Summer Rognlie is the Director of Sunshine Music Together. She received her training from the Princeton Center for Music and Young Children. She is also a graduate of California Institute of the Arts. Summer has had extensive experience both in performing and teaching. She has starred on Broadway in Mamma Mia and in productions on the West End of London. She has done numerous cast recordings and co-starred in the Royal National Theatre's production of Lady in the Dark, which won the Olivier award for Best Musical. Credits also include Cats, Saturday Night Fever, Damn Yankees and many others. One of her greatest joys to date is spreading the joy of music to children and their families through Music Together. Summer has also been a Montessori music teacher to pre-schoolers, as well as developed and taught a Musical Theatre educational program for elementary school children in the greater New York area. Summer was a "Music Together Mom," enjoying class with her daughter for years before becoming a teacher herself, and is passionate about what Music Together has to offer all families!

We are very excited to welcome new registered Music Together teacher John Ackermann to Sunshine Music Together!  John is stoked to be teaching Music Together!  Previously, he taught music and play classes for five years at Gymboree in Ballard.  John also currently teaches music at Sweet Pea Cottage Preschool in Queen Anne.  A working musician and performer, he plays mandolin, guitar and keyboards for two different Seattle bands.  He is a newlywed and he and his wife have two wonderful and challenging cats.

Elena DeLisle-Perry is the mother of a young girl and a lover of music. She has been teaching Music Together for three years. She spent six years teaching piano lessons to children at the Santa Rosa Conservatory of Music in California and teaching private guitar lessons out of her home. She graduated with a BA in Jazz Studies, with an emphasis on guitar, in 2003. In addition to the guitar, Elena enjoys playing the fiddle, banjo and mandolin. She spent her college years playing music in several bands and genre's, including Bluegrass, Rock, and Old-Time. Elena just moved from California to Washington and is excited to explore the area. She has always loved children and is delighted to be a Music Together teacher, as it combines her love of music and children.