Simple Gifts: Gracious Words from Teachers and Directors

“Music Together has changed my life because I can proselytize about what I love
(the gospel of early childhood music) through a context that people can embrace.
It also has changed and enlightened my thoughts and inner knowledge about
what it really means to grow and learn.”

—Lili Levinowitz
Music Together Coauthor & Director of Research

"Music Together has changed my life; it has infused my parenting with harmony
and joy and given me an important group of colleagues to share this work with.”

—Jessica Nevins, Chester, CT

“There are very few people in the world who are fortunate enough to go to work and love every second of it…When I see the enthusiastic delight in the children’s faces as I lead their favorite songs and when they jump into my lap for the lullaby, I know that I am exactly where I should be.”

—Janet Billings, Hopeland, MA

“Every time I teach a Music Together class I learn something
magical about how children learn. Thank you for that.”

—Aron Rider, Alexandria, VA

“Teaching Music Together has absolutely changed my life!...My friends joke that I'm the ‘mayor of Hoboken.’ I walk down the street and families wave and say hi. I get invited to all the good birthday parties in town. I am certain that switching careers lengthened my life span by at least a decade.”

—Dave Lambert, Hoboken, NJ

“Teaching Music Together makes me happier than any other career I've had. Combining music and movement and children and community in one 45-minute
span is exciting, rejuvenating, creative and fun. Each day I am truly thankful
that I make a living sharing the joy of music with my families.”

—Mary Thilleman, Chicago, IL

The main thing that Music Together has done for me is that it has brought a lot more JOY into my life. What a tremendous joy to participate with the families in singing, dancing, silliness, playing instruments, and being generally creative!”

—Liz Benjamin, Ottawa, Canada

“Music Together is the ONLY job I have ever had where
I leave happier than when I came in!”

—Elizabeth Torres, Capilota, CA

Gracious Words from Music Together Families