Alissa Coates Children's Music

Parties last between 45-60 minutes and include the following:
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-Upbeat, exciting songs for dancing
-Props and instruments for structured instrumental play
-Instrument "free jam" and/or marching band
-And, of course, bubbles!

By hiring an experienced teacher for your child's next party, you ensure that the experience will not only be fun, but also educational. Alissa engages children with common early elementary themes including animals, counting, weather and sounds. Many of these songs can be found in a typical music class, making them accessible and familiar to children and parents alike!

By hiring an experienced teacher for your child's next party, you ensure that the experience will not only be fun, but also educational. Alissa engages children with common early elementary themes including animals, counting, weather and sounds. Many of these songs can be found in a typical music class, making them accessible and familiar to children and parents alike!

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Alissa Coates was born and raised in Upstate New York. By the age of three she had shown her desire to be onstage and she has been performing since. Her start in music came from a wonderful elementary music teacher who recognized her potential and recommended her to an area choir director. In 1998, Alissa began singing with the Eastman Bach Children's Chorus (later known as the Bach Children's Chorus) of Rochester.
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Upon entering high school, Alissa took every opportunity to sing and perform. She participated in every school show, joined every choir and began spending her summers at drama and music camps. Of these, Eastern U.S. Music Camp had the largest impact. It was there she learned about her love of teaching.

While at Berklee, she quickly became involved in school life. She ran Berklee’s largest club, Jams @ Berklee, for three years, and was Present of Berklee’s Collegiate chapter of MENC (now NAfME) through her senior year. Alissa has been the recipient of two music education awards: the 2011 MMEA Promising Music Educator award and the 2011 Berklee College of Music Promising Alumna Award: Vocal Category.
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Alissa currently teaches Kindergarten through 8th grade music in Bolton, MA, teaches private lessons around Central Massachusetts and performs at birthday parties. Alissa performs at both adult and children's events throughout the state!

Please have an easily-accessible outlet available and enough space for kids to move around. If requested, bubbles will be towards the end of the show, so if you need to change locations in order for them to be used, please let Alissa know in advance. Parents should be on hand in case their child needs them; there must be at least three adults with the children at all times.

A small travel fee will be added for locations more than 30 minutes from zip code 01420 (Fitchburg, MA).

If hosting the event at a venue requiring paid parking, please make arrangements to have a prepaid spot open near the location in advance, or make other arrangements with Alissa.