I’ve always been interested in music, and have had wide and varied musical tastes for as long as I can remember. Equally, I’ve enjoyed various performative pursuits throughout my life, including formal music, dance, and voice lessons, school and community choirs, amateur musical theater (ever the ham!), and even college rock bands. I sing constantly, and music is simply a part of my daily existence. 

I have a PhD in Anthropology from my native England. My research specialty was play behavior (especially in children and other primates!), and I was especially interested in cognitive/brain development. I moved to the United States in 2003, and to Austin in 2006. I spent many years as a tenured university professor: teaching, conducting research, and publishing research articles. 

I found Heartsong Music as a new mom in 2012. It quickly became the highlight of our week. I fell in love not only with Heartsong, but also with the Music Together^® program. I love that everything we do in class is underpinned by academic research - so there is a lot of intention, purpose and rigor behind the music, the silliness and the fun! I Music Together’d both of my children and the joke became that I either needed to start teaching for Heartsong or have another kiddo to keep coming to class! I’ve been teaching since 2019 and it’s still the highlight of my week! It brings me such joy to share this program with my families and to connect through music and laughter.

Testimonials

"We absolutely adore Kerrie! All of my children have loved music class with her. She is energetic, thoughtful and kind. She is simply the best."

"Ms. Kerrie is a phenomenal music teacher. Her energy and aura is so positive, fun and infectious as soon as you enter the classroom. I am grateful that my son and I could join her classes. We hope to continue being part of these classes and learning to enjoy good music."

" Kerrie is a professional. She handles each class like an absolute and complete rockstar. She's organized, present, creative, fun, playful, funny, educational- she's everything that your program is meant to be. She is the reason why we do these classes!"