Our Teachers

Meet the Teachers of Music Together Chesapeake

Our teachers come from all sorts of backgrounds, but they’re united by a common passion: sharing the joy of music with children and families in Annapolis and Severna Park!

All teachers have successfully completed the live Music Together® Teacher Training, which is built on research in early childhood and music development. We keep our skills fresh through workshops every semester and advanced trainings offered by Music Together Worldwide.  Those teachers with (Cert 1) in their bio have taken advanced training in the Music Together teaching practice. 

photo Danielle Slater

Music Together Teacher, attended Loyola University where she earned a Masters of Music Education degree as well as a Kodály Music Education Certification.  Danielle was an elementary school music educator and choral director for Anne Arundel County Public Schools from February 2007 to June 2023.  In her life Danielle has played various instruments but her main instrument, and passion, is voice.  She was classically trained as an operatic coloratura at Salisbury University.  She also enjoys playing her ukulele and guitar. Danielle wanted to share all the wonderful things music has to offer with her two children so she enrolled them with Music Together. Soon after she took the MT Teacher Training and is excited to be returning to MTC to teach with us this fall.

 

 

 

     
photo Mandy Stinchcomb

Music Together Teacher (Cert 1) & Center Director, has a Bachelor's degree in Theatre from Goucher College in Baltimore. She began singing in choral groups as a child, and has had a love of music ever since. Mandy participated in Music Together with all three of her children, and greatly enjoyed sharing music with her children through the program. She completed her Music Together teacher training in the summer of 2008 and has been teaching family classes since the fall of that year.  Mandy completed Certification Level 1 in September of 2018.  She is also an in-school music specialist at an area preschool and completed Rhythm Kids® training in the summer of 2023. Mandy became Center Director of Music Together Chesapeake in the summer of 2024 and is excited to continue brining early childhood music education to area families.


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photo Jessica Singeltary

Jessica holds her Masters in Music Education from Anderson University and has been teaching music since 2008, spending most of her career teaching for Prince George's County Public Schools as a choir director and general music teacher for pre-K through 6th grade students, as well as teaching private piano, voice, and ukulele. Jessica was drawn to Music Together because of its research-based approach and the use of Edwin Gordon's work in developing his Music Learning Theory and loves teaching Music Together classes!  Jessica brought her own daughters to classes with Ms. Mandy when they were young!  Jessica believes deeply in the value of early music education and knows that it is a gift to be able to be a part of a child's early music experience!