Meet Our Teachers
Linda M. Fields, Founder and 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®; 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; Immediate Past President, Piano Teachers Forum of Central New Jersey.
Victoria Shuk Yan Chow
Piano
BM summa cum laude (piano) from Westminster Choir College of Rider University; currently a graduate student studying with Ingrid Clarfield at Westminster Choir College, and the WCC Piano Department's Graduate Assistant. Miss Chow has won First Prize every year at the Westminster Piano Competition in Calgary, Canada. She has performed with the Princeton Festival, in addition to recitals in Fort Myers, FL and at Longwood Gardens, PA. Miss Chow maintains a private studio and is also the Church Musician of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Princeton.
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 is 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.
Carolyn Keurajian
Musikgarten
Bachelor of Arts in Business Marketing from University of Puget Sound. Music study at University of North Texas School of Music. Named Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival "Outstanding Jazz Musician." Played in back-up bands for festival guests Terry Gibbs, Buddy DeFranco, Cab Calloway, Chris Calloway, and Sarah Vaughn. Private woodwind study with Mike Monoghan (Boston Pops), Joe Temperly (Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra), Al Regni (National Symphony, NY Philharmonic). Performed with Up With People as singer and sax player. Vocal study with Chris Calloway. Lead alto player in saxophone quartet "Cirque Saxophonia" and Ramsey Wind Symphony 2000-2005. Former Board Member, current faculty: Kid's Corner Cooperative Nursery School; trained in Musikgarten and Music Together.
Lisa Kindervatter
Musikgarten and Piano
formerly a Montessori preschool/music teacher, Lisa received her BME from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ. She earned her Montessori Teaching Diploma from St. Nicholas Training Centre in London. Trained in both Musikgarten and Kindermusik®; Level I ECMMA certified.
Lauren Thompson
Musikgarten and Piano
MM (Piano Performance with an Emphasis in Piano Pedagogy) from the University of Oklahoma, and her BA summa cum laude (Music with a Concentration in Piano Performance and Business Administration with a Concentration in Economics and Finance) from Huntingdon College in Montgomery, AL. Former faculty of Huntingdon College, Birmingham-Southern College, Samford University and the University of Oklahoma, in addition to Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan and the First Baptist Church in Norman, OK. Trained in Musikgarten. Currently an intern at the The New School for Music Study in Kingston.