All of our teachers have attended an intensive training program given by Music Together®, LLC. We are all passionate about music and children...
Our Jammin Baby Team
Erica Berry, Director/ Registered Music Together Teacher
Jammin Baby was developed out of a passion and love for music and children. Erica Berry, the founder of Jammin Baby, is an accomplished singer/songwriter and a mother of two young girls (Lena, 8 and Sophia, 5). Her debut album, entitled “Life and Love” earned top ten rankings on the Rhythm and Blues charts in the United Kingdom in the mid-90’s. Erica has studied voice and musical theatre at Howard University and at an early age was accepted to UC Berkeley’s Young Musicians Program. Erica was most recently trained by Music Together co-founder, Dr. Lili Levinowitz, PhD. Erica also teaches music in Preschools around the Triangle.
Erica is multi-talented in music, entertainment and business, having earned a B.A. in Political Science, with a music minor, from Howard University and a J.D. from Hastings College of the Law at the University of California. Erica formerly practiced Corporate Law for six (6) years in the New York Metropolitan area, but now has returned to her passion … Music, Music and more Music…
Having taken Music Together® with her daughter, Lena, for 2 ½ years, Erica decided after relocating to North Carolina, to start Music Together centers in Apex, Chapel Hill, Durham and Pittsboro. Erica also provides music at several Preschools around the area.
Kara Williams, Registered Music Together Teacher - Raleigh Area Associate Director
Kara Williams is a dynamic multi-talented individual who loves to sing and dance, especially with her 3 delightful children (Austin, age 7; Marion, age 5; Ann Lauren, age 1). After graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill where she received a degree in elementary education and communication studies, she taught Kindergarten in Hillsborough, NC for 3 years and then 1st grade in Charlotte, NC. She visited a Music Together class with a friend in Charlotte in 2003 and has been a fan ever since. She has participated as a parent in almost all of the collections with her children. In addition, she sang, shaked, boogied, and taught Music Together classes in the Charlotte area for 2 years before moving to Raleigh in June 2008. She has a wonderful voice and enjoys singing on the worship team at her church and is actively involved with children's ministry.
Katherine Hirsh, Creative Dance Instructor - Chapel Hill
Katherine Hirsh, a native of Montreal, Canada, trained at L’Ecole Superieure de Danse de Quebec (school of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens). She moved to western Canada in 1988 to join Alberta Ballet for one season and returned to Montreal dancing briefly for Les Grands before being invited to be a founding member of Le Jeune Ballet de Quebec. There she enjoyed the experience of dancing lead roles in a young company. A summer at the Banff Festival for the Arts allowed Katherine to portray Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty.
Since having her children she has loved sharing her love of dance with younger children and has created an innovative and interactive method of teaching young children in her Creative Dance and Let's Dance classes. These classes are more focused on teaching the art of dance and less on performances and costumes. She beleives that all children should have access to dance and should do so in a pressure free environment.
