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Bios
Corey Musonda
Corey Musonda completed her bachelor's degree in music from Michigan State University in 2003 and completed board certification as a music therapist in early 2004. She then traveled to Lusaka, Zambia (Africa), to volunteer at Jon Hospice Children's Center, providing music therapy to children suffering from HIV/AIDS and poverty. In 2005 she took a position at Lusaka International Community School teaching Early Learning Center and K-3 music in addition to providing music therapy within the Learning Support Department, teaching guitar and co-directing the high school band, orchestra and choir. Also during that time, she began a private early childhood music class for expatriate families living in Lusaka in order to raise money for less fortunate families. In August 2006 she returned to the states to join TCSOM!
Georgia A. Abbott
Georgia A. Abbott moved to Midland in 1998 and, while pursuing her MBA, simultaneously opened The Children’s School of Music, LLC, an early-childhood music program. Over the last 11 years, the school has grown to an enrollment of over 130 area children each year and provides extension programs for Midland’s daycare, preschool, library and MCFTA music outreach programs. In 11 years, The Children’s School of Music has provided music education to over 900 children.
Georgia holds a B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Music Performance from Kalamazoo College. She is a classically trained pianist and is proficient on harpsichord and forte piano. She has performed in several Music Society shows at MCFTA and is the main singer in “Mr. Abbott,” an alternative rock band in Midland. She holds an M.B.A. from the Richard DeVos Graduate School of Management at Northwood University and was voted Who’s Who in American Business Schools for the class of 2001 by the Northwood University faculty.
Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, she worked 14 years for General Motors Corporation in Chicago, IL, and Detroit, MI. She held multiple management positions in Manufacturing, Vehicle Development, Advanced Engineering, Commodities Management and worldwide Purchasing. In 1997 she received the GM President’s Award for Outstanding Creativity and Innovation.
In 2004, she and her business partner and husband, David Emmel, started up Abbott & Emmel Consulting, LLC. This firm provides strategic, marketing and operational consulting to tri-city area companies, primarily family owned businesses. Additionally, Georgia holds an adjunct faculty position at Richard DeVos Graduate School of Management at Northwood University specializing in Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Marketing. Her responsibility is to teach hands-on field work consulting to full-time graduate students and develop curriculum for applying academic management tools in actual business environments.