Music with River

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Pre-Kindergarten

Current News & Events

Autumn Faire – Saturday, October 28th

This is one of Odyssey’s biggest celebrations of the year, as we create a Read More...

Elders Day

We are excited to welcome and celebrate Odyssey elders on October 27th! This Fall Festival Read More...

Garden Party

You are invited to join us on Saturday, September 30th, from 12:00-5:00! This party Read More...


Pre-K Teachers

Courtney Fincher

Preschool Director and Team Teacher Courtney Fincher is the Director of the Odyssey Pre-Kindergarten program. She values the opportunity to nurture children through the rapid growth of early childhood. She believes it is never too early to instill the Read More...

Shirley Rotolo

Preschool Team Teacher Shirley has her degrees in Early Education and Birth to Kindergarten, and has years of experience working with children. When she’s not at Odyssey, she loves gardening, painting, reading, and writing poetry. “As part of the Read More...

Julia Christgau

2nd-8th Grade Drama and PreK Teacher Julia Christgau is an actor, musician and teaching artist born and raised in New York City. She began teaching part time to support a budding acting career and loved it so much that Read More...

Charmaine Mills

Preschool Team Teacher Charmaine is from the eastern panhandle of West Virginia. She moved from West Virginia to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where she attended art school to study film. She later went on to work on several productions after college. Read More...

Derek Towle

Preschool Team Teacher Derek Towle has worked in lived in Asheville for the better part of the past 14 years and has worked in human services for the past ten years. He’s spent the last handful of years working Read More...

Lydia Hearne

Preschool Team Teacher & Ceramics Instructor Lydia Hearne teaches in the pre-kindergarten class at Odyssey and also offers middle and high school ceramics classes. She grew up in the mountains outside of Asheville, where she spent much of her Read More...

River Guerguerian

Music Director and Teacher River brings to Odyssey his rich and extensive experience as a multi-percussionist, composer, and educator. Born in Montreal, Canada to Armenian-Egyptian parents, he received his Bachelor of Music from the Manhattan School of Music Conservatory Read More...

Shalene Hill

PreK-12 Music Teacher Summer Swim Instructor Shalene comes to us from an eclectic background in music, teaching, performance, and fitness instruction. She brings both music and song into everything she does, from greeting families in the morning to walking through Read More...


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Music with River

Preparing students, families, and educators to lead the 21st century with an authentic sense of self.

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