Mr. Barry's Music Class

About Mr. Barry

Hi! I am the music teacher at Alward Elementary! This is my 20th year teaching elementary music, but my second here at Alward. I was a vocal major in college and I am passionate about teaching kids to sing. I taught music in Hopkins, Michigan for four years before spending fourteen years at Jamestown Elementary here in Hudsonville. I love getting to teach elementary music and grow students into singers, players and music lovers!

My wife, Lisa, and I have lots of kids, ranging from 21 down to newborn. We just had our ninth child on August 4, 2021! We are very busy and often say our home is filled with "joyful chaos." Sometimes we feel like zookeepers, so that was our theme for Halloween last year (our oldest is out of the house and not pictured)!

I love to spend time with my family, play guitar, build with Legos and write and record songs. Lisa and I have been performing our original music for many years. I am also a huge Detroit Lions fan, which means I have experienced a lifetime of sports misery. Someday, they will win the Super Bowl...hahahahaha! I'm just kidding....that will not happen.