Musical Conexión was born in Santiago, Chile, inspired by the idea that musicality is an innate faculty present in every child.
The program was created so that children — through their parents and teachers — can have access to a high-quality educational experience where their musicality naturally unfolds, while learning another language through music, movement, and play.
Over the years, Musical Conexión has also taken root in Northern Indiana, where it has become a model for bilingual early childhood education and community arts, earning local recognition such as the NEI Pioneer Award (2024).
Today, this philosophy continues to grow across the United States, Italy, France, and South America, bringing a joyful, bilingual, and human-centered approach to early childhood education.
Musical Conexion Instructor & Director:
Cote Godoy - USA - CHILE
José Manuel (“Cote”) Godoy
Musician · Educator · Composer · Healing Artist
José Manuel (“Cote”) Godoy is a Chilean musician and educator based in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
His connection with music began in childhood, when playing on a small piano at home awakened a sense of wonder that never left him. From an early age, music moved him deeply — sparking curiosity, imagination, and joy that would later become the center of his life and vocation.
Cote was a finalist in the Luis Advis Composition Competition (2010), one of Chile’s most recognized national contests for new works in classical, folk, and popular music.
Over the years, he has studied personally with musicians who have deeply inspired him — artists who later became mentors and friends. These encounters nurtured his understanding of music as a living language that grows through listening, collaboration, and shared experience.
He studied Waldorf pedagogy and therapeutic education, and attended seminars on music development at the University of Humanities in Chile. Sponsored by the Chilean Department of Education and Culture, he led interdisciplinary workshops that integrated the arts and academia at colleges and universities across the United States.
His experience as a children’s music program coordinator in Santiago and abroad deepened his commitment to human-centered and experiential approaches to education.
Now based in Indiana, Cote works as a professional musician and Healing Artist at northeast Indiana’s largest regional hospital, where he offers live music to adults and children in vulnerable conditions. He is also a member and co-director of “Canto de Corazón,” a bilingual Spanish-language community choir affiliated with Heartland Sings, dedicated to building cultural and linguistic bridges through music.
Through his program Musical Conexión, Cote offers music workshops, teacher trainings, and community sessions in schools, libraries, and organizations across Indiana, promoting integral development, emotional connection, and musical expression through play, movement, and bilingual learning.
Cote believes that music is both an inner and shared language — a force that connects people beyond differences and invites us to rediscover the harmony that already lives within us.
Through Musical Conexión and Kelsicote, he continues to weave art, education, and spirit into a single voice of connection.
Musical Conexion Instructor:
Catalina Walker - FRANCE
Catalina, is a singer and songwriter born in Chile, who has shown a love for music and theater since early childhood. After attending various courses and workshops in performing arts, she began studying theater upon graduating from high school, where she learned and refined her expression techniques. She then studied singing, bought her first instrument—a Venezuelan cuatro—and composed her first songs. Her curious spirit led her to travel across Latin America and later to France, where she studied singing and performance at the Fresnes Conservatory. It was there that she began to understand the connection between music and stage expression, and the liberating and healing power of musical expression and movement. Upon returning to Chile, she embarked on various musical and theatrical projects, continued composing, and began teaching singing and performance classes to teenagers and adults. After attending several seminars on integrative music education methods such as Orff and Suzuki, Catalina developed an interest in teaching children from early childhood to age eight. In 2018, she returned to France, where she currently resides and has taught music and movement in various preschools in Paris and Fresnes. Catalina deeply believes in the power of human connection through music and dance as a tool for social transformation from the depths of the heart, towards a supportive and empathetic world. At the end of 2021, guided by Cote Godoy from Indiana, USA, Catalina began applying the Musical Connexion pedagogy in the schools where she works, achieving amazing results. It was then that she decided to participate in the project created by Cote and translate some of the songs from the MC repertoire into French. She currently works at the MJC of Fresnes (Youth and Cultural Center) where she leads various vocal expression workshops for children and adults, as well as a weekly workshop called "Connexion Musical" for children aged 3 to 5 accompanied by their parents, where she practices the Musical Connexion pedagogy, achieving excellent results in terms of the enthusiasm and participation of the children and their parents.
Musical Conexion Instructor:
Stefania Alterio - ITALY
Stefania Alterio Lasalvia is an Italian-Chilean actress and music therapist based in Bologna, Italy. She studied Theater at Universidad del Desarrollo (Santiago, Chile) and Psychodynamic Music Therapy at Scuola Musica & Arte di Firenze(Florence, Italy).
During her time in Mexico City (2010–2012), she worked with theater companies such as Complot Escena, ATRIM México, and Teatro Foro Shakespeare. Back in Chile, she taught Public Speaking and Theater at Universidad del Desarrollo, participated in artistic projects supported by the Chilean Ministry of Education (MINEDUC), and performed with family theater companies such as PaoPao Producciones and Compañía Pertinaz.
In Barcelona (2017–2018), she trained in the Soundpainting method with Walter Thompson and Ricardo Gassent, while leading early childhood theater and music workshops.
Since 2018, she has lived in Italy, where she became certified in the Music Together method and has continued her professional development as a music therapist. In Bologna, she collaborates with various associations on preventive music therapy projects, musical workshops (Nidi di Note, JamSession), and programs serving socially and educationally vulnerable populations (Coop. Opengroup, Associazione Armonie). She also provides individual music therapy sessions and works as an actress and theater workshop instructor with the Cantieri Meticci Company.
Music and singing have accompanied her since childhood, finding expression today in her personal work as a singer-songwriter.