Victoria Redfearn Cave
Founder and Artistic Director
Victoria Redfearn Cave graduated from Indiana University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education with a piano concentration and received her Masters in Education Leadership from Mary Baldwin College. In 2014, she received the award for the top student in the Graduate Teacher Education Program where she focused her thesis on assessment processes with adolescents. For over 30 years, Victoria has been teaching music, movement and choral studies to children. Victoria has taught primarily in independent schools in Washington, DC and Charlottesville, VA but has also been a choral director at the Levine School of Music and the Kennedy Center’s Washington National Opera. Victoria apprenticed in children’s choir conducting with Dr. Mary Goetze while at Indiana University. She has also received conducting training from Doreen Rao’s Choral Music Experience and Dr. Harlan Parker. Victoria received her Orff certification at George Mason University and subsequently received a scholarship from the Orff Foundation to study at the Orff Institute, a division of the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. In addition to being a faculty member at the Mason Orff training program, she has also trained music educators throughout the country. Victoria is a national and international presenter and has written articles for the Orff Echo on creative movement topics for children. A passionate believer in professional development, she is a member of the American Choral Director’s Association, the American Orff-Schulwerk Association, the Music Teacher’s National Association, and Opera America. She lives in Charlottesville, VA where she is the Artistic Director of Mosaic, offering choir, group classes, and piano lessons. She is also the Director of Performing Arts for the Field School, a middle school for boys, and Director of the Virginia Consort’s High School Youth Chorale. Her special topics of interest include: integrated arts work, mindfulness, and teacher sustainability.
Colleen Fennessy
Collaborative Pianist
Colleen Fennessy received her B.A. in Music and Math from the College of William & Mary with a concentration in piano and vocal performance. She has received Orff training at the University of South Carolina, a certification in Gifted Education from the University of Virginia, and is in the process of completing a certification in Teacher Leadership from James Madison University.
For five years, Colleen served as the Director of Music at Trinity Episcopal Church in Charlottesville, VA. During her tenure, Colleen conducted two joint choirs combining singers from all Episcopal churches in the area – once in 2017 for the visit of the Presiding Bishop, and once in 2019 for Trinity’s 100th anniversary concert. She also managed the music program through every iteration of COVID precautions.
Colleen is in her seventh year teaching at the Peabody School in Charlottesville, VA. She worked for five years as the PreK-8th music teacher, teaching PreK-4th general music as well as Strings, Band, Choir, and Piano. She has music directed and/or sound engineered all of the school’s musicals since 2018. This year, Colleen transitioned to teaching 6th-8th grade Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 – although she still teaches both sections of Choir, as group singing is her favorite thing in the world! Colleen loves bringing joy and fun to learning no matter what the age group or subject area.
Emily Koven
Pebbles and Prism Instructor
Emily Koven is an experienced early childhood, elementary, and middle school music teacher. She currently teaches 5th grade music & movement classes and 3rd-8th grade choirs at St. Anne’s-Belfield School in Charlottesville. She holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in Music Education from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey. She has sung in church choirs in the greater Boston and Philadelphia areas, and currently performs as a soprano staff singer with the Philadelphia Orchestra’s Symphonic Choir.
Having recently completed her Orff-Schulwerk training at George Mason University, she strives to empower every student with the tools and confidence to improvise, create, and connect with others. Her areas of special interest include social-emotional learning, DEIB work within arts education, and adolescent vocal development. She feels great joy when watching young students share creative ideas or discover new paths to self-expression.
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