Carly Hufford teaches beginner and intermediate musicianship classes in our conservatory program. She holds a bachelor's degree in music education with a concentration in voice from Towson University. She's currently pursuing her masters in Kodaly Music Education through the American Kodaly institute at Loyola University MD, having completed levels 1 and 2. Carly teaches vocal general music to children in Pre-k through 5th grade in public school. She has also had experience in church choirs and cantoring around the Towson area. Carly has previously taught private piano and ukulele lessons to both children and adults. She's excited to provide an engaging and welcoming environment to foster the success of building music literacy in young musicians.
Alexandra Fyhr teaches musicianship classes in our conservatory program. A native of New Jersey, she holds a bachelor’s degree in music from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, completed her MD teaching certification at the Peabody Institute, and earned her master’s degree in education from the American Kodály Institute at Loyola University Maryland. Alexandra holds certifications in Kodály, Feierabend, and Orff approaches to music education through the teacher training programs at the American Kodály Institute, the Feierabend Association for Music Education, and the San Francisco International Orff Course.
Alexandra previously taught the Crickets program with CCM. She currently teaches lower school music at the Friends School of Baltimore. Alexandra serves on the board of the Greater Baltimore Orff-Schulwerk Association and is a frequent international presenter.
Len Langrick has over twenty-five years professional experience cultivating musicianship and a love for music in both adults and children. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education and Organ Performance from Western Michigan University, a Master of Music degree in Organ Performance from Indiana University, and currently teaches vocal music for the Howard County Public Schools.
Len is certified in both the Kodály and Orff approaches to music education and has previously taught in CCM's Conservatory and Crickets programs. Len has organized and directed many successful musical arts camps, and again looks forward to sharing his passion for early childhood music with the CCM community.
Lyndsay Davies teaches Crickets, a music and movement class for children ages 4-6, at CCM. She began her career as a K-5 vocal music teacher in the Harford County Public School system. During that time, she welcomed her first piano students. She also had the privilege of teaching ear training, sight singing and music theory classes for the Children’s Chorus of Maryland. Most recently, she taught vocal music to K-2 students at Redeemer Classical Christian School in Kingsville, MD and for a local homeschool co-op, Crossroads. She continues to teach piano lessons from her home in Timonium.
Lyndsay is a certified Kodály music educator, having received her Master of Education in Kodály Music from the American Kodály Institute at Loyola University of Maryland. She earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Grove City College where she also studied Trombone. She continues to play trombone with the Hunt Valley Wind Ensemble.
Patricia McKewen Amato’s extensive operatic experience includes duties as conductor, coach, and accompanist at the AIMS Institute in Graz, Austria, Brevard Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Peabody Opera Studio, and the Young Victorian Theatre. She served as assistant music director of the Baltimore Opera Company; music director/conductor for Annapolis Opera, Maryland Lyric Opera, Brevard Music Festival, Opera Americana, Washington Summer Opera, and Washington Savoyards. A versatile collaborative pianist, Patricia frequently performs with Annapolis Opera, Annapolis Chorale, Baltimore Choral Arts, Baltimore Musicales, Baltimore Symphony, and Maryland Symphony. She is a first-place winner in the Houston Chamber Music Society Competition. She made her Lincoln Center conducting debut in an all-Charles Loeffler program, subsequently recorded on Koch International. Patricia is music director of Music for the Stage, Opera in a Can, and coach/accompanist for the voice division at Towson University. She is on the faculty of the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria and Summer Music in Tuscany. She is the accompanist for the Annapolis Opera and Children’s Chorus of Maryland. She holds a BM from the Catholic University of America, a MM from the University of Houston, both Magna cum Laude, and certificates in lieder, opera, and chamber music from The American Institute of Musical Studies, in Graz, Austria.
Lauren Crocker has taught musicianship classes for Children's Chorus of Maryland since 2009. She teaches pre-kindergarten to fifth grade general music and chorus in the public schools. Lauren received her Level I Orff-Schulwerk Certification from the Eastman School of Music and graduated from Bowling Green State University in Ohio with a Bachelor's in Music Education. Lauren has a Master's of Education in Kodály Music Education and Kodály certification from the American Kodály Institute at Loyola University Maryland. She teaches graduate level Materials classes and has served as the Program Director of the American Kodály Institute since 2015. Lauren is a frequent presenter at workshops and professional development sessions.
Rachel Morgan Im was appointed Artistic Director of CCM in June 2023 and brings a wealth of experience working with children's choruses and in music education at all levels.
Since 2010 she has served as a conductor with the Children's Chorus of Carroll County (CCCC), where she directs both the advanced auditioned ensemble (10th-12th grades) and the early intermediate ensemble (4th-6th grades). She has led CCCC ensembles to win numerous awards at choral festivals and adjudications, and she has co-directed their touring ensembles that have performed in prestigious venues in both the United States and Europe.
In 2022, Rachel also became conductor of the York County Junior Honors Choir, comprised of advanced 7th-9th grade singers from across York County in Pennsylvania. Other organizations with which she has held conducting and teaching contracts include Lamplight Artists, the National Christian Choir, the Maryland Academy of Dance, and Carroll Community College.
Rachel was a school vocal music teacher from 2005-2020, during which time she earned elite recognition as Teacher of the Year 2015 Finalist for Carroll County Public Schools and was honored with the prestigious Outstanding Teacher Award presented by the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce. During her years in the classroom, Rachel taught music at every single grade level and in both public and private school settings. She also served in numerous leadership positions at school and county levels.
Rachel holds a Master of Music degree in Music Education from the Peabody Conservatory at Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Music Education from the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music in Illinois. Additionally, she has completed 40 graduate credits centered on world and folk arts, diversity, and pedagogy at McDaniel College in Maryland. Rachel also began pursuing a Kodaly certification in July 2023 at the American Kodaly Institute at Loyola University.
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