 Leslie Waddell is the founder and owner of Music for Little Hands and has been a Kindermusik Educator for ten years. She began her musical education as a flute student at the age of ten and went on to earn her Bachelor of Music Degree in flute performance at the New England Conservatory. She currently performs with the New Haven and Ridgefield Symphony Orchestras. Over 20 years of experience teaching the flute, coaching chamber music, directing festivals and camps, and performing with a variety of different musical organizations, Leslie was led to realize that her true passion is using music to reach children and families at the most basic level while helping to stimulate cognitive, physical, emotional & social development, nurturing the bond within a family and a community, and fostering a love of music to reach through the generations. Miss Leslie teaches all levels of Kindermusik at the Monroe studio and lives in Fairfield with her husband and daughter.
leslie@musicforlittlehands.com
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 Mary Buzak lives in Bethel with her husband and two daughters where she has run a thriving piano studio for six years. She teaches piano students of all levels using a program which she has designed and implemented while maintaining an active schedule as pianist and singer at St. Mary Church in Bethel. She feels that one of her greatest strengths as a Kindermusik Educator, in addition to her extensive work with children and her Kindermusik training, is her training with the Parent Leadership Training Institute, a civic leadership initiative which seeks to enable parents to become leading advocates for children in the community. Mary received her musical training at the New England Conservatory in Boston and earned her Bachelor Degree at Simmons College. Miss Mary teaches Kindermusik Village, Kindermusik Our Time, Kindermusik Imagine That!, ABC Music & Me and Family time at the Monroe and Southbury studios.
mary@musicforlittlehands.com
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 Lisa Aschen graduated from The College of New Jersey with a BM in Music Education. She began her teaching career before high school as a private flute instructor and has been teaching in a variety of venues ever since, including the New Haven Public schools, special education and day care music classes. She spent some time in instrument repair, but returned to teaching because it is her passion. Lisa works with the youth choirs at Salem Lutheran church in Bridgeport, teaches private flute lessons, has been teaching recently in the parochial schools, and is a flutist in the Farmington Valley band. Lisa teaches Kindermusik Village, ABC Music & Me, Kindermusik Sign & Sing and Kindermusik for the Young Child at our Monroe, Southbury and Fairfield/Bridgeport studios and also teaches Kindermusik at Bright Horizons Trumbull.
“I live in the northwest hills with my husband, 2 cats, a tortoise and some fish, and of course the newest addition, Stefan. I enjoy cooking, gardening, and reading. Most of all, I love spending time with Stefan and watching him learn and grow.”
lisa@musicforlittlehands.com
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