KIC Staff

Christine joined KIC in August of 2020. Her previous experience includes 10 years of volunteer work as Board President and Development Director for the Bainbridge Island Youth Orchestra. Her professional experience includes 20 years in corporate work for Kraft Nabisco in sales, marketing, and logistics where she retired in 2009 as Logistics Director for the Northwest Region – a $175 million market. Christine started the cello in elementary school, played through college and plays in several chamber groups and local orchestras. She is very experienced in the Suzuki method and music education for emergent players.

Laura is one of the founders of Kids in Concert. She grew up in Kingston, Washington. She is a classically trained pianist, seasoned accompanist, music teacher, and a skilled choral director. Throughout her life, music was an avenue to possibility, confidence, and community. She fell in love with the piano at a young age, but not all of her memories of studying music were happy. She found the classical tradition to be stifling and rigid, too often motivating students through shame and intimidation. It was in the company of other musicians, while accompanying choirs, that she experienced the joy of playing music as a group and realized that she could use her talents to have a positive impact on her community. In 2010, she founded KIC with the idea of creating a music program that valued every student, emphasized the joy of playing in a group, and was radically accessible. For Laura, this meant a free program, open to anyone who wanted to be there. At KIC, she ensures a quality musical experience, trains the students, assigns parts, and is involved in all aspects of the creative process.

Any is a cellist who grew up in the Venezuela El Sistema program. She played in the Venezuela National Youth Orchestra and traveled throughout Venezuela teaching. She was also a part of the Academia Latino Americana de Violoncello. She has nearly 30 years of teaching and playing experience. She moved to Seattle in 2019 to work with Seattle Music Partners, moved across the water to Suquamish in 2020, and began working with Kids in Concert in September 2020. She is so happy to be a part of KIC because it feels like she has come home.

Deborah joined KIC as lead violin teacher in 2018, served briefly on the KIC board, and became Communications Director in 2023. She began studying piano at five and violin at seven, and has been part of numerous ensembles and community orchestras. She has worked as an educator since 2009, as a middle school social studies teacher, a college instructor, and a music teacher at KIC. She has a PhD in Sociology and loves putting her academic experience to practical use, working with others to build strong communities and empower young people. At KIC, she teaches violin and viola and works with our teen mentors. As Communications Director, she works to increase the visibility of KIC in our community and beyond.