Our Teachers

Kendahl is a native Houstonian. She has always had a love for musical theater and as a child performed at HITS Theatre. After working at HITS for several years she went on to stage manage for numerous productions across Houston. Throughout this time she also became a nanny and has mainly worked in childcare until now. Currently she is back working with children at Wildfish Theatre and is very excited to be a member of the Fundamentally Music family.

Clara Treadway is an award-winning violinist and music educator from Houston. She recently graduated from Northern Illinois University, where she earned her Bachelor of Music and a graduate degree in Violin Performance. She has performed across the country in venues including New York’s Carnegie Hall, Chicago’s Symphony Center, and Houston’s Jones Hall. In addition to the violin, she has studied viola, cello, piano, voice, clarinet, flute, and saxophone. Clara’s passion for teaching began a decade ago, and she has many years of experience teaching both early childhood music education classes and private music lessons. She combines her extensive knowledge of music with her exuberant personality to create a teaching environment that is equal parts educational and fun, and she is constantly inspired by her students’ energy, enthusiasm, and love of learning. Clara taught at Fundamentally Music from 2013 to 2014 and she is very excited to be back!

Lizzie Oretsky has been teaching movement and music to children of all ages for more than thirty years. She holds a Bachelors Degree in education and has taught classes at the University of Houston on bringing movement and music into the elementary school classroom. After an extensive musical theatre career in the United States and Europe, Lizzie resides in Houston. Local theater credits include more than fifty productions with Theatre Under the Stars, Stages Theater, Main Street Theater and Houston Grand Opera.

Stacie Biggs has been teaching music and theatre to children for 8 years. She is certified by the Texas Education Agency in Early Childhood Education. Stacie has a Bachelors degree in Theatre from the College of Santa Fe and a Masters degree in Educational Administration from California State University. Stacie has always had a love of performing, and she is so excited to mix her teaching and performing skills with the great music of The Music Class program. She is the music teacher for Saint Rose of Lima Early Childhood Center. The greatest love of Stacie’s life is her family- husband, Brent, and sons Maxwell and Zachary.

Laura is a recent graduate from Texas Woman’s University with a Bachelors of Science from the School of Education, and is a certified early childhood teacher. She teaches  Language Arts for Spring Branch ISD. Laura has a rich background in music and performance which led her to seek out a degree in vocal performance before finally deciding her true passion was teaching.  Teaching the music class at Fundamentally Music gives Laura the chance to combine her two great loves, music and teaching! Laying a strong foundation for future lifelong musicians is her goal at Fundamentally Music and she looks forward to singing and dancing with you and your child!

SHAY RODGERS began her musical theatre career at the age of 10 with Theatre Under The Stars. In 2005 Shay created the Academy at Theatre Under The Stars bringing National recognition Houston's Educational Theatre and new programming to TUTS. Choreography credits at TUTS include Heathers, Rent, Hairspray,Bring It On, The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, Big, Xanadu, High School Musical, Legally Blonde, Flat Stanley, Scrooge, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Jr., VOTE! A New Musical, Little Shop of Horrors, The Sound Of Music, Disney’s Camp Rock: The Musical, The Who’s Tommy, Southwest Regional Premiere of 13, Southwest Regional Premiere of Geppetto & Son, Southwest Regional Premiere of The Stephen Schwartz Project, Disney's Aladdin Dual Language, Disney's When You Wishand The World Goes Round. Other director/choreography credits: A Pinkwell Flashmob starring Gloria Gaynor for breast cancer survivor’s, Gala’s for HGO, PALS, HAP and TUTS; Damn Yankees for Monomoy Theatre, Cabaret and You're A Good Man Charlie Brown for Ohio University; Forever Plaidfor Sam Houston State University and The Great Caruso. Shay also works with iTheatrics, R & H, Samuel French and Disney to create educational DVD's for Junior and School Edition licensing.