OUR TEACHERS

Carla Waterfield
Founder & Teacher
Carla Waterfield founded Carla’s Musikgarten New Orleans in 2008 and has been teaching music to young children and their families since 1997. She holds a Bachelor of Music from Chapman University (California) and has completed extensive specialized training, including Orff Schulwerk certification from the University of Nevada, Musikgarten certification from infancy through advanced keyboard, and Early Childhood Music and Movement Association certification. She has also studied with internationally acclaimed early childhood music specialist Lynn Kleiner.
Carla has taught classes, school programs, and workshops for parents and educators across California, Colorado, Hawaii, Italy, and Louisiana. A lifelong musician, she studied piano through her college years and is an accomplished vocalist, having performed in numerous musicals, operas, and vocal ensembles. She furthered her vocal training in Germany with Horst Guenter and in Los Angeles with Patrick Goeser and Margaret Dehning.

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Stephanie Condon Perry
Teacher
Stephanie Condon Perry is an accomplished flutist, modern dancer, and educator with a deep passion for movement and music. She began studying flute and dance at an early age and continued her training at the University of Alabama. She furthered her dance education with a teaching certificate from the Isadora Duncan International Institute and has performed with the Institute’s professional dancers.
Stephanie has been teaching Musikgarten classes since 2015 and brings over 18 years of experience teaching movement to children. She has led after-school programs at several New Orleans private schools and taught dance for ten years at Off Broadway Dance Studio.
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