Vita Hsieh, Director of Early Start Music, is a true artist in music and art and is an early childhood music specialist. Vita is fluent in Mandarin. Having earned her Master of Fine Art from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. She used to work in the movie industry at Disney and Sony as a digital painter. Later, Vita found her love as an early childhood music specialist and studied Music Education with Kodály emphasis from Holy Name University in Oakland, CA. Now Vita is a Kodály level lll certified teacher. Vita is also an Orff Schulwerk Level lll certified teacher, from the San Francisco International Orff School. 

Vita got inspired to be a music teacher after her daughter was born.  Vita taught music and movement in preschools around East Bay California and San Francisco. In addition to Music Together^®, Vita is the founder and developer of Kids Go Mandarin program which offers Mandarin music classes for parents and young children focusing on early childhood Mandarin learning integrate with the Orff approach and Kodály method. Vita also leads an Orff ensemble for kids age 6 and up and was a choir teacher and used to work in Piedmont Choir with Girl Training 1.

Vita plays piano, guitar, ukulele, percussion, and recorder. Vita truly believes music is a critical part of early childhood development and commits herself to building a community that involved all families and their children through music.

Level lll Orff-Schulwerk certified teacher

Level lll Kodály certified teacher

Teacher Vita also teaches music in preschools around the East Bay. Please EMAIL teacher Vita for more details and schedule a demo class in your preschool. 

Teacher Ping earned her BA in education and early childhood development in Taiwan.  She was a preschool teacher before. Ping loves engaging children through music and movement and enjoyed taking her own children to Music Together classes for 3 years. She felt in love with the Music Together program and amazed to watch her sons develop their rhythmic and melodic abilities as a result of the rich musical experience of class.  

Ping comes from a family where music is always present and she plays ukulele and piano. Ping became a registered Music Together teacher in 2018 and hopes to share the joy of music and teach children the fundamentals of music through rhythms and movements.

Teacher Ping is fluent in Mandarin. She is teaching Music Together and also Kids Go Mandarin in our center.

Ranjani Jones grew up on Long Island, NY in a house filled with education in the arts, especially music. She
grew up engulfed in her ballet, tap and jazz classes. She was exposed to voice, piano and guitar lessons at
a young age. However it wasn’t until she was in her early 20’s that she got serious about playing the
guitar. She currently performs under the name “Gypsy Jones” or with “RJ and The Armadillos”.

She has been teaching private music lessons for over a decade and specializes in lessons with younger
children. As a new mother she discovered Music Together and fell in love with the knowledge the
program provides. She is thrilled to be in the Music Together family and is looking forward to making
music with you!

Hailing from a musical family, Shree Ranjani began singing on stage at age 10 and built a strong foundation in Indian Carnatic music. She was a consistent winner of school singing competitions and one of the main singers in her college orchestra. Her passion for music continues through community performances and, more recently, through teaching. After volunteering to teach music in her son’s classroom with Music for Minors, she discovered the joy of sharing music with young children. This led her to Music Together, where she now brings warmth, energy, and a lifelong love of music to every class.