Don O'Keefe is a registered Music Together teacher and the director of Music Together of Brookfield, LLC.
His father was a drummer and he has been playing drums and percussion all of his life. He studied performance and professional music at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. His time at Berklee was instrumental in his development as a drummer, professional musician and teacher. He has performed professionally with a variety of bands both live and in studios. His recording experience includes records at The Hit Factory and The Manhattan Center Studios in New York City. Some of the many notable musicians he has worked with include: Joan Osborne, Dave Rosenthal, Eileen Ivers, Geoffrey Blythe and Thomas Hamlin. Don has performed with The Pat McGuire Band for over 15 years, playing extensively along the East Coast including an appearance on national TV on the Late Night with Conan O’Brian Show. He studied with Joe Morrello from the Dave Brubeck Band and teaches privately at a local studio in Brookfield.
He is the father of 2 young children Kayleigh & Ryan who are his whole world. His passion for music and love of young children led him to pursue a career in Music Together and he couldn't be happier with the decision.

Ali Froman, has twelve years of dance training including ballet, modern, jazz and ballroom. Ms Froman studied at Alvin Ailey American Dance School and the American Ballet Theatre School in NYC as well as in Westchester County, NY.
She studied in the Professional Theatre Training Program at SUNY Purchase in Purchase, NY. Her work there included: acting, voice, speech and movement for the stage.
Ali Froman has studied acting privately with Phil Gushee in NYC. She also studied Linklater Technique for the stage with Elizabeth Himmelstein at the Roundabout Theatre Company.
Ali has been with us here at Music Together of Brookfield since we opened our doors. She is a registered Music Together teacher who has taught in Fairfield County for many years.

Erin Volpintesta received her Bachelor of Music from Cal State University, Long Beach, in vocal performance. In California she performed as a soloist with Opera Pacific, the Los Angeles Theater Center and Capitol Records. Internationally she as toured with the Pink PoP Jazz Festival and the French band Simple Image. Erin and her husband Rob run Angel Thorne Music Co. in Bethel, CT. where they teach private music lessons, run Rock Camps and operate a recording studio. Erin is a registered Music Together® teacher and a former center director as well. She has been involved with Music Together for many years and we are very happy and fortunate to have her on our staff.

Bizzy Bender is a life-long, self taught musician and performing artist who has been actively teaching in a variety of settings for the past 3 years. She is one of the teachers involved in the ground breaking study, Total Learning Initiative in Bridgeport, CT.
She is the mother of three children aged from 12-26 years and has taught Tae Kwon Do to children aged 3 to adult at CMA in Danbury where she holds a black belt in the discipline.
Bizzy has also been involved in the children's music ministry at Grace Community Church in New Canaan, CT. and she is currently one of the worship leaders at that church as well as at Walnut Hill Community Church in Bethel, CT.
She has recorded 2 CD's and performed all over New England and throughout the country. Her music is a favorite with some of the indigenous people of Fiji and you can see them singing to Bizzy's song "Isn't God Great?" on Youtube.
An avid songwriter, she has penned more than 300 songs and hopes to get back to the recording studio in the near future. You can check out her music at www.bizzybender.com.
Bizzy is a registered Music Together teacher. She brings a wonderful spirit and energy to her classes at Music Together of Brookfield and we are happy to have her on board.

Stephanie Gaumer-Klien is a trained classical pianist and has her Masters in Special Education, Behavior Analysis, and Supervision and Administration from Columbia University, New York and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music from Western Connecticut State University. She is a professional musical director and has performed many shows in Connecticut, New York, and Pennsylvania for regional and community theaters, toured Europe with 42nd Street and has played cabarets in New York City. After an extensive career as a special education teacher, she turned her interest toward Music Together when her first daughter was six months old. She fell in love with its philosophy and wonderful music so much so that she decided to own and operate Music Together of Western Fairfield County for eight years. After selling her company when her adopted daughter arrived from China, she became a potter and a piano teacher. She is currently teaching Musical Theatre and Voice at the Regional Center for the Arts in Trumbull, a magnet performing arts high school and is musically directing shows at St. Joseph High School and for surrounding area community theatres and schools. She missed Music Together so much she called Don O'Keefe (whom she knew as drummer for one her shows) and is so excited to be returning as a teacher for such a wonderful organization. She looks forward to singing and dancing with the children and the moms and caregivers and bringing the joy of music to so many people.