Deborah, a Registered Music Together instructor and center director, is also a professional singer, Bulgarian vocals expert, and California native—working on stage, in film/t.v., and in the studio (e.g., solo vocals for Steven Spielberg/John Williams on the "Minority Report" score and for Richard Gibbs on "Queen of the Damned" and "Battlestar Gallatica"; backup vocals for Michael Jackson, Celine Dion, Diana Krall, David Crosby; performances live on the Academy Awards, A Prairie Home Companion, and at A.C.T. in Hecuba with Olympia Dukakis, among many other creative endeavors). For 13 years Deborah sang with KITKA Women's Vocal Ensemble in Oakland, an eight-woman a cappella group specializing in Eastern European folk music, before hanging up her costume bag to come to L.A. and make a family. The mother of one daughter, Deborah is thrilled to be a part of the Music Together organization and enjoys combining her life-long passion for music with her enthusiastic support and love for young children.

Deborah is happy to bring her guitar-playing, parachute-waving, egg-shaking good time to your birthday party or children's event. Please contact her for options.

Deborah is also available for individual or group guitar lessons for adults/big kids who'd like to learn how to play along with the Music Together collection — or any song of choice!

Annie graduated from University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing and Music History, where she received the Robertson Award for Outstanding Performance in Music. She is a singer-songwriter and piano player who performs under the name Annie Stela. She was signed to Capitol Records from 2003-2007 where she recorded her first album, "Fool," available on iTunes. Annie teaches private piano and voice lessons for kids and previously taught Music Together at Dragonfly DuLou in Los Feliz. She has also spent several years as a nanny to two very special families here in L.A. Valley Cat Music is the perfect place for Annie to combine her two greatest loves: music and children!

Dylan was raised in a very musical household. Along with the music and singing voice of his mother, Pam Donkin (who is also a Music Together teacher and director), family jams were common. Dylan has a BA in Anthropology, Magna Cum Laude, from UCSC, as well as an MSc from the London School of Economics in Global Communications. He is also a recording artist and singer/songwriter who has released three internationally distributed, critically acclaimed rock albums and has toured the United States, opening shows for such luminary artists as Neil Young, Elvis Costello and Lucinda Williams. His music has been licensed to national network television programs, including "Men in Trees" and to various film projects. In addition to rockin’ and rollin’, his passion is teaching Music Together classes and helping to create a supportive, engaging and musically enriched environment for children and their families to develop musically together.

Havalah is a singer and member of a children's music band, Tres Leches (www.tresleches.us).  She has a background in music, theater, and dance and has been teaching Music Together for 14 years!  Havalah's warmth, creativity, and upbeat attitude make her the perfect fit for Music Together.  She is excited to be teaching on the West Coast, as she and her family recently relocated here from NYC, where she and her husband, Rene, were directors/teachers at Music Together of Ft. Greene/Clinton Hill in Brooklyn.

A lover of music all her life, Heather became a registered Music Together teacher in New York City, where she was taught by Lili Levinowitz, Co-Author of Music Together. As a lead singer and vocalist for two bands in New York, with experience in massage therapy and holistic health, Heather is a firm believer in the healing and unifying power of music.  At home, music is a fun part of everyday life with her husband Alex and baby Nicéa.

Patsy is a registered Music Together instructor and has been teaching young children for many years. Along with contributing songs and musical activities for the 2009 award-winning Artz Smartz, children’s book Christopher Kazoo and Bongo Boo, Patsy has a heart for mentoring young musicians through music camps across the country. Patsy is a trained Remo Health Rhythms facilitator for drum circles that provide health and wellness, stress relief, community building, and corporate unity. She is also a professional singer and percussionist, as well as a Grammy-nominated songwriter. She is currently working on a degree in early childhood development and putting her knowledge to work in her classes here at Valley Cat Music!

Susan, recent director and long-time teacher of Valley Music Together, has starred in Broadway musicals such as BYE, BYE, BIRDIE, CARNIVAL, BEN FRANKLIN IN PARIS, NO, NO, NANETTE and THE FANTASTICKS, on Hallmark Hall of Fame. She has appeared in many regional theatres throughout the USA and is passionate about music and the development of children. Trained at the Juilliard School of Music. NY, and the Center for Music and Young Children, Princeton, N.J., where she achieved certification as a Music Together teacher, she has taught music and drama throughout greater Los Angeles, including the Ebony Theatre's drama program, theatre productions at the Harvard School in Studio City, and with the drama department at California State University, Long Beach.

Susan has been teaching Music Together for 15 years, creating a fun, informal, social setting that spurs engagement and supports each child's musical development, as she encourages parents and caregivers to be musical, too, by guiding them, and giving them lots of fun musical activities to take home.