Andrea Palma is a New York City native with a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education and a Master’s in Voice, and currently serving as a Manager of Early Childhood Programs at the Weil Music Institute at Carnegie Hall. She was formerly the Associate Director of Education at New York City Children’s Theater bringing arts education programs to schools and community centers across the five boroughs. Through several years as a music teacher, and a teaching artist in Chicago with Chicago Opera Theatre and and New York City with the Metropolitan Opera Guild, she has fostered a passion for arts education and strives to make music and the arts more accessible. Andrea has led workshops for educators on how to write music without using traditional music notation in hopes of expanding music writing in classrooms, and led a songwriting workshop for teens and adults with Autism through Lincoln Center’s Passport Program.