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After leaving a much-loved career as Managing Editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Amber decided to take a gap year to stay home with her babies which turned into a gap decade! While enjoying life as a stay-at-home mom, Amber had the idea to turn her music hobby into her new career and she started her own early childhood music center. TuneBugz! now offers music classes in six locations in Austin, Texas. When she’s not teaching music at tuneBugz! she’s out singing for joy with Austin’s women’s song circle HildeGirls or going on adventures with her husband and three boys.

Music is for Everyone: Getting Children Engaged in Music Early

It’s easy to assume that the “Live Music Capital of...