Our Teachers

Dan Vonnegut is the founder and lead instructor of City Sounds Music Together. He began playing the drums and guitar when he was nine years old. He studied music at University of Miami and Indiana University (where he earned a BA in jazz music and culture.) For the past twenty years, he has been a professional, freelance drummer and multi-instrumental music teacher in New York City. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, two children, a dog and two cats. He loves making music with children and their families!

Talia Fuchs is a vocalist-composer, interdisciplinary artist, and teacher from Brooklyn. She received a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from McGill University, and is a graduate of the Master of Music Performer/Composer program at The New School. Her musical practice spans Western classical music, creative-experimental jazz, and avant-garde theatre. She has been teaching voice and piano to students of all ages since 2019. When a family she nannied for asked her to start teaching weekly music lessons to their toddlers, Talia discovered the magic that happens when music is a consistent part of a child’s early life. This experience sparked a curiosity about early childhood music making that led to her finding Music Together^®. When her hands aren’t busy playing instruments like piano and ukelele, you can find them knitting.