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.

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 has 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.

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.

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.

Stacey Snyder has been teaching as well as studying theater performance for over 10 years. She received her degree from The North Carolina School of the Arts and continues to study at the Barrow Group Theater Company in Manhattan. Stacey is a professional singer/song writer and has been singing with legendary musicians all around Manhattan as well as Off-Broadway. She has been teaching Music Together for over four years now and is proud to be part of something so beneficial to children and their families.

Rob Volpintesta was the co-director of Music Together in Bethel and Danbury from 2005-2008 and has taught in Connecticut and California since 2002. His energetic and creative teaching style make his classes enormously popular. He retired from Music Together in 2008 but is back with us for one semester while his wife Erin is with their newborn.