point forward she has participated in music in a multitude of ways. As a freshman in college at the University of California at Santa Cruz, she fell in love with conducting and for the next fourteen years conducted chamber, church, and community choirs and even a rock band. To enrich her skills as a conductor and leader of vocalists, Camille studied voice throughout this time, and began to study the singing of opera seriously upon her return to California in 1998 from the University of Washington at Seattle, where she had recently earned a Masters degree in choral conducting. Through an opera colleague, Camille was introduced to Music Together, and enjoyed putting every bit of her experience to work as an MT teacher in the late 1990’s. Since then, many factors necessitated a hiatus from teaching Music Together, although not participation; Camille and her daughter Madison have been avid MT fans and participants since Maddy was 5 months old. Now, Camille eagerly awaits the chance to once again lead Music Together classes for children and the adults who love them.

Gretchen Weiss has worked as an actress and singer in Los Angeles, New York, Japan and many, many places in-between. Off-Broadway, Gretchen recently recreated her role as Sophie in The York’s production of “Camille”. Other New York credits include Gia in The York’s “Carmelina” and the soloist in “The Golden Voices Series” at The Symphony Space. Gretchen’s favorite roles include: Luisa in “The Fantasticks”, Lili in “Carnival”, Audrey in “Little Shop of Horrors”, Hodel in “Fiddler on the Roof” and Mabel in “Pirates of Penzance”. Gretchen is a member of “The Wonderelles”, performing 50’s music all around So Cal. Her voice can be heard on various albums and TV and Film soundtracks. Gretchen’s greatest accomplishment is motherhood.

Patrick is a singer-songwriter whose love of music finds its greatest inspiration in his three-year old daughter, Cecilia Jude. Patrick started making music in Chicago and brings to California a mid-western earthiness along with the remarkable ability to captivate and inspire children of all ages. As the lead singer in a rock-n-roll band, Patrick is best known for his beautiful melodies and guitar style.