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| Lauren and Nancy grew up in Irvine, California, in a highly musical family. Their mother, Judy Mayer, was an award-winning junior high school teacher who performed in community theater. Their father, Marty Mayer, is proudly tone-deaf but loved playing classical music, loudly, around the house. Lauren started piano lessons at age 3. Nancy played flute, violin, and piano before she settled on singing, and their brother, Ken, played piano and guitar. The sisters put on original shows as kids and are thrilled to continue their creative collaboration making "smart songs for super kids" in Curriculum Rocks! |  |
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"Lauren is a valuable and unique resource. I'm very impressed by her creativity and by the level of performances she elicits from the children."
Mary Pat O'connell-Principal, Highlands Elementary School |
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| Lauren Mayer is an award-winning songwriter, professional entertainer and music teacher. A summa cum laude graduate of Yale University, her songs have appeared on nationally syndicated radio and television programs such as "The Doctor Demento Show," and "Good Time Cafe," as well as on local radio shows She has written several musicals produced in California and off-off Broadway. Lauren is a 5 time recipient of the San Francisco Cabaret Gold Award and has been the music director for many bay area theater companies. She is the founder of her own production company, providing custom-written shows for corporate events (clients including Hewlett-Packard, Wells Fargo, Maxtor, and numerous others.) She has taught music and voice at every grade level (preschool through high school). She is the mother of two sons, who help check out all of her songs, sing on her CD's, and otherwise keep her in touch with what kids think is cool. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| "Nancy's a fabulous teacher. She truly know how to motivate kids." Ron George- Principal, Paso Robles Elementary School |
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| Nancy Pohlod has been a California public school teacher in Paso Robles for 13 years, teaching both first and fifth grade. Prior to that she was a unit leader for the Orange County Outdoor Science School. She is a certified Guided Language Acquisition Design (GLAD) teacher and has taught numerous workshops for other teachers throughout California for the past 10 years. A graduate of University of Central Florida, Nancy did post-graduate work at Cal State Fullerton. She piloted the language arts program at her school and she runs the read-a-thon. Using music in education comes naturally to her. Nancy sang in honors choir in high school and as an outdoor science teacher, she was in charge of songleading. She is delighted to share her love of music and reading with her son. | ||||||||||||||||||
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