In 2004, Maggie Olivo completed a Masters in Arts Teaching Certification at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, studying violin with Henryk Kowalski, with teaching certification in K-12 general, choral and instrumental music. As an educator, she serves as the director of the IU JSOM's Musical Beginnings program, is the music teacher and arts coordinator of the Fairview Elementary School Artful Learning the Performing Arts Academy, and directs BloomingSongs.org. Her early childhood music training spans methodologies of John Feierabend, Musikgärten, and Orff-Keetman Schulwerk, with certificationin the Kodály Methodology. She is a member of the Indiana Kodály Educators Association, Indiana Music Educators Association, National Association and Federation for Music Educators, and the American String Teachers Association. Maggie has presented multiple teacher training sessions at the Indiana Music Educators Association, South Central Indiana Association for Early Youth and Childhood, and Monroe County Community School Corporation.

Ian Cicco is a PhD student in music education at IU, supervising student teachers. He teaches BloomingSongs classes at IU Musical Beginnings and is an assistant teacher for the IU Children’s Choir. Ian is certified in Orff Schulwerk, Kodály Level I, and World Music Drumming Level I. His research has been has been accepted for publication in The Journal of Historical Research in Music Education, Visions of Research in Music Education, and The Orff Echo.

​​Mary Stees (Pearson) completed her Bachelors in Music Education at James Madison University in 2016. She teaches K-2 general music at Rogers Elementary School and early childhood music at IU JSOM’s Musical Beginnings program. Mary is also pursuing a Masters in Special Education at Indiana University. Her early childhood music training spans methodologies of Kodaly, Orff-Schulwerk, and Dalcroze.