Christy Zarlengo
An Early Childhood music educator since 1999, and an alumnus of Berklee College of Music where she studied piano, voice and songwriting, Christy Zarlengo (she/her) founded Urban Music Together® in 2001, and the Children's Music Center of J.P. in 2006. Christy has taught piano lessons, Suzuki piano and early childhood music classes at ZUMIX, Brookline Music School and the New School in Cambridge, and is currently Coordinator of Classes for Young Children at Brookline Music School. Additional training includes the summer Dalcroze Institute at the Longy School of Music, and Music Together® Certification from the Center for Music and Young Children in Princeton, NJ. Christy is co-creator and featured teacher in "Little Virtuoso: Music's Everywhere," an interactive music DVD/CD for children birth - 4 years, which you can stream here.
Tara Ahmed
Tara is an arts educator with a great love for dance, music and teaching; she takes great satisfaction in working with different age groups from little ones to elders. For two decades, she worked as a dancer, primarily in classical Indian dance techniques. She has performed and given dance/lecture demonstrations and workshops in schools, museums, and cultural institutions in Brazil, Colombia, India, Turkey, and the U.S.
Besides teaching Saturday classes at the Children’s Music Center, Tara currently teaches music and movement classes to infants, toddlers and preschoolers, at Rock and Roll Daycare.