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 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 a 12 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.

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.

Buffy Andrews (B. Mus)

is an enthusiastic musician and teacher from a small town in Prince Edward Island. She studied violin performance at Dalhousie University in Halifax and has been teaching violin for the last 10 years. Through teaching Kindermusik Buffy has discovered her love of working with young children. She enjoys playing and singing a wide variety of musical styles and has extended her skills on the violin to other stringed instruments as well. She has participated in performing groups and ensembles world wide and spent the years 2006-2008 in China teaching pre-school English with her husband, Terry. Since moving to Winnipeg in 2009, Buffy has been a member of the Winnipeg Pops Orchestra and looks forward to the many musical opportunities the city has to offer.

Lisa Martin (B.Ed., B.A. Hons.)

is a drama educator, storyteller and actor depending on which day of the week it is! Now, she can add Kindermusik educator to the list. Lisa loves to sing, and has taught all ages of students over the past 12 years. Her daughter, Brynn, loves her Kindermusik class with Melanie each week.