Who Is Ms. Rachel’s Husband, Music Director Aron Accurso?

Since starting her immensely successful YouTube channel in 2019, Ms. Rachel has become a sensation and something of a household name, but she didn’t get to where she is alone. In fact, her biggest project “Songs for Littles” was and is the result of a fruitful collaboration with her husband of nine years. So, who is Ms. Rachel’s husband, you ask? Read on for the full scoop.

Ms. Rachel’s husband is 46-year-old Aron Accurso—a proud alumni of St. Olaf (a private liberal arts school in Minnesota) and a NYC-based pianist, composer and music director. Accurso previously worked as Associate Music Director for Aladdin on Broadway before leaving his post to focus on the insanely popular YouTube channel “Songs for Littles” that he and his wife created in 2019. On his St. Olaf alumni profile, Accurso made very clear his deep passion for reaching people through music, saying, “Music, for me, is a way to reach somebody’s soul…It creates empathy, it creates joy. It’s a wonderful way to connect. Music is life.” (Psst: If you’re interested in learning more about Accurso’s numerous professional accomplishments, you can do so on his website.)

Ms. Rachel met Mr. Accurso in 2010, just shortly after she moved to the Big Apple to pursue a Master’s Degree in Music Education. According to the New York Times, the couple first met at Unitarian Universalist church on the Upper East Side and discovered they shared the same commitment to kindness, education and connecting through music. The couple married in July of 2016 and have been living happily since as partners in every sense of the word. 

Ms. Rachel and Mr. Accurso welcomed their son, Thomas, into the world in 2018, two years after tying the knot. Thomas struggled with speech delays and, thus, became the inspiration for the couple's YouTube channel and its mission to promote literacy through song. Thomas became a big brother in April of 2025, when Ms. Rachel and Mr. Accurso’s second child, a daughter named Susannah, was born via surrogate.

Yes! I hinted at this already but Ms. Rachel and Mr. Accurso enjoy a thriving partnership when it comes to creating educational online content. Ms. Rachel has publicly lauded her husband for enhancing the Songs for Littles programming with his many talents, writing on an Instagram post:

“​​Aron brings such excellence and creativity to the show in songwriting, puppeteering, scriptwriting, incredible musical arrangements, underscoring, silly Mr Aron moments, etc. As some of you know he worked for 17 years on Broadway! The Rainbow Song, Caterpillar etc - all from the heart of such an amazing composer (and the best dad and husband ever!) There’s no Ms Rachel without Mr Aron and I’m so grateful.”

There are many other instances of Ms. Rachel gushing about Mr. Accurso—not just as a professional collaborator, but also as a doting husband and devoted father. Let’s just say this power couple is going strong on all fronts.