Faculty
Fran Oglesby is the owner/director of Sonoma County Children's Music. Her educational background includes an AA in ASL interpreting, a BA in psychology, and an MA in psychology with a concentration in child development. She is an RID certified ASL interpreter and BCIAC licensed Biofeedback therapist. She spent 10 years interpreting college courses at SFSU and interpreting for and tutoring disabled children in San Francisco, 5 years as a private practice therapist, and has taught Psychology and ESL courses at SSU and SF City College.
Her love of music began with having a mother who was a singer and pianist. She began singing in choir at the age of 5 and has formal training in voice, piano, ukulele, guitar, saxophone, and drums. She also plays dulcimer, recorder, banjo, and mandolin. She has sung in numerous musical groups and currently performs for children throughout Sonoma County. She has taught music at preschools and elementary schools and has been a licensed Kindermusik educator since 1997.
Fran has received several North Bay Readers Poll Awards for outstanding teaching, Maestro Awards from Kindermusik International for the past 7 years, and 3 National RPA grants to work with disabled children. She is a former board member of the Kindermusik Educators Association, former editorial board member for Kindermusik International, a freelance writer and editor for Kindermusik Intl. and a national speaker on early childhood education. She feels blessed to be able to combine her love of teaching, children and music as an educator of young children.
Robert Hazelrigg has been teaching piano in Sonoma County for the past 25 years. In that time has has also worked as a professional pianist for the Santa Rosa Symphony Chorus, Northern California Chamber Singers, Redwood Empire Lyric Theater, Wine Country Opera, Santa Rosa Players, Pacific Opera, Choral Artists of Ca., Sonoma State University, & Santa Rosa Junior College. He has performed as a freelance artist for many classes, recitals, weddings, concerts, & competitions. Robert has a B.A. in Piano Performance from CSU-Hayward where he studied with Ellen Wasserman.
Robert is also involved in the vocal arts as a coach and serves as the Director of the Sonoma County Chamber Singers. He teaches conducting and has been involved in master classes with many noted conductors. Robert has served as a Minister of Music at several churches, including the Presbyterian Church of Roses in Santa Rosa. He teaches the band & choral programs at Santa Rosa Christian School and resides in Santa Rosa with his wife Martha and their daughters, Kelly & Carly. His extensive teaching experience and enthusiasm in the classroom make him an outstanding addition to our school.
Kathy Rosa's love for music began as a child with her family “jam” sessions around the piano. She began lessons at 6 years old. In high school she competed regularly in the Southwestern Youth Music Festival where she won several awards. It was during her teens that she began teaching young students piano through her teacher’s school, Miller Music School in Hollywood. She attended Santa Clara University and Sonoma State University, receiving her Bachelor in Music and then a Teaching Credential in Music. In her studies she specialized in music in the young child and music/ brain research. Her thesis work on the effects of music on the brains of children, convinced her of the importance of regular, routine music experience in the life of a developing child.
She took this passionate belief to the Rincon Valley Union School District where she developed her own curriculum and taught music for nine and a half years in its eight schools. She won a teaching award while at Rincon Valley. In 2005 she left that district and has been teaching private and group lessons ever since. Kathy’s five children are grown and she misses the joy of little ones around the house, but feels lucky to have an extended family of children in her students!
