Teachers
Kathy Parisi has been teaching at ECMS for over 15 years. Kathy has been a violinist almost her entire life and continued her studies at Hofstra University in Homestead, New York where she received a Music degree in Music Management. Upon arrival in Williamsburg, she has been active in Williamsburg’s music community. Kathy has been a professional violinist at Busch Gardens, and groups around town, as well as grown her own flourishing Violin and Viola studio.
While attending music classes with her boys Kathy enjoyed how ECMS laid a strong foundation for music learning with young families. Since then she has been certified to work with several of our classes and excels at all of our parent and me classes. She has also been an active teacher in our outreach program Elliot’s Song since 2011.
Andrea Fegley earned her Master of Music in flute performance from the University of North Texas. She was a two-time semi-finalist in the National Flute Association Baroque Artist competition and has performed with the Dallas Bach Society and the Orchestra of New Spain. She maintained a private flute studio in the Dallas area before moving to Virginia. In Williamsburg, she has worked with Flute Frenzy and has been an assistant with the Early Childhood Music School since 2016. She received her Virginia teaching certificate in 2016 and teaches elementary music in Newport News Public Schools.
Devan Orr is one of our newest teachers, working with the [insert class here] for the 2026-27 school year. She started as a parent here with her daughter, and loves being integrated into the community and culture of ECMS. Devan went to college at Arizona State University, where she played baritone horn in the Sun Devil Marching Band, the bassoon in wind ensembles, and sang with the ASU Pitchforks, an all-female a cappella choir.
When not singing and dancing with her daughter, Devan is a law librarian at William & Mary Law School, where she teaches legal research and legal writing to J.D. and international LL.M. students. She also enjoys cooking, hiking, and being out and about in Williamsburg.
Iris Redmond is certified as a Musical Explorer teacher through Musikgarten and has Level 1 certification in Orff Prior to her teaching at ECMS, Iris was the Music Teacher for many years at the West Point Elementary School. Being an accomplished violinist, Iris is also quite involved in community and church praise bands, orchestras, choirs and chamber groups. Her professional career started as an attorney and then she obtained her Professional Teacher License in Music Education in 2009.
Kelli Sullivan holds degrees in music education from Eastern Michigan University and Virginia Commonwealth University. She has 13 years of experience teaching music in public and private schools and is Orff Schulwerk certified. For the past 11 years, she has taught at Walsingham Academy, working with students from preschool through high school in general music and band.
Kelli first became involved with ECMS as a parent. Her two children began in the Babies class and remain enrolled today, giving her a firsthand appreciation for the musical foundation ECMS provides to young children and their families.
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