Housebird School
of Music and Dance
Creativity that meets your child where they are 🤍
Nurturing your child’s innate gifts in a beautiful natural setting
Rob and Katie founded Housebird School of Music and Dance as a haven for the study of creativity in community. So many of us parents want to nurture the gifts we see in our children, but many models today for learning dance and music can actually squash what is innate and unfolding naturally in the child. Housebird School is a place for training in Music and Dance, where the developmental needs of the child are a priority, where seasonal celebrations are foundational, and where nature and art merge. Enroll your child today in music and dance classes that inspire and nourish.
Meet Rob and Katie
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Guitar, Bass, Piano, Vocal Teacher
Rob Keenan is a guitarist, singer/songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Cincinnati, OH. He is a local solo performer and was in the internationally recognized duo Dawg Yawp.
Rob has been singing most of his life and began piano lessons at the age of 7. He started writing songs on the guitar in high school and fell in love with music. Rob played and recorded with his band Echoes and continued studying at Indiana University, graduating with honors at The Recording Workshop. He attended Berklee College of Music in Boston and since has performed and toured nationally.
The sitar/guitar/synth psychedelic folk duo Dawg Yawp played NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert in 2017 and has been featured on Consequence of Sound, Conan O’Brien’s “Team Coco,” and beyond. He teaches guitar, bass, keys, and vocals at Housebird School.He has been teaching music at the School of Rock for the past 2 years. Rob loves all things sound!
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Dance TeacherKatie Chal is a former professional ballet dancer, choreographer, and improvisational dance artist based in Cincinnati, OH. She has trained extensively in classical ballet, modern, and contemporary forms, with a growing emphasis on movement improvisation as a pathway to healing.
In her professional career, she danced with Nashville Ballet and DeLa Dance Company in Cincinnati. She is known for her playful, emotional, and authentically human approach to movement performance and pedagogy.
She worked in the Early Childhood at the Cincinnati Waldorf School for 2.5 years and has studied Waldorf Early Childhood Education at the Sunbridge Institute in New York. In her time at Waldorf, she learned deeply of the sacredness of childhood, and she applies this reverence for the kingdom of childhood in her dance teaching.
As a choreographer and director she has created works for both professional dancers and in collaboration with her husband, Rob. They’ve performed extensively as a creative duo. Their 2018 work “Re-grooving”, performed at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival received critical acclaim and the “Producer’s Pick of Fringe”.
In 2023, she founded lifeinmovement, teaching dance workshops, classes, and private movement sessions that help women connect with their joy, vitality, and radiant health. Incorporating play, movement improvisation, and choreography, her classes provide a holistic, healing movement experience that garners self-love, awareness, and spiritual connection.
Katie believes dance is a divinely guided art form and sacred gift that has the ability to open our hearts to the wonder, beauty, and depth of life.
Sign up for Fall Classes
Fall semester: October 6 - December 12
Winter festival and performance: December 13 🤍