Rebel Leaders
OUR ADMINISTRATIVE + CREATIVE TEAM
Jennifer Neales
Founder + Teacher
As IF this is work! It is Jen’s pleasure to have founded Little Rebels Music and Development Classes and feels it marries both her love of musical theatre and teaching children. Jen had been teaching children all around the world for 20 years while embarking on a flourishing theatrical career at the same time. She is also the founder of HERstory Counts Theatre Company. Building Little Rebels alongside her incredible team is a dream come true!
Sam Jamieson
Operations Manager + Teacher
Sam is a Hamilton-based artist, who has enjoyed a life bursting with music and the arts ever since she was a 'Little Rebel' herself. Sam has worked as a teacher, regional developer, and administrator within the Little Rebels family for the past 6 years, and has been teaching dance/music/visual art to children of all ages for over 20 years! Sam has travelled across the country and throughout the world for her theatrical career, but no matter where she has wandered, Little Rebels has always felt like home! She is so proud and passionate about being a part of this team, and helping little ones and grown-ups enjoy our enriching community!
Maricris Rivera
Music Arranger + Alumni Teacher
Maricris is a Filipina-Canadian musician based in Toronto. She is a vocalist who plays piano, ukulele, guitar, and various percussion. She plays with her band Understudy, playing a variety of different genres from pop, funk, indie and folk. She was also a live musician for Fresh Dance Intensive, accompanying contemporary, improvisation and floor work dance classes across Canada. She occasionally works as an accompanist for audition coaching. It brings her such joy to get to introduce rock and roll, Motown, and musical theatre classics to your little rebels!
Louisa O'Keane
Composer + Alumni Teacher
Louisa has been singing since she could talk and dancing since she could walk. She is a graduate of the Randolph Academy and has performed all over Canada. She has been teaching children's musical theatre and dance for over ten years and is absolutely thrilled to be joining this amazing team of educators! She is a long-time cast member of The Oh Canada Eh! Dinner Show and also works as a writer, choreographer and Jazz singer. She can't wait to sing and dance with you all!
OUR INCREDIBLE TEACHERS
Alexa Artzy
Teacher - Toronto
Alexa is over the moon to join the Little Rebels team! She graduated from Randolph College and Yorkville University, and brings almost a decade of experience with children. Alexa has performed in bands, plays, and musicals since she was eleven years old, and continues to write and perform her original music in Toronto and beyond. She is eager to bring music, joy and laughter to you and your little rebels! :)
Kat Burke
Teacher - Stouffville
Kat is a theatre artist and multi-instrumentalist (flute, piano, guitar, ukulele, and mandolin) with a background singing in choirs and training from Bishop's University (Honours in Theatre, Minor in Music). Her extensive experience across Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland includes dinner theatre, summer festivals, and tour-managing school mental health productions. As a performer and board member with the Shakespeare by the Sea Festival and accessibility-focused camps like Camp Massawippi for children with physical disabilities, Kat developed a strong passion for inclusive, accessible, and fun youth education. She is thrilled to bring her energetic passion for music and play to the Little Rebels team!
Nicoly Da Silva
Teacher - Vaughan
Nicoly is a passionate music educator and performer with over five years of experience working with children and teens. She is the owner and teacher of Believe in Music Academy, where she teaches voice and piano, as wellas the owner and performer behind Believe in Magic Events, bringing beloved characters to children’s celebrations. Nicoly has also worked in daycare, as a babysitter, and as a musical theatre camp counsellor. A graduate of Randolph College for the Performing Arts, she loves exploring the science of music and its powerful effects on learning, development, emotions, and overall well-being.
Kessem Erez
Teacher - Toronto/Vaughan
Kessem is thrilled to join the Little Rebels team! She is a graduate of Randolph College for the Performing Arts and is currently pursuing her Bachelor of Music in Community Music at Wilfrid Laurier University. Kessem has lots of experience working with kids. She has babysat, been a camp drama and music specialist and a birthday party princess. Kessem can’t wait to sing, play, and dance with your Little Rebels!
