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Mattie  is a Certified Music Therapist with over 15 years of working with children to help them express themselves through music no matter what their  ability!    Her passion of  the  expressive arts has led her to create Bee Bop Buddies, a  successful children's music company that has produced award  winning educational programs, teacher workshops, and  music resources serving children from New York to  Florida.   She has a Bachelor in Music with a concentration in  voice performance from Temple University and  studied music therapy in early  invention music programs with Easter Seals and  specialized schools in Australia.  With a background of performing as a professional vocalist in theater, opera, jazz and piano, she is able to bring her students the excitement  of learning and loving music without limitations..

Mattie
Voice/Piano

 

Neta brings over 10 years of teaching experience and 8 years of professional dance experience with her to the Dance and Music Academy of Woodstock.  She has 25 years of training in various styles of dance including Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Tap, Modern, Musical Theatre and Cheer.  She has trained from coast to coast, at Alvin Ailey in New York City and as a scholarship student at The Edge in Hollywood, CA.  Ms. Thurman has a Bachelor of Science degree in Spanish and Bilingual Education from The Pennsylvania State University, where she minored in Sociology and Interdisciplinary Dance, while competing nationally on the Penn State Dance Team.

Neta began her dance teaching career in State College, PA where for five years she helped to build the Jazz Company program at Centre Dance.  She has danced professionally with the Atlanta Hawks, Royal Caribbean cruise ships and is currently in her second season as a professional cheerleader.  Neta has taught locally at the North Atlanta Dance Academy in Roswell and the Georgia Dance Conservatory in Marietta.  She has both choreographed and judged auditions for the GA Tech Dance Team and travels around the country to teach camps for high school dance teams.

Neta
Director