Esther comes to Music Together® with a background in education and psychology and has recently taken on the role of Director of City Lights Music Together. Originally from El Paso, Texas, Esther has always enjoyed singing, dancing, being silly, and working with families - which makes Music Together® a very fulfilling specialty! She found City Lights Music Together® as an activity with her girls when they were young, loved it, and completed the training in 2018. She is thoroughly enjoying teaching all types of classes including Mixed Age, In-School, Con Espanol and Sing Shalom programs, and looks forward to singing, dancing and making music with you and your family!  

Melanie Ron, c--director of City Lights Music Together, has been singing, dancing, and making music together with families for the past 18 years! A native, New Yorker, Melanie spent years in NY performing. In 2001 she took her 6-month-old daughter to her very first Music Together® class. She immediately fell in love with the class and trained to teach the award-winning Music Together program with Dr. Lili Levinowitz, Director of Research and coauthor of Music Together, in Princeton, NJ.

Melanie was invited to join Music Together International’s teacher training team and has been training new teachers around the globe to dance and sing for the past 8 years! City Lights Music Together is celebrating its 18th year introducing thousands of families in the Las Vegas Valley to the joys of dance, music-making, and the powerful benefits of having music in their lives.

Katie is originally from the beautiful beach community of San Clemente where she began her professional career at the local dinner theatre starring in "Girl Crazy" at 16 yrs old. She was accepted into the performing arts program at USC where she graduated with honors, Magna Cum Laude. Having the desire to travel, she used her talents to see the world singing, dancing and acting her way through Europe, the South Pacific, Japan and across the USA.She has starred in many musicals as well as performed with many vocal groups singing Opera, Pop, Country, RNB and even with a world renound Persian group, "The Black Cats". She was cast in"Jubilee" as a lead singer so she moved from LA to LV in 2002. She is now a voice -over artist and can be heard in many radio and television commercials. Today she is starring in her best role ever, as mother to a beautiful, hysterical 14 yr old boy, Brayden. They found Music Together when he was 3 yrs old and fell in love with the experience. Katie has been teaching for the last 10 years and has recently completed Music Together's Certification I. She loves every minute teaching, seeing the spark of music that has brought her such joy, ignite in such tiny children. 

Courtney became a Music Together teacher 18 years ago when her oldest was a baby. Now having brought 6 kids to classes, she has a deep love for the music and the program! She is thrilled to be teaching again here in Las Vegas, where she was born and raised. Courtney has a BFA in Music Dance Theatere from Brigham Young University - come sing and dance with her! 

Zoie’s family has been in Las Vegas since 1959 and has deep roots in the community. She studied pastry arts and then English Literature at CSN and UNLV and went on to receive a Master’s in Linguistics from Trinity College, Dublin in Ireland. Starting at age 9 and into adulthood, Zoie participated in choir, handbells, and musical theater, but her dearest musical memories come from singing in the car and having music competitions with her Papa as early as three years old. Looking to create early and fulfilling musical memories with her son Azure, she started attending Music Together in May of 2023 and fell in love with the program. She has since been inspired to participate in the Music Together Teacher Training and is ready to develop a fun musical practice with families in the Las Vegas Valley.

Jennifer has a lifelong relationship with music. She studied cello and piano in her early youth, majoring in orchestra at Las Vegas Academy of Arts. She majored in dance during her college years at UNLV learning many different styles of dance including ballroom, ballet, jazz, tap, modern, Irish dance, and more. She joined the UNLV ballroom formation team, opening up her world to competitive ballroom dance.

Jennifer met her husband David while working in a 1950’s Diner as a singing waitress. After she began her family-growing adventure, she taught musical theater to 5-18 year old kids in a non-profit group called Talent Team. Next, Jennifer taught baby ballet, jazz, tap, ballroom, and musical theater at Bunker Dance Center for several years. She shifted her ballroom dance instruction to adults at Arthur Murray Dance Studios for another 5 years. But she missed working with kids, so she has found opportunities to teach ballroom to kids K-12 in a couple different schools throughout the valley.

Over the last 20 years, Jen has found deep joy making music in all facets of her church service. She has participated, directed, and accompanied choirs in numerous church services and musical events. She has steadily taught gospel music to the children and youth of her church. Jennifer delights in serving the community musically as well. She organized an a capella caroling group that spreads Christmas cheer in retirement centers, as well as Downtown Summerlin. She has entertained for non-profit events for Friends of Parkinsons, and various private events around Las Vegas. Jennifer currently teaches elementary music for SNHPA (Southern Nevada Homeschool Performing Arts) and Dahl Studios, instructing in private lessons as well as teaching their Music Together Mixed Age and Rhythm Kids^® classes. She is excited to join City Lights Music Together as she continues growing our musical community, building up family bonds in a musically rich environment, and spreading the joy of the arts to the world!