Kindermusik Educators in Hamburg

Eve grew up surrounded by a love of music, sharing musical experiences with her parents, grandparents and brother. From the age of six she watched her mother, a pioneer in early childhood musical education in New Zealand in the 1970s, guiding preschoolers to develop joy and fun in music making.

Eve pursued this in-built passion for music academically, completing a Bachelor of Music from Auckland University and thereafter advancing her vocal studies and teaching music in Wellington. Here she taught a wide range of music; violin, singing, recorder, children's choirs and orchestras, and perhaps the most rewarding, her own preschool music programme for children aged from 16 months.

Amongst receiving numerous performing awards and scholarships, Eve was most delighted to be awarded a prestigious Churchill Fellowship (Australia) in 1999. This enabled her to undertake a year of vocal study in the UK with renowned teacher Joseph Ward, and to spend four months studying the German language at the Goethe Institut in Berlin, Germany. The following year, Eve moved to London, England where she operated a private vocal studio in central London, performed as a professional opera singer and was a founding director of a music agency.

In 2005 Eve moved to Hamburg and has been enjoying spending time with her first child. Eve's commitment to the value of early childhood music, and its role in the development of language skills, has seen her come almost full circle, once again embracing ideas formed through her own childhood and music teaching experiences.

She is enjoying being a licenced educator in the international network of the Kindermusik® programme, and firmly believes Kindermusik® provides the best all-round learning experience to children – cognitive, physical, emotional and social. She takes great pleasure in watching the parent-child bond develop as both share a fun musical experience, which provides their child with English language skills and a life-long love of music.

Music produces a kind of pleasure
which human nature cannot do without.

Confucius

Kay’s thoughts exactly!

It is this pleasure that she endeavours to pass on to others. Kay has been in love with music ever since she met her first Bontempi electronic organ underneath the family Christmas tree and hasn’t looked back. Music brings her so much enjoyment, motivation and has aided her through many of life’s challenges to where she is today: an inspired and passionate early-childhood and primary music specialist as well as a keen saxophone and keyboard teacher and player.

She has had the opportunities to pursue this internationally. After completing both her Bachelor of Teaching and Bachelor of Education in Music in Australia, she began teaching within the public school system. This entailed teaching primary school classroom music, recorder ensembles, choirs and orchestra ensembles as well as saxophone and clarinet tuition.

After being given the chance to continue teaching in Japan for a year she also continued on to Hamburg where she chooses her family home to be.

Now, also a licensed Kindermusik® educator, she looks forward to continuing sharing this zest of learning life through music with young children and parents alike.

A born performer, Audrey feels lucky to say that music has been a part of her life for as long as she can remember. Whether it was making home movies with friends and family in elementary school, parading around on stage in middle school musical productions, or the piano, viola and voice lessons she took throughout high school, Audrey's relationship with music has always been a rewarding and passionate one.

After earning her Bachelors Degrees in Vocal Performance from the University of Michigan School of Music, Theater and Dance and German from the School of Literature, Science and the Arts, she spent a year in Frankfurt, Germany working as an Au Pair for two beautiful little girls. Although the eldest of all her cousins, and well versed in the areas of diaper change and babysitting, it was this time abroad in Frankfurt that opened Audrey's eyes to what an incredible, rewarding experience working with children is. After finishing her year in Frankfurt, she moved to Hamburg, Germany to pursue her Master's in Music (Opera Performance).

Becoming a Licensed Kindermusik® Educator has allowed Audrey to combine so many of her passions and bear witness to the joy, development and love of music Kindermusik helps inspire in children and adults of all ages. As a Licensed Kindermusik Educator, Audrey is excited to work with you and your children and share the love she has found in music with you and your family!