Owner / Director
Justine Chadly is the owner of In Harmony and has been a registered Music Together® teacher and licensed center director since 2003 when she couldn't find quality creative arts programs for her young son. She additionally offers a curriculum based on a contemporary combination of methods including but not limited to Orff, Kodaly, Jacques-Dalcroze, and Comprehensive Musicianship for private students, group classes, preschools, elementary students and more. As a guest speaker for local universities and conferences nationwide, Justine enjoys sharing the significance of and best practices for early childhood and early elementary music education.
From San Francisco, her background includes musical theatre, vocal performance and dance. She holds a BA in music from UC Davis with an emphasis in vocal performance and an MA in Music Education with an emphasis in early childhood and special needs from San Francisco State University. She completed the certification course from the Smithsonian Folkways in World Music Pedagogy in the summer of 2015, the Music Together certification 1 course, and has performed with early music, Hindustani, Gamelan and jazz ensembles and is a member of the National Association for Music Education. Justine has composed for the Music Together and Rhythm Kids® international curricula including "Singing in Harmony" and "'Bout My Friends" and loves bringing people together with music.