How much does ms rachel songs for littles make

Rachel Griffin Accurso (she/her) is a passionate educator and award-winning songwriter. She has a masters in music education from NYU. She is currently pursuing a second masters degree in Early Childhood Education. She has done many trainings and courses in areas such as speech development, early childhood development and early intervention. Ms Rachel believes all children are capable, brilliant and important. 

Her sweet little boy inspired "Songs for Littles" and continues to inspire her work every day! She is married to the amazing, Mr. Aron, AKA HERBIE! 

Aron Accurso (he/him) voices Herbie, Georgie & all of the other puppets on the show! He is a Composer, Conductor, and Pianist. His musicals in development include The Dogs of Pripyat, Seeing Red with Joey Mazzarino (writer/ director/ puppeteer including 20 years on Sesame Street) and We Have Apples. Other writing credits include: The Trail, a choral commission from Colorado Children’s Chorale, and a children’s musical, Strega Nona. He studied writing for the theatre in the BMI Workshop (where he received the Jerry Harrington Award), and as a Dramatist Guild Fellow.

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He was the Musical Director/Incidental Music Arranger for Up Here, a new musical by Bobby Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez that premiered at the La Jolla Playhouse in 2015.  He is the Associate Musical Director/Associate Conductor for Aladdin on Broadway. Other Broadway credits include: Nice Work If You Can Get It (Asst. Cond/Piano), Sister Act (Assoc. Conductor/Key 1), The Little Mermaid (Key 1), and Billy Elliot (Rehearsal Pianist/music casting).  He was the Musical Director/Incidental Musical Arranger for the musical, Calvin Berger (by Barry Wyner), and has toured and worked at regional and summer stock theatres.

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He is married to his best friend, Ms. Rachel!  

www.aronaccurso.com

Jules (they/them) is a New York City-based singer songwriter who has worked in many musical genres - indie rock, pop and country among them. Jules co-wrote the theme song for the feature film Rock Dog; was a Great American Songwriter finalist for "Hey There Anne''; and, with their band Boketto the Wolf, has toured, opened for major acts and performed at the SXSW music festival. Jules’ passion for songwriting extends to teaching at a local private school and mentoring each Summer at the Berklee Songwriting Workshop.

Natalie Kaye Clater (she/her) is so excited to join the cast of Songs For Littles. TV/Film- Disney’s Better Nate Than Ever, Killision Course, Blue Bloods. National Tours- Hamilton: An American Musical (2018-2022) Other credits include, The Big Mix: Pride Event, A Chorus Line, Dreamgirls, and various music videos.

Frida Matute, (she/her) M.A. CCC-SLP, TSSLD is the Founder and Preschool Program Director of The Indy Lab, a nursery and preschool in Westchester, NY, and the Founding Executive Director of Indy Speech Services, a private speech therapy practice in NYC and Westchester, NY. She received her Master’s degree from Northwestern University in 2010 and completed her undergraduate degree in Speech and Hearing Science and Psychology from The George Washington University in 2008. Frida is also on the Junior Board of Advocates for Children in NYC. She is a native bilingual language and literacy specialist trained in Orton-Gillingham, Sounds in Motion and Windward’s Writing Workshop. Before starting her own preschool and speech therapy practice, she worked at NYU Language Medical Center’s Rusk Institute, Hospital for Joint Diseases and Bellevue Hospital in pediatric speech-language pathology. Frida believes that an explicit phonics approach needs to be at the center of teaching literacy and that prevention plays a critical a role in intervention through early screenings, parent and teacher education and public policy.

Alexa Smith (she/her) is the Associate Vice President for Strategic Innovations and Special Initiatives at Manhattan School of Music where she oversees MSM's diversity and inclusion strategies. Previously, she was Director of Marketing at New York City Opera and created events for the Pride Series and Opéra en Español. She is a frequent guest speaker, clinician, and consultant for arts institutions including Opera America, Boston Lyric Opera, Heartbeat Opera, Spire Norland Festival, Emory University, Ithaca College, Governors School for the Arts, and Royal College of London among others. She is a graduate of Manhattan School of Music's and Roosevelt University's vocal arts divisions and has an MBA from Boston University. 

Keisha Gilles (she/her) is an actor and teaching artist. After training in Musical Theater at the Hartt School of Music, Keisha performed in shows including Aladdin (Broadway), The Book of Mormon (Broadway), and Dreamgirls (National Tour). Currently she is creating musical sketch comedy with Explanation of Benefits, the musical answer to your health care questions, and performing in Aladdin on Broadway. 

Angelo Soriano (he/him) is a proud native of the Philippines, and began his career in Los Angeles before making his way to NYC. His performance credits include Disney California Adventure, Walt Disney World, and has been seen on stages with Macy Gray, Justin Bieber and Zendaya, to name a few.

Angelo spent over a year on tour with Flashdance: The Musical (1st National). He made his Broadway debut in Aladdin: The Musical as a Swing/Understudy and was honored in the New York Times Magazine feature, “A Star Is Made”.

When not on stage, his favorite hobbies support his passion for creation and collaboration as a music producer, filmmaker and photographer with commissioned works by Disney on Broadway, Joffrey Ballet School, BC/EFA, and collaborations with the Broadway Community featured on Broadway World and Playbill. @gelosaurus
 

Simon Kafka (he/him) is a guitarist based in New York City. He has performed in over twenty countries, appeared on over twenty five national television broadcasts, played or recorded with a myriad of major and minor label recording artists, and is currently the guitarist in the orchestra of Aladdin on Broadway. He is thrilled to be

a part of the Songs For Littles team!

Dennis Stowe (he/him) is currently currently starring as Jafar in Disney’s Aladdin on Broadway. His other Broadway credits include Annie, Leap of Faith, Shrek the Musical, The Apple Tree, The Wedding Singer, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Wonderful Town and Man of La Mancha. Dennis has also appeared in NY in Stairway to Paradise, Faust, Cabin in the Sky at Encores and Jerry Springer the Opera at Carnegie Hall.  On television, Dennis co-stared in Tales of the City (Netflix).  Stowe has performed with the Boston Pops and is also a longtime member of the Broadway Inspirational Voices.

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