Bara Brehovska

Director of Little Musicians & Music Together Teacher

After working closely with Mona Dena as Co-director, Bara is excited to continue on the success of Mo Music and provide quality music education for children in her new Little Musicians Classes. Through Little Musicians, Bara can't wait to share her love of music with children no matter their learning style or stage of development. 

Bara is a seasoned music educator and classically trained guitarist with a Masters degree in Music Education and an Early Childhood Education Certificate. Prior to discovering Music Together,  she developed and taught her own early childhood music classes in family childcare settings, taught classical guitar and led pre-school children at the Yamaha School in the Czech Republic. Bara also enjoys working with older children and presently teaches first and second graders at the Czech School of California. She is the proud mother of two.

Teacher Bara teaches at Red Morton Community Center.

Teacher Amy

Music Together Teacher

Amy has been teaching Music Together for over ten years. She enjoys coaching and performing music with her daughters, Isabella and Zoe.

From age seven Amy played piano, finished the Music Teacher's Association music theory program as a teenager, and continued piano, theory and voice lessons at Pomona College. In turn she performed in various bands, including jazz and rock groups, and has toured in the US and Europe as a background vocalist. Amy has studied opera, has performed in recitals, weddings and musical theater, and has provided voice and piano instruction to children as a sideline to her career as a city planning manager during the work week.

Amy teaches at San Carlos Rec Center.

Teacher Gaby

Music Together Teacher

Born and raised in the Bay Area, Gabriela has been working in music within several communities since 2011. For 5 years, she was an elementary school music teacher with Music for Minors, for whom she taught general music in classrooms Pre-K to 5th grade. Currently Gabriela works in the field of Music Therapy, leading music groups with disabled, autistic and adult individuals. She is also a Play and Learn instructor at Gymboree Play and Music Development Center which serves children newborn through age 4. In addition, she performs solo piano for events, and she enjoys presenting her own song/guitar compositions.

Gabriela teaches Music Together classes at San Carlos Rec Center.

Teacher Steven

Music Together Teacher

Steven began his Music Together journey as a parent in one of our classes. He was thoroughly impressed with the program, embarking immediately on Music Together training and teaching. Music is Steven's biggest passion in life, and he strongly believes all children can enjoy music as active participants. Steven is natural leader, possesses a wonderful voice, and has played piano since the age of 4. He also plays trombone and penny whistle by ear. A tune runs through his head almost continuously, and he's often heard whistling! He has performed at diverse community and retirement facilities, parties, and currently plays at Stanford Medical Centers.

Steven is bilingual in English and German and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Studies from Southern Oregon University. His experience teaching children outdoor science dates to his junior high school years, and as a former adventure tour guide and summer camp instructor he loves immersing himself in hands-on learning whether music or science-based.

Steven teaches at San Carlos Rec Center.

Mona Dena

Founder of Mo Music

It was Mona's vision that created Mo Music in 2003 with its aim to engage young learners through quality music education and to nurture and celebrate community along the way. Although Mona has moved on to focus on teaching private voice lessons, Mo Music Voice Studio, her founding mission remains and strengthens the vision of Little Musicians. 

At the tender age of five, Mona resolved to be a singer for a living, and in fact, she's been doing just that for the past 30 years! In her 20s she performed with jazz bands, combos, a cappella vocal jazz ensembles, and a guitar-voice duo that presented regularly throughout the Bay Area.

After a decade of performing under her belt, Mona embraced her passion for the art of singing by taking a Bachelor of Arts degree in Vocal Performance and teaching credential from California State East Bay in Hayward. Next, she pursued graduate studies in the Kodaly methodology for young children at Holy University in Oakland. As a music educator, Mona taught choir for seven years at San Mateo's Bayside Middle School for the Arts while concurrently serving as Music/Choral Director at St. Peter's Church in Redwood City. 

In year 2002 Mona began her music company Mo Music, offering Peninsula-based programs including Music Together, Kids Sing, an original Kodaly-based program, Kids Sing Choir, and Cabaret Voice for Adults. These programs flourished for the next 20 years.

Beginning in 2010, Mona began teaching private voice students and progressively grew her voice studio into a full-time career. She currently offers instruction in vocal technique, theory, ear training, and performance studies via regular vocal open mics, workshops, and recitals.

In her spare (creative!) time, Mona is a dedicated songwriter and recording artist. She is the proud composer-producer of the 2016 CD entitled "Running Home", which along with ten additional single releases may be found on Spotify, Soundcloud, and YouTube. As manager of the Redwood City Chapter of West Coast Songwriters, she facilitates monthly Songwriter Works in Progress events where she connects and collaborates with other local songwriters.

Please inquire about voice lessons with Mona at  [email protected] . You can learn more about her voice studio here: https://www.monadena.com/private-voice-lessons.