Deb's Biography

Deb Cavanaugh is the Director and Teacher for Heldeberg Music Together. She is an Artist-Educator and Singer-Songwriter, and a registered Music Together^® teacher. She is also a licensed Music Together Director. Deb has presented various workshops, classes and residencies in schools, libraries, summer camps and for other organizations.

Deb has worked with children from infancy to middle school, and offers lessons in voice, songwriting and an array of instruments including mandolin, guitar, dulcimer, and piano. As part of the duo Cavanaugh and Kavanaugh she performs as a folk artist, and has been a recipient of the Meet The Composers grant allowing her to develop songwriting workshops for young people. Deb is committed to cultural diversity and teaches all ages, specializing in children from birth to 8th grade.

"Deb Cavanaugh has been a wonderful teacher, patient, fun, compassionate, a person to whom both children and parents can relate. Besides my toddler daughter learning basic musical proficiency, my musicality has improved greatly as well.

I haven't sung since I was a teenager and now find it easier to be on key as well as, for the first time in my life, being able to create extemporaneous harmonies as we sing along. Often I'm not certain which of us enjoys music class more-my daughter or me..."
—Michelle Arthur