Little Hands Staff

Beth Frook

Beth taught the first Little Hands Kindermusik classes in 1993. In 2000, Beth was awarded "Maestro" status by Kindermusik International, signifying her as director of one of the top studio...    more

Cathy Petraglia

Cathy received her Kindermusik License in 1999. She began teaching for Little Hands in 2002. She received a Bachelor of Arts in voice performance from Salem College in 1990. She pursues her...    more

Chip Carvell

Chip Carvell joined the Little Hands family in 2005 and loves teaching in studio classes and preschools.  Chip is a former Special Education teacher with a masters degree in education and...    more

Jackie Wright

Jackie Wright-Martin received her Kindermusik License in 1998 and has taught with Little Hands ever since. Jackie attended Florida State University where she studied Music Therapy and graduated...    more

Kathy Corcelius

Kathy Corcelius has been teaching early childhood music classes since 1997. With a Bachelors degree in music therapy, Kathy worked for nine years as a music therapist specializing in...    more

Kathy Preisinger

Kathy Preisinger has been teaching Little Hands classes since 1997, and teaches studio flute and recorder lessons. She received her bachelor's degree from Texas Tech University, and a master's...    more

Lisa Hershaft

Lisa Hershaft has been teaching music classes since 1996.  She received her BA in Music Education from Ithaca College and has a Masters in Social Work with a focus on children and...    more

Margie Bassman

Margie has taught Little Hands classes since the fall of 2000, when she became a licensed Kindermusik educator.  She especially enjoys teaching the preschoolers and the 4 1/2 - 7 year...    more

Sandy Yagel

Sandy loves expressing her creativity through music and enjoyable classes! She was trained and licensed by Kindermusik in 2003.  Her background includes teaching preschoolers in art,...    more

Vanessa Talbot

Vanessa holds a Bachelors of Music degree with an emphasis in music therapy from Colorado State University. Vanessa has worked with children with a variety of developmental delays including her...    more