Let’s Play Music began with a simple belief: children deserve music education that is joyful, meaningful, and grounded in how they actually learn.

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Founder Shelle Soelberg has spent her career at the intersection of research, pedagogy, and real classrooms—helping children not just learn music, but truly experience it.

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Shelle’s passion for music education is rooted in both scholarship and practice. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Brigham Young University and a Master of Music in Music Teaching and Learning from Arizona State University, and she is currently pursuing a PhD in Music at Arizona State University. Her academic work is deeply connected to her teaching philosophy: that early childhood music education should be developmentally sound, sequential, and—above all—engaging.

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As a lifelong advocate for high-quality music instruction, Shelle is Kodály-certified at Levels I, II, and III and serves on the Arizona Kodály Teachers Association board. She has presented her work and teaching approach at Kodály conferences, MTNA conferences, and NAfME conferences at the local, state, and regional levels, contributing to ongoing conversations about best practices in music education.

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But Let’s Play Music was not created in a university lecture hall—it was built in real classrooms, with real children and families.

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Over the past 25+ years, Shelle has developed and refined the Let’s Play Music programs to combine research-based methodology with playful, memorable learning experiences. The result is a program that supports musical literacy, audiation, and confidence while preserving what matters most in early learning: joy, connection, and creativity.

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