Brooke is a classically trained pianist with a B.A. in Music from Mount Holyoke College.
Her start in music were piano lessones at the age of 3 with the Suzuki Method, Currently Brooke is working on completing her certification as a Suzuki piano teacher.
Furthermore she has experience singing in choirs and playing organ for church services. When she’s not immersed in music, Brooke enjoys reading and creative writing.
Brooke really appreciates the cultural diversity of the Music Together songs, and has a lot of fun with the variety of modes and rhythms not usually found in children’s music. She loves working with children — as it is such a freeing and joyful experience.
Mary Di Mauro – Teacher
Mary is an artist and educator with 15 years of experience working with children. Originally from Brazil, she has been studying music from a very young age and graduated from the St. Lawrence College Musical Theatre program in 2016. Mary has taught Music, Dance, Theatre and ESL in Brazil, Canada, China and the US. She currently teaches at several DOE schools as part of arts-in education programs though non-profits and directs the Children’s Theatre at Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance, where she also teaches Music Together and Canta y Baila Conmigo. She is very excited to join the team at Sol La Ti Music
Bill Pace – Teacher
Bill is a singer songwriter who has performed in numerous venues throughout NYC. His love of music began early when he would sit and listen to Beatles and Joe Cocker records on the family stereo. His older brothers introduced him to Jim Croce and Peter Frampton on 8-track and he was hooked. Bill began playing guitar as a teenager and still plays that same guitar in his classes (They don’t make them like that anymore). He began teaching Music Together in 2003 and can’t imagine doing anything else. Bill has two boys and has had the pleasure of being a parent in class as well as a teacher. After receiving a B.A. in Communications at Virginia Tech, Bill studied musical theater at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy and Music History at City College of New York. He is a Music Together Certification Level 1.
Elina Georgiou -Teacher
/>Elina is a classically trained clarinetist with interest in folk and Ottoman Music. She is a graduate student at Manhattan School of music and her previous studies include a masters in clarinet performance, Belgium and Bachelor in Musicology, Greece.
Elina has been accepted to NYU music therapy Master’s program for the academic year 2023.
Elina loves children and enjoys every minute playing music and singing with them.
She is a registered Music Together teacher and looks forward to teaching at Sol La Ti.