Amy Parry graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, WA) and Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction from University of Denver. Prior to teaching in the school setting, Amy taught Music Together classes in Denver, Colorado for two years and absolutely LOVED the experience! During her public school career, she taught both elementary general music and middle school choral/general music. She left her full time job to be a stay-at-home mama to her two girls, Elizabeth and Alice. Now she stays busy making music at home with her daughters and husband, directing two intermediate YNS choirs (Brillante and Cantabile), and getting creative in her at-home bakery business and cookie decorating classes. Amy is THRILLED to bring the joy of early childhood music to the Naperville community and can’t wait to make music together with you and your littles!

Melissa Tomei has a BA in Music Education from North Central College and a Masters in Music Education from Northern Illinois University. She is a National Board Certified Teacher in Early and Middle Childhood Music and also has her Orff Schulwerk certification (University of Nevada Las Vegas). Melissa taught K-5 general music and choir in Naperville for 15 years before taking a break to homeschool her daughters and teach music lessons from home. Melissa loved attending Music Together with her children when they were young and is so excited to experience it again as a teacher. 

Jacquie Penfold Shaikh began her choral music studies as a chorister of St. Paul's Cathedral, Buffalo, NY after which, she furthered her musical studies at New York University (BM '05) studying under professors Lori McCann, Ira Shankman and Francisco Nuñez. Furthering her work in the choral classroom, she earned her Masters of Music in Music Education (MMME '16) in Kodaly Methadology for the Secondary Choral Classroom from Capital University.  Teaching highlights have been working with Mustard Seed School's middle schoolers in Hoboken, NJ and undergraduate music majors in Sweden!  In 2019, she left her full-time job working with high school students in Chicago to stay home with her two boys, Taim and Rabi (5 & 2).  Jacquie currently teaches private piano and voice lessons and is excited to partner with parents in the YNS & Music Together communiites in Naperville!