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About the Educators “Teaching music is not my main purpose. I want to make good citizens. If children hear fine music from the day of their birth and learn to play it, they develop sensitivity, discipline and endurance. They get a beautiful heart.” Our educators at Kindermusik by the falls fully embrace this saying by Dr. Shinichi Suzuki, the world famous violin teacher, child pedagog and the founder of the Suzuki method. Kindermusik licensed educators as well as professional musicians, they are eager to share their appreciation for music with young children.
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 Loretta Serrano, our new Kindermusik educator for the west side classes this fall, is also a great friend and lifelong musician. Miss Loretta grew up in Rocky River and began her musical career as a child vocalist, performing in venues in Ohio and Canada. She studied piano for several years and then inherited a flute and piccolo from her maternal grandfather who was a professional singer and musician in Cleveland. She studied at The Koch School of Music, played in the Rocky River High School marching band and award-winning wind ensemble, and later trained in instrumental performance at the Cleveland Institute of Music with Joseph Juhos.Miss Loretta has played in many local orchestras and ensembles including the West Side Suburban Symphony conducted by the late Joseph Kiss, The Endangered Specie Trio (a jazz and poetry group), The Erie Winds (a woodwind quintet), Celestrill (a harp and flute duo with Ardis Hartley), True North Symphony, Promise Orchestra, and Earthen Vessels. Besides playing music, Miss Loretta is a lyricist, poet, author, playwright, career saleswoman, and, her most challenging gig of all: mother of four! |
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 Annette Lacey has a lifelong passion for music. Originally from Illinois, Annette received a degree in Music Education from Illinois Central College. Annette has a background in performance through her participation in various choirs, ensembles, recitals and concert bands. She has taught private lessons in piano, voice and trumpet for a combined nine years. Now residing in Ravenna, she remains passionate about helping young children develop and grow through the learning and understanding of music, both in the Kindermusik classroom and private lesson environments. Annette is also an active member of the MENC (Music Educators National Conference) as well as the Ohio Chapter of the MENC. |
Ardis Hartley-Billey is a professional harpist and a violinist with a bachelor of music degree from Cleveland State University.A suzuki violin and harp teacher for more than 2 decades, she founded Kindermusik by the falls in 2000. Since then, she has exposed and initiated to music more than 1,000 babies, toddlers and young children with their parents! Kindermusik has fulfilled her vision of the role of music in nurturing skills in the whole child and contributing to his cognitive, emotional, social, language and physical development.
Kathleen Mylecraine is a freelance flutist in the Cleveland area. She is Director of Flautrageous, the Cleveland Music School Settlement’s resident flute choir. She performs regularly as soloist, with the flute duo MagicalFlutes, and the larger North Coast Flute Ensemble which she founded in 2003. She is a graduate of the University of Utah. She lives in Aurora, OH where she maintains a private teaching studio. 
Cathy Clifford-Nicholson is an Ohio native and has studied voice and music for over 17 years. She holds her Masters of Fine Arts from Ohio University 96’. As an actress, she has performed at many of the area theatres such as the Karamu, and Great Lakes Theatre, as well as, the Cleveland Playhouse. Her experience with children involves teaching Kindermusik™ since 1999 and has taught theatre to children at the Cleveland Playhouse, Karamu Theatre, and the Weathervane Theatre in Akron. In addition to teaching with Choristers she sings with the LCCC Community Choir. She looks forward to sharing her abundant joy and love of music with your children. 
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Kindermusik by the falls
Ardis Hartley-Billey
8281 Dines Rd, Novelty, OH 44072
(440) 338-5508
e-mail: info@kindermusikbythefalls.com