Linda Brasaemle

A veteran Music Together teacher, Linda has a B.A. in Fitness and several related certifications, and spent 15 years working for the YMCA. She has also attained Music Together Certification Level I and Certification Level II. Linda played in bands, orchestras, and jazz groups throughout her high school and college years and discovered the joy of singing when she began participating in vocal ensembles and singing at church. Most recently she has been seen playing the bass guitar in a jazz brass band in the Twin Cities.

Susan Darrow

Director of Educational Services, Music Together LLC. B.A., Theatre Arts, Pennsylvania State University. Master's work in Parent/Child Development, Bank Street College, NYC. Music Together Certification Level II. Susan began her professional career working in regional and children's theater. In Montclair, NJ, she worked for Parents Place, an innovative parent resource center where she served on the faculty as a parent educator, curriculum developer, and classroom teacher. Susan opened her own center in Montclair, NJ in 1998 and has been teaching Music Together since 1993.

Ken Guilmartin

Conceived and led the development of the innovative Music Together program for the Center for Music and Young Children, which he founded in 1985. He has composed numerous scores for off-Broadway and regional theatre productions and is a popular presenter of early childhood and music education conferences. He has created music programs and conducted teacher training for numerous early childhood centers nationwide. A graduate of Swarthmore College, he studied composition and pedagogy at Manhattan School of Music and is certified in Dalcroze Eurhythmics by the Manhattan Dalcroze Institute.

LeAnne Korbel

LeAnne Korbel received a degree in vocal performance at Oberlin Conservatory before going to New York University to earn a Master's degree in Music Therapy. LeAnne worked for seven years as a music therapist in Hospice in NYC. She has been teaching for Music Together of Montclair for 11 years. She is a Certified Level II teacher.

Lili Levinowitz, Ph.D.

Director of Research and coauthor of Music Together. Lili is a national authority on early childhood music and is actively involved in teaching very young children as well as graduate students. Her articles appear frequently in both professional journals and popular magazines. She received her Ph.D. from Temple University where she was director of the Children's Music Development Program. Through Music Together, Lili teaches Babies, mixed-age, Big Kids, and preschool classes in Princeton, NJ.

Lyn Ransom, D.M.A

Coauthor of Music Together Preschool and former Director of Program Development at Music Together LLC.  Lyn developed the music program for High/Scope Foundation and served for seven years as a teacher trainer for Head Start and Follow Through. She is the author of Children as Music Makers and a curriculum writer for the Music Together Song Collections. She was a professor of music at Iowa State University, Ames, where she taught courses in early childhood and elementary music education. Lyn is music director of VOICES, one of New Jersey’s outstanding choruses.

Melanie Ron

Melanie received her B.A. in English and Theater from CUNY, Queens College, and her MFA in Theater from the Goodman Theatre School, DePaul University. She has performed in New York as a dancer, singer, and actor. Melanie has been teaching Music Together since 2002 and has attained Music Together Certification I and II. She is currently the director of City Lights Music Together in Las Vegas NV.