Heartsong Music was founded in 2004 by Carey Youngblood, a certified Montessori teacher who has been involved in teaching children and youth choirs for over 40 years. After teaching Music Together^® for 4 years at another center in central Austin, she realized North Austin needed a music center—one that focused on young children and brought the ideas of Montessori teaching, Music Together, and community-based learning together. Heartsong Music was born, classes filled quickly, and today, hundreds of children per week experience the joys of music-making. In 2013, Heartsong was acknowledged at Music Together's Annual Conference with an award for reaching over 10,000 enrollments. Heartsong was acknowledged again in 2014 at Music Together's Annual Conference with an award for the center with the highest growth, bringing joy to over 900 children each week. Heartsong celebrated its 20th Anniversary on August 24, 2024, with an incredible music-making extravaganza that included "Uncle" Gerry from the Music Together recordings. 

We cannot wait for our next chapter! 

Carey believes that Austin families, with their enthusiasm for both music and providing quality experiences for their children, are the foundation of Heartsong Music. Heartsong Music has surpassed Carey’s dreams by becoming a true community of diverse families with enthusiastic, loving, and talented teachers, all bonding through musical experiences.

Carey holds certifications from Association Montessori Internationale for three- to five-year-olds and from Montessori World Education Institute for five- to seven-year-olds, and she has a degree in vocal performance from Austin College in Sherman, TX. With a desire to guide families to share the joy of music with their young children, Carey began her Music Together Teacher Training in 2001 and completed the final certification, Level II, in 2005.