Judy Hausman Leff is the Director/Owner of While They're Little, a company she started after her second child was born. Her vision is to offer services and products to families with young children that will empower and nurture both parent and child. She is very proud to offer Music Together classes and loves that her job responsibilities include singing and dancing with your children! She has been studying voice since she can remember, taking a 12-year break from it to pursue a career as an actuary/risk management consultant. Music came back into her life after her children were born. Soon after, she was taking Music Together classes with them and was hooked! Judy has been teaching Music Together classes since 2003. In April 2005, she was awarded Music Together Certification Level 1 from the Center for Music and Young Children in Princeton, NJ, having demonstrated outstanding achievement in teaching, musicianship, program philosophy and parent education, and in August 2010, she was awarded Music Together Certification Level 2 for demonstrating mastery of those areas. Judy is proud to have had the first US Music Together center (and the only in NY) to offer a class in Hebrew as well as having been the only center on Long Island to have been chosen to participate in Music Together's Big Kids pilot in 2010, the Babies Pilot in 2012 and, most currently, Phase 2 of the Rhythm Kids^® Pilot in 2016. 

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Lauren Jurgrau has been an important part of our Music Together family since completing her training in 2011! Lauren has always had a passion for music, and has studied voice, piano, and flute. In high school, she was selected to be part of the United States Youth Ensemble where she had the opportunity to sing in six different countries throughout Europe. In May 2011, she graduated from Westminster Choir College with a BM in Music Education. As a student at Westminster, she sang with the Westminster Symphonic Choir, which performed various symphonic works at the Princeton University Chapel, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Avery Fischer Hall at Lincoln Center, and Carnegie Hall. Lauren found Music Together after seeing many of her classmates complete their training and fall in love with the program. A new mommy herself, Lauren is excited to share her love of music with all of her families. 

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Carole Hausman is not one of our teachers but is an important part of our team, having come out of retirement from Macy's to work in our managing office. She is very familiar with the Music Together program and philosophy, having taken the training in 2005. She is thrilled to be working closely with her daughter (she is Miss Judy's mom). In her spare time, Carole can be found spoiling her grandchildren.

Sadly, Miss Carole passed away in January 2017 but she still impacts the lives of children through our Carole B Hausman Memorial Scholarship Fund, which was set up to help families in need of tuition assistance.

Sometimes we just don't know right away who is going to be teaching a class. Rest assured we work hard to get you that information as soon as possible!