Liz is a New York City based musician and Level 1 Ceritified Music Together teacher. She has been teaching for ESWS Music Together since 2017 and was the administrative assistant under former Director, Deanna deCampos until 2022 when she took over as Director.

She holds a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance from Westminster Choir College and is currently getting an Advanced Certification in Music Education from the Aaron Copeland School of Music. She is a member of the professional choir at Christ Church NYC directed by Dr. Stephen Pilkington as well as The Same Stream, directed by Dr. James Jordan. Liz has performed choral works with Novus Ny, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic at Carnagie Hall, the Kimmel Center and Alice Tully Hall. Liz has had the pleasure to work with children of all ages and loves being able to combine her two passions, music and children by teaching Music Together. She strives to support the musical journey of all children and their families!

Bill is a singer songwriter who has performed in numerous venues throughout NYC. His love of music began early when he would sit and listen to Beatles and Joe Cocker records on the family stereo. His older brothers introduced him to Jim Croce and Peter Frampton on 8-track and he was hooked. Bill began playing guitar as a teenager and still plays that same guitar in his classes (They don’t make them like that anymore). He began teaching Music Together in 2002 and can’t imagine doing anything else. Bill has two boys and has had the pleasure of being a parent in class as well as a teacher. After receiving a B.A. in Communications at Virginia Tech, Bill studied musical theater at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy and Music History at City College of New York. Music Together Certification Level I.

Danny started performing professionally at age 7 and spent most of his childhood in a recording booth, in front of a camera, or on a stage. He appeared on Broadway alongside Angela Lansbury, recorded with Bob McGrath of Sesame Street and sang back-up for Yoko Ono. He has been featured in various recordings for Playskool, as well as numerous national commercials including Toys ‘R’ Us and Campbells. He has been teaching Music Together for over twenty five years and has taught in parent/child classes, preschools, private schools, inner city public schools, children’s hospitals and on college campuses. When he’s not teaching, Danny makes videos and films for museums and educational channels. B.A. in Theatre, Fordham University. The Center for Music and Young Children in Princeton, NJ has awarded him Music Together Certification Level II status for outstanding achievement in teaching, musicianship, program philosophy, and parent education. Danny also speaks at national conferences as an early childhood music educator.

Genesis is a performer, voice actor, vocal coach, and Twitch Streamer based in the Bronx, NY. She made her off-Broadway debut in "Notes From Now,” and performed in Broadway in the Park en México with Lance Horne. Recently, Genesis lent her voice to the musical audio drama "The Doctor Is Dead,” and joined Troy Anthony & Adrienne Maree Brown in "To Feel A Thing: A Ritual For Emergence” with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, which continued development in Amsterdam with the Holland Festival last summer. Genesis has experience teaching music to & taking care of children, and when she first sat in on a Music Together class, she felt so at home! Genesis loves how the room is always so warm and welcoming, the sense of community between the families and teachers is so strong and lovely.

Lina is a singer, actor, and teacher with a passion for working with children. Raised outside the city in Montclair, New Jersey, Lina had access to a thriving community of artists and hopes to give back with her teaching. She holds a Bachelors of Fine Arts in musical theatre from The Hartt School of Music and is thrilled to be a Music Together teacher. She has performed in four national children's theatre tours, most recently as the narrator in Artspower's "Dog Loves Books," where they traveled as far as Alaska and saw a moose! Closer to home she loves performing in new plays and musicals in the city, and has been featured on two original musical cast albums. Lina has also taught in NYC public schools developing her own curriculums for movement and acting classes, and she hopes to one day become a private voice teacher. Feel free to check out her website www.LinamarieS.com to learn more about Lina!

Nuria is a certified Music Together teacher since 2022, and although she’s been a classical musician her whole life, she discovered a new passion when she began teaching Early Childhood programs. When she teaches Music Together, Nuria can transmit her love for music to the youngest children and their Families, and she loves the energy and motivation from everyone in the class. The enthusiasm coming from the very youngest ones when she is “being silly” is the best fun! After a year teaching Music Together in Austin, Texas, Nuria is excited to continue sharing her skills with the families in New York at the ESWS.

Born in Spain, Nuria Canales obtained her BA in Flute in Musikene (Basque Country School of Music). Then she moved to Amsterdam, where she obtained her MA in flute, and her second bachelor degree, this time in Early Music and Historical Performance (baroque flute), both at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. It was also in the Netherlands where she would meet her husband, with whom moved in the United States. Currently she studies the Historical Performance Master program at the Juilliard School.

Sandra Dianne (Sandy) is a New York based actor. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education and Music Theater from Westminster Choir College, as well as an MFA in Acting from the Actor's Studio Drama School. Sandy has also had the privilege of singing at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center here in New York, and at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia with the Westminster Symphonic Choir. In addition to being a Music Together teacher, she also teaches preballet at Ballet Academy East on the Upper East side. Sandy is very excited to make music with the families of Eastside Westside Music Together! www.sandradiannewilson.com