Rita Baird is a piano teacher, writer, and mother of 9. She loves teaching CYT classes, coordinating CYT camp, and being vocal director for CYT shows! Rita was in her high school production of "Fiddler on the Roof" and has loved the stage ever since. She is a graduate of Monte Vista High School (in Danville) and UC Berkeley, where she studied music and sang in the University Chorus, Chamber Chorus, and madrigal group. More recently, she wrote a new musical based on E. Nesbit's classic novel "Five Children and It" and music to accompany CYT Tri-Valley's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Rita also plays on the music team at Altamont Bible Church in Livermore, and she especially loves making music with others and singing a new song to the Lord!