About

Meet Miss Aubrey Aubrey was born into a musical family in a small town in the Midwest. Ever since she was a little girl she has been dreaming up musicals, plays, puppet shows, creating dances and writing stories. Having an elementary music and general education teacher for a mother she was incessantly exposed to a children’s music environment. She composed her first song at age 14 and continued writing and recording throughout college where she attended Saint Mary’s University for Music Performance (Flute and Vocal Focus) and Graphic Design. During college she worked as a youth counselor, a nanny, and manager of the university theatre. She was continually inspired through the work she did musically and artistically with youth as she is today. She started voice lessons as a child and spent most of her time at home hearing her mom give music (piano, voice and guitar) lessons to other youth and adults. She started studying flute privately at age 10 and continued throughout college directing her jazz band, leading her flute section in concert band, and teaching flute privately to beginners. She started her own worship team in college and organized youth for an art club. Her time at Rock Solid Youth Center as a youth counselor was spent mentoring and encouraging young teens. There she started, If Walls Could Talk, a mural painting club for kids. This provided an opportunity for under privileged teenagers to come together and create something positive. Most of these teens just needed a bit of praise for putting their energy into creating beauty. At other times at the youth center you’d often find her sitting around the piano working on a new piece of music with a huddle of teens sitting around listening often asking questions about composing music. Many of these activities kept these teens focused on doing good for their peers and community rather than acting out or using their energy in a negative manner. She entered her first major competition, The John Lennon Song Writer’s Scholarship Competition in 2005 and was Minnesota’s state finalist becoming one of the top 50 in the nation. Still today she has been described as someone with a youthful spirit that makes working with children delightful and energizing. She moved to Hawaii after nannying a family with four boys full time for two years after college. Aubrey currently works part time as a nanny and focuses most of her energy on her company La-ti-da Productions, which was designed to bring music education and creative encouragement to kids. In spring of 2007 she was trained by Music Together Inc. of Princeton and she continually searches for updates on music education via workshops, articles and the latest research. She believes in the value of music education at an early age, offering a high quality musical experience for children to enjoy with their families, while providing a foundation for learning in all areas of development. see website for more www.la-ti-daproductions.com

Education

• Sturgeon Bay High

Favorite saying

• ""If you can walk you can dance; if you can talk you can sing!" “Tell me, I forget. Show me, I remember. Involve me, I understand.” - Carl Orff “Music speaks what cannot be expressed, soothes the mind and gives it rest, heals the heart and makes it whole, flows from heaven to the soul.”"