Teachers

Your Musik'n'Motion teacher is a highly trained professional with classroom and field experience in early childhood music education and child development. 

 

Priscilla Kurts-Soligo Founder and Director Priscilla has studied her Bachelor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia and has worked with young children for over 10 years across Australia , the USA , Italy and Hong Kong.  Priscilla is a certified and licensed Musikgarten USA teacher for infants through to early primary.  She is an active member of and holds accreditation by the Early Childhood Music and Movement Association, USA (ECMMA).  She has trained with internationally acclaimed early childhood music and movement specialist Lynn Kleiner of Music Rhapsody in Los Angeles, USA.  She has also trained at Keiki Crescendo Early Childhood Music and Movement School in Hawaii, USA, founded by Carla Waterfield.  Priscilla has received vocal and keyboard training in Sydney Australia and she is also trained in modern jazz and classical ballet and has instructed children's ballet.  She is from Sydney Australia and moved to Hong Kong in 2006 after living and working in Italy.  When she is not making music with children, Priscilla loves to write children's poetry, enjoys cooking Italian food and her favourite hobby is pottering in the roof-top garden with her wonderful husband.

Yvonne Chen Teacher Yvonne is originally from Taiwan and has spent much time studying in the United States.  She graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Piano from The State of New York University School of Music, USA and is also trained in Dalcrose Eurhythmics.  She received her Masters of Music in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from Pennsylvania State University, USA.  Yvonne is Musikgarten qualified from Babies through Toddlers and Cycles of Seasons and has also instructed Musikgarten classes in Taiwan.  She is a professional pianist and piano teacher and has an ardent enthusiasm for sharing her musical education with her favourite students of all, babies and young children.

Janet Lynch Lead Assistant Janet has been working in the early childhood development field for several years.  Having been primarily involved with assisting in an active learning centre, Janet has been with us since our inception.  As a mother of a Toddler herself, Janet has a keen understanding of young children and is a favourite with parents and children alike.