Staff

Ms. Tamela, Program Director, has made it her life goal to teach children and families about the power of music. She has her AA Degree in Music Education, is a Licensed Kindermusik Educator, and holds a Bachelors of Music in Music Therapy. She is a Board Certified Music Therapist and a member of the AMTA. Ms. Tamela completed her music therapy internship at Children's Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana. Ms. Tamela has also been the primary music teacher at two preschools. She has experience teaching piano, voice, and guitar.

Ms. Kim, Founder and Administrator, holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing and is a Licensed Kindermusik Educator. She studied piano and voice. She enjoys singing in choral groups and teaching music to young children and has been the music instructor at a local preschool. Ms. Kim is passionate about music and believes strongly that it touches the heart of a child in a powerful way. Her own daughters attended Kindermusik. She was so impressed with the program and the way it touched the lives of her own children that she became a Kindermusik Educator and opened Joyful Music and Dance Studios.

The proceeds from Joyful Music and Dance go to fund Ms. Kim's other passion, Orphans Song, which is a charity that she founded to help orphaned children. You may visit the Orphans Song website at www.orphansong.org