About Hands On!
The Founders
Hands On! A Musical Experience, Inc. was founded by Samari & Len
Weinberg in November 1999. Interested in creating a music program that
would entertain and educate infants, toddlers, and preschool children,
they decided to put their talents together and write a curriculum.
graduated from
Fordham University at Lincoln Center with a major in Comparative
Literature and a minor in Photography. While attending the School of
Visual Arts, she honed her skills as a photographer. After a successful
career in this field, she dedicated herself to raising a family. A native
West-Sider, Ms. Weinberg watched as Lincoln Center was built. When the
doors opened, she attended music concerts, opera, theatre, and dance
performances. She has been involved in music all her life - from private
piano lessons as a child, to teaching herself recorder as a college
student. As a young mother, she took her children to pre-school music
programs, but found that many did not incorporate a strong educational
component in the classes. She saw that there was clearly a need for a
curriculum-based program with imaginative ideas that spoke to the
age-appropriateness of children. With this in mind, she invited her
husband, Len Weinberg, to research this project and help her set up a
business.
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graduated from Fordham
University at Lincoln Center with a double major in Philosophy and
History. He continued his studies at The New School of Social Research as
a philosophy major. After a long and successful career in manufacturing,
he retired to help raise his children and returned to college. After
college, a chance visit to an inner city alternative high school sparked
his interest in teaching. Six months later, with certificate in hand, he
began teaching at the Edward A. Reynolds West Side High School, formerly
Westside High School. He had definitely found his calling. During that
time, he also wrote curriculum for Global History classes and developed a
program for the public school system that prepares high school seniors for
the business world. He had taught for nine years when his wife suggested
they collaborate on the “Hands On!” music program.
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