The Team

Ms. Florence

Director/Educator

She founded The Joyful Noise of Columbus Ohio. The 1st Kindermusik in Powell, Ohio in 2002. Since then, the studio has been serving the community in Powell and surrounding suburbs (Columbus, Westerville, Marysville, Worthington, Delaware, Dublin, Lewis Center and Arlington).

It has been a blessing to see more than 600 children blossomed and grow in their development as well as their love for music throughout all these years.

Ms. Florence has an undergraduate degree in Christian Education. She played organ since she was 4 years old until she came to the U.S as an exchange student.  She started teaching private organ lesson to little kids since she was 14l, back in Indonesia. She was trained vocally by Mrs. Shari Speer Ph.D for 2 years. Ms. Florence switched to piano in college and has over 5 years of college-level-piano training.

She is currently pursuing a Ph.D in Speech Language Pathology at the Ohio State University. Her research interest is in the area of bilingual language acquisition and impairments, developmental disorders specifically autism spectrum disorders in bilingual children, and the benefits of early childhood music activities to speech, language and literacy development. She is the recipient of Coca Cola Critical Differences for Women scholarship, Buckeye Women Club Scholarship, Arts & Sciences Excellence in Research Award, Social & Behavioral Science Research Award, and University Fellowship.

Ms. Florence and her family fellowship at Living Hope church in Marysville where she serves as a choir director for Soaring Singers Children Choir. Her husband is a musician who plays drum, keyboard and piano  in the worship team at Living Hope.

Ms. Florence resides in Powell, Ohio with  her husband of 10 years and 3 precious kiddos, Jeremy (9) , Samuel (4), and Alethia Grace (2).

On her very rare spare time, she enjoys  blogging, baking, cooking, watching movie, and hanging out with dear friends.

florence@thejoyfulnoisestudio.com
614.459.2429

Ms Amy

Educator

Ms. Amy  is a licensed Ohio teacher for young children, Pre-K through 3rd grade. She is a graduate of The Ohio State University with a Bachelors of Science in Human Development and Family Sciences and a Masters in Early Childhood Education. She has worked several youth camps, taught in a preschool and a Kindergarten classroom, and looks forward to bringing her experience to the Kindermusik studio.

Ms. Amy’s greatest passion in life is working with children and bringing knowledge to them in a joyful and age-appropriate way. She loves music and believes that the art of singing and dancing can help children connect to information and to people in a way that helps them feel successful in their learning and growth.

She resides in Delaware, Ohio, with her loving husband of 6 years, her two darling daughters, ages 1 and 4, and favorite pup, Mr. Hemingway.

Ms Becki

Studio Manager
Becki received her Bachelor of Arts degree for Elementary Education from Ohio Wesleyan University. After many years in sales, she was a Regional Assistant for Bath and Body Works. In 2002, when her first child was born, she made the decision to put her career on hold and stay home with her children. Both her daughter and son were Kindermusik students at The Joyful Noise studio for many years. Her oldest daughter, Abigail, is now very involved in the youth choir at church, plays piano and has had various roles in many of the local High School performances. Becki is grateful for the years she attended Kindermusik for igniting the musical passion in her daughter. Becki is very active in various committees and groups in her church and the PTO.

She resides in Dublin with her husband of 13 years, 9 year old daughter and 5 year old son. Her hobbies include running, reading, baking and spending time with her family and friends.

info@thejoyfulnoisestudio.com
614.500.3543