Meet Our Staff
Linda M. Fields, NCTM: Founder and Musikgarten Director
Musikgarten and Piano
BM cum laude (piano) from the University of North Texas; MM (piano) from the Peabody Conservatory; Church Music Certificate and graduate credits in organ from the Westminster Choir College; trained in both Musikgarten and Kindermusik®; Nationally Certified Teacher of Music through Music Teachers National Association; Level III ECMMA Certified (highest ECMMA certified teacher in NJ); former faculty: Westminster Choir College Conservatory Division, Hood College, The Peabody Preparatory Dept.; former Church Musician, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in West Windsor; Asst. Treasurer, NJMTA; Past President, Piano Teachers Forum.
Victoria Shuk Yan Chow: Piano Development Director
Piano and Musikgarten
MM with distinction (piano pedagogy and performance), BM summa cum laude (piano pedagogy and performance) from Westminster Choir College of Rider University. Miss Chow has won first prize every year at the Westminster Piano Competition in Princeton, NJ. She has performed with the Princeton Festival, in addition to recitals in Fort Myers, FL and at Longwood Gardens, PA. Miss Chow maintains a successful private studio and is also the Church Musician for Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Princeton.
Laura Klein, NCTM: Piano Program Director
Piano
M.M., Piano Performance & Pedagogy, with distinction, Westminster Choir College, NJ; BM, Piano Performance, summa cum laude, Mars Hill College; NCTM, Nationally Certified Teacher of Music through Music Teachers National Association; former faculty, Walla Walla University; current faculty, Westminster Conservatory of Music. Ms. Klein is an active solo and ensemble performer; she has given recent performances in Princeton, NJ, NC, NY, and WA, as well as in Prague, Vienna, and Salzburg. Her teachers include Dr. Robin Garner, Dr. Andrew Cooperstock, and Mrs. Phyllis Lehrer.
Jennifer DiGioia
Musikgarten
An experienced early childhood educator with more than 15 years of involvement in the development and implementation of children's programs, Jen has taught in the preschool Sunday School at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church for 5 years, and has been an active and dynamic Vacation Bible School leader there as well. She has served on the board of the Kid's Corner Cooperative Nursery School, where she also serves as a volunteer substitute teacher. Jen sings alto in her local church choir, and plays in the handbell choir. She is trained and licensed in Musikgarten.
Elana Eng
Musikgarten
Four years teaching experience with two highly respected early childhood music curricula; active member of two all-female choirs, singing soprano, and two handbell choirs; trained in Music Together, after being a Music Together mom since 2001. Elana Eng holds a bachelors degree in Economics from Russell Sage College.
Liz Latorre
Musikgarten
B.S. from Hofstra University; Graduate studies, Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Hochschule fur Musik (Munich, Germany), Salzburg College (Salzburg, Austria). Certification: Kodaly Level I, Musikgarten. She is a member of the New Jersey Music Teachers Association. Faculty, Suburban Community Music Center (Early Childhood), Pianist/accompanist, George Street Playhouse (Children's Summer Theater Academy), Hofstra University Music Department, Adelphi University, Westminster Choir College, National Grand Opera, Metropolitan Opera Guild, Bronx Opera, Amato Opera, Island Lyric Opera. Performances as soloist with the 92nd Street Y Chamber Orchestra, WNYC, Young Artists. Previous studies with Phyllis Lehrer, Blanche Abram, Dalton Baldwin, and Glenn Parker.
Kathryn Whitaker
Piano
Kathryn Whitaker graduated in 2010 from Westminster Choir College of Rider University where she received a Bachelor of Music in Music Education and a Master of Arts in Teaching. During her time at Westminster, Kathryn served as an accompanist for several ensembles at the school, including the renowned Westminster Choir. In addition, Kathryn has presented recitals in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and has performed in the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Currently, Kathryn enjoys an active free-lance accompanying schedule and is also a vocal soloist and church musician in the Tri-State area.
