About our Center

Asheville Area Music Together has been serving the local community since Fall 2006, when long-time musician and educator, Kari Richmond, began to ease back into teaching after the birth of her son.  Kari was quite experienced working with school-aged children and adults...but not at all with young children!  The good folks at Friends of Mine Co-op Preschool watched patiently as Kari floundered her way through her first few attempts to teach preschoolers. Who knew that very little people could be so different to work with? 

With assistance from Friends of Mine, Kari attended the Music Together^® Teacher Training, and experienced revelation after revelation about how little people learn and how almost every teaching technique she had used successfully with her older students was missing the mark with the preschooleres.  Luckily, the Music Together way is MUCH more fun!

Since that initial training, Kari has been on a roll, guiding wee ones and their caregivers through fun, gentle, pressure-free musical learning experiences.  Other fun-loving teachers have joined along the way, helping Asheville Area Music Together achieve its mission of bringing the joy of family music-making to infants, toddlers, and preschoolers and the adults who love them.

To learn more about our programs or to visit a class, please visit our Classes & Schedule page.