Ann C. Kay founded and directs the Center for Lifelong Music Making, dedicated to getting the entire population making music. She created the Great American Singing Challenge™, a unique project that uses software to help children learn to sing in tune. Ann teaches courses for classroom teachers with Dr. Elizabeth Olson based on Olson’s Affirming Parallel Concepts™ model. Formerly, Ann taught elementary and junior high students, and was associate director of graduate music education at the University of St. Thomas.