Lesley is a life-long music maker raised in a musical family.  
When her young family moved from Brooklyn to Larchmont in 2003, she craved engaging, live music programs in her new neighborhood.  So Groove was born.  Groove Family Music has twice received Westchester Magazine's ​Best of Westchester Award for Best Kids' Class, as well as countless accolades from parenting publications and real live parents, too!   Lesley currently serves as song leader for Sanctuary NY alongside Rabbi Bethie Miller.  She is a music specialist and curriculum builder at Brooklyn Music Factory, KBLS Pre-School in Scarsdale, St John's Nursery School in Larchmont and The Larchmont Mamaroneck STEM Alliance Coop Camp. Lesley holds a BMA in voice from the University of Michigan and an MFA in arts management from Brooklyn College.  In her previous career,  Lesley was the Director of Development for Jazz at Lincoln Center (with Wynton Marsalis),  Playwrights Horizons and Celebrate Brooklyn.   She is the proud mama of two 20-somethings who make music (and guitars!).
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Fun Fact​: Lesley sang with Peter, Paul and Mary on The Phil Donahue Show in 1989.