Talita Archibald is an experienced childhood educator with over 11 years teaching performance and drama to school aged children. Talita trained in Music Therapy at the University of Buenos Aires and Colorado State University.

She moved to Wellington 6 years ago where she lives with her husband and two young children.

She brings the flamboyance and enthusiasm for music, dance and drama from her home in Argentina. Her special interest is in developing the best of each child through singing, acting or dancing.

Trudy comes from a "theatrical" family and has been performing since the age of 5. On return from overseas, Trudy taught drama to children in Christchurch, before moving to Wellington where she has been actively involved in many productions, both on and offstage, mainly with Stagecraft Theatre for the past 10 years.

Trudy currently works in early childhood education where she uses her flair for performance to encourage imagination and confidence - it's never too young to start! She has a passion for all aspects of theatre and perfomrance and loves the opportunity Musical Stars gives her to share this passion with the musical stars children.

Trudy mixes the magic of imagination and story telling with technical skills to help give children the confidence to perform. Trudy also enjoys writing scripts for children, some of which have been performed by Musical Stars children over the past couple of years.

She is a Distinguished Graduate of the New Zealand School of Dance.

She received scholarships to study contemporary and jazz styles in London and New York, followed by years of being a professional dancer travelling the world, working in many different styles of dance on stage and television.

She has taught and choreographed in England, Germany and Spain working with beginners to professionals.

Back in NZ, Debbie has been teaching in educational schools as an Itinerant Dance Specialist; teaching dance as part of the Arts in the New Zealand Curriculum, and in private dance schools.

Debbie loves being part of Musical Stars, helping the children to extend themselves and to feel confident in movement and performance.

Karen Beggs has been working as a music teacher in Lower Hutt for the past 5 years for a number of different organisations, as well through her own business, 'The Music House'. She also co-ordinates the music course at the New Zealand School of Dance.

Karen trained in Music History at Victoria University and Jazz Performance (vocal) at Massey University. She plays piano and is learning bass guitar.

Although formally trained in music, she loves getting involved in the dance and drama aspects of Musical Stars. Karen has a passion for education and aims to help children grow in confidence, while having lots of fun trying out new things and making new friendships.

Music completely fills Jo's busy life. She is involved in a range of musical activities in the community, but is most often found singing with pre-schoolers in her 'Moving 2 the Beat' music classes.

Originally from Nelson, Jo holds Performance Certificates in Voice and Oboe and sings with several high profile choirs. In 2004 she toured NZ in the company of 'Evita', has appeared in several Wellington Musical Theatre productions like 'Phantasmic', 'Les Miserables', 'Beauty and the Beast' and performed in Marshall Stack's 'Smokey Joes Cafe' in 2006.

As vocal coach for Musical Stars, Jo enjoys inspiring and building confidence in the next generation of musical theatre performers.

Jacquie Fee is a very talented singer, who sings in a variety of different styles.

She has a background in theatre and musical theatre, holding a Musical Theatre degree from Wellington Performing Arts Centre.

These are some of the Musicals she’s been into: Into the Woods, Les Miserables, Guys and Dolls, Company, The Wiz and Fame.

Last year she also participated in the Fringe Festival with a show called “In the Mood” at The Ruby Lounge. The show is still on You Tube if you want to have a look.

She is currently rehearsing for a Fringe show at Circa this Feb called Flect-Reflect that is based on the works of the Red Mole theatre by Alan Brunton and Sally Rodwell.

She also is a graduate from Wellington Performing Arts Centre.

She has a very impressive CV including a Bachelor of Arts in theatre from Victoria University and plays the guitar and piano.

Some of the musicals she performed are: Nunsense, Nunsense 2 and Grease.

She has a lot of experience as a dancer and as a teacher.

She’s been dancing since she is 4.

She completed exams in Ballet, jazz, contemporary and musical theatre wining prices and scholarships on her way.

She performed on the opening of the sevens for several years, danced around the country and Australia. We are very lucky Michaela is with us.