A recipient of Young Audiences' 2008 Sunburst Award, Greta has appeared internationally in concerts, arts festivals, schools, and on television and radio. Her music is licensed to numerous video soundtracks and publishing projects, including Scholastic's Circle Time series. Her "Music Is Magic" video has been broadcast on the Learning Channel.

She has two Magical Music Express recordings:

• Friendship Stew won an Award of Excellence from the Film Advisory Board.

• Music Is Magic received a 2004 Classic Recording designation from the Children's Music Web Awards and is endorsed by the Child Advocacy Council.

Both recordings are used in classrooms and teacher seminars across the United States and Canada. Click here for more information.

As a music educator, Greta is an advisor for the Arts For Learning/Between The Lions national design team. She was one of a handful of artists selected to create lesson plans for Oregon Public Broadcasting's online Oregon Art Beat in the Schools. She collaborated as a writer and editor for the Young Audiences Companion DVD to

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Greta is a performer, teaching artist and mentor coach with Young Audiences of Oregon and SW Washington. She conducts songwriting residencies for Community of Writers in Portland, Oregon, as well as performance workshops for adults and youth.

Her workshops for educators have been hosted by Gymboree Corporation, the Southwest Washington Early Childhood Tapestry Conferences, Mt. Hood Community College Early Childhood Institute, Music for Minors Docent Training Program, Santa Clara Office of Education (including keynote), and various chapters of the National Association for the Education of Young Children.

In rare moments, you will find her performing an eclectic mix of blues and classic rock with her husband, Grammy Award winning guitarist, Mark Hanson. Together, they run Accent On Music, LLC, which specializes in guitar instruction books, CDs, and DVDs.

Greta studied music in Vienna, Austria, before receiving a B.A. in Music from Stanford University and a California Music Teaching Credential through San Jose State University. She is currently a regional representative for the Children's Music Network's Pacific Northwest region. She plays guitar, piano, lap dulcimer, autoharp and harmonica.

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