ABOUT KINDERMUSIK DISCOVERY TEACHERS

Each of our teachers is a talented individual who brings her own unique personality and gifts to her classes. If you think your child may benefit from a certain type of personality, such as extra-gentle or extra-lively, do contact us and let us help place you with the best possible instructor!

Nancy Aasland (B.A. Music, Director of Kindermusik Discovery)

has been sharing her love of music with young children since beginning her Kindermusik program in 1998. She has studied piano and voice extensively through the Royal Conservatory of Music and Concord College, and has completed Orff Level 1 at the University Of Manitoba School Of Music. She recently was involved in the Mennonite Festival Chorus, in a triumphant performance of Bach's Christmas Oratorio with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. She also plays guitar, recorder, tin whistle and djembe (an African drum). Nancy is currently the Music Director at St Mary Magdalene Anglican Church, in St Vital. Nancy and her husband have an 11 year old daughter who is a Kindermusik graduate.

Carmen Ellis (B.R.S.)

has been singing enthusiastically in choirs for her entire life, as you will notice the moment you step into her classroom. She plays piano, guitar and a little banjo. She has been a nursery school teacher and director of a child care centre. She and her husband have two school-age children.

Kim Lavilla (B.Mus)

is a classically trained soprano. She teaches singing to many young vocalists who come to her home studio. She has worked with children's choirs and high school musicals, and is on the Production Team for Manitoba Opera, as Surtitle Cuer. She and her husband have two young sons who have both taken numerous Kindermusik classes.

Melanie Barnett

is a highly experienced provider of preschool programs, including running her own home daycare, and working with children with a variety of special needs. She has studied piano, guitar and trumpet, and sung in choirs. She and her husband have two young children.

Tracy Wright (M.Mus Perf)

is a freelance musician playing oboe and English horn on occasion with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, and the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra. Tracy completed her masters in music performance in Victoria where she played with the Victoria Symphony and performed with the Garden Winds Quintet every Sunday at Butchart Gardens. She currently teaches oboe lessons to teens and adults and has assisted in giving clinics to band programs. In the past she has also enjoyed coaching gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics to primary children. She and her husband have two young boys who each have been enjoying Kindermusik since they were 4 months old.