Katrina Gibson
Teacher - Mississauga/Oakville
Katrina has been teaching children and youth classes for the past 17 years! Katrina attended St. Clair college for Musical Theatre and has taught acting, musical theatre, and voice lessons to students of all ages as well as directing well over 70 production for under 18s. Katrina is the director for the Acting for Film program at Innovative Arts, runs children’s programs at the Halton Hills Library and performs as Superhero’s and Princesses at Children’s birthday parties.
Carly Hall
Teacher - Toronto
A graduate in theatre from York University, Carly has, over the last ten years, worked as an actor, singer, director, choreographer, and stage manager at several well established theatre companies and as script editor and director for after-school musical theatre productions. An experienced performer for young children, Carly is also the proud mother of two beautiful little boys. She is extremely excited to join the amazing Little Rebels family!
Rachel Hamilton
Teacher - Toronto
Rachel is a graduate of the McGill Opera Program, as well as an accomplished violinist who has spent the last 15 years teaching privately and coaching students of all ages. Now a new(ish) mom, she felt her life was heading into a new direction. When she heard about the amazing program at Little Rebels, she knew it was meant to be. Rachel is thrilled to be part of such an amazing and talented group of women, and to get to play with awesome kids all day!
Amber Koudys
Teacher - Hamilton/Burlington
Amber first experienced the joy of Little Rebels as a mom and is thrilled to join the team. She has her diploma in Music Theatre from St. Lawrence College and is a certified Early Childhood Educator. Over the past ten years she has assisted many families with their child care needs and also worked as a parent coach. Amber is thrilled to mesh her two passions, Musical Theatre and Childhood Development, with Little Rebels.
Chloe Matamoros
Teacher - Toronto
Chloe is thrilled to be joining the team at Little Rebels! She has lead drama camps, taught private voice and piano lessons, worked as a nanny for children under 2 years old, and facilitated community song circles during over a decade of childcare experience. She grew up singing in children’s choirs and holds a Bachelor of Music in Opera from Dalhousie University. Chloe is an actor, songwriter and playwright. In 2023, she wrote, produced and performed her show ‘Voice: Song and Scream’ in the Toronto Fringe Festival, including her original compositions. Chloe is passionate about co-
creating joyful spaces where the connective and healing powers of music can flourish. She can’t wait to meet you and your little Rebels!
Brittany Miranda
Teacher - Newmarket/Aurora
Hailing from Newmarket, Brittany is an actor-singer and graduate of the joint theatre program at the University of Toronto and Sheridan College. Known for her big voice, chipper personality, and crazy curly hair, Brittany has performed on stages across Canada. She is particularly proud of her work with youth in musical theatre as a teacher, performer, and director. Brittany is thrilled to be joining the Little Rebels team and can’t wait to sing and shake with her Newmarket/Aurora rebels!
Kaylee Ross
Teacher - Ottawa
Louisa has been singing since she could talk and dancing since she could walk. She is a graduate of the Randolph College for the Performing Arts, and has performed all over Canada. She has been teaching children's musical theatre and dance for over ten years and is absolutely thrilled to be joining this amazing team of educators! She is a long-time cast member of The Oh Canada Eh! Dinner Show and also works as a writer, choreographer and Jazz singer. She can't wait to sing and dance with you!
OUR LITTLE REBELS ALUMNI
Alison Beckwith
Ali Hand
Amanda Levine
Ann Paula Bautista
Celia Saville
Chelsea Riesz
Dani Zimmer
Ellie Posadas
Emma Iris
Franny McCabe-Bennett
Gabriella Albino
Hailey Balaz
Ineza Mugisha
Isabelle Silva
Jenna Borsato
Jenn Mack
Joy Mwandemange
Kerri Phillips
Lauren Wolanski
Malinda Carroll
Michelle Gordon
Miles Cooke
Moulan Bourke
Natalie Julien
Samantha McLelland
Sara Shanazarian
Sophie St. Jean
Sydney Walters
Tifanni Kenny
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