2022 Annual Conference, “Coming Back – Move and Grow Together”

Speakers

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  Sunnie Schuler
  

  Sunnie Schuler

  Sunnie Schüler is a pianist and music pedagogue who combines various teaching approaches: Dalcroze, Kodaly, Orff Schulwerk, and Music Learning Theory. She has taught infants to adults, both in groups, classes, and privately for over 20 years. She holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees and teaching certifications in Texas and Michigan.

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  Dr. Marla Butke Otterbein University - Retired
  

  Dr. Marla Butke

  Otterbein University - Retired

  Marla Butke, Ph.D., recently retired from Otterbein University where she directed the Women’s Chorale and taught General Music and Choral Methods, holds degrees from Miami University, Wright State University and The Ohio State University. She is a Master Teaching Artist with the American Eurhythmics Society and serves as the President of the Board of AES. Dr. Butke regularly presents Dalcroze Eurhythmics workshops throughout the United States and internationally, including presentations in Spain, China, and England, and for the American Choral Directors Association National and Central/North Central Regional Conferences, as well as other national and state music education conferences. Dr. Butke and co-author, Dr. David Frego, have written two books, Meaningful Movement: A Music Teacher’s Guide to Dalcroze Eurhythmics, published by Music is Elementary and Dalcroze Eurhythmics in the Choral Classroom published by the Hal Leonard Corporation.

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  Lauren Bain
  

  Lauren Bain

  Lauren Bain teaches K-5 music in New Braunfels. She served as the Vice President & President for the Kodály Educators of Texas, and is Kodály & Orff-Schulwerk certified. Lauren additionally teaches in the RGV Kodály training program in McAllen, Tx. She is passionate about children finding their voice and purpose through music.

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  Dr. David Frego Director and Professor - Penn State University
  

  Dr. David Frego

  Director and Professor - Penn State University

  David Frego is the Director of the Penn State University School of Music and past-president of the American Eurhythmics Society. He regularly presents workshops on Dalcroze Eurhythmics throughout the globe. While teacher training is a major part of Dr. Frego’s work, he also studies the effect of eurhythmics on adults affected by post-traumatic stress. David has published books, book chapters, DVDs and articles in music education journals and journals for arts medicine.

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  Gabriela Montoya-Stier
  

  Gabriela Montoya-Stier

  Gabriela Montoya-Stier is an elementary music specialist with the Northside Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas. She received her Bachelor’s in Music Education from the University of New Mexico and her Master’s in Music Education from Indiana University, Bloomington, where she completed Kodály levels I, II, and II with Dr. Jean Sinor and Dr. Alan Strong. She completed her Orff certification levels I, II, and III from Trinity University with Chris Judah-Lauder, Julie Scott, Susan Ramsey, and Bob De Frece. She is the author of El Patio De Mi Casa Book and CD which is published by GIA. She is also a contributing author to Music in Elementary Education by John W. Flohr and Valerie Trollinger. Gabriela has been on the faculty for the Kodály Certification Program at Hays CISD in Kyle since 2008. She also served on the K-2 music committee for the Revised Music TEKS. Gabriela has presented several times at TMEA, and was a Texas Invited Clinician in 2013. She has also presented several times at the OAKE National Conference. Gabriela loves to spend time with her family, walk her dog Lucy, and spend time in her fiber studio.

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  Dr. Bonnie Jacobi Coordinator of music education and the Director of the Colorado Kodály Institute.
  

  Dr. Bonnie Jacobi

  Coordinator of music education and the Director of the Colorado Kodály Institute.

  Associate Professor of Music Dr. Bonnie Jacobi was recently invited to join the editorial board of the Journal of Historical Research in Music Education (JHRME). Founded in 1980, the Journal is an international, peer-reviewed music education journal published through SAGE Publications and housed within the National Association for Music Education (NAfME).

  According to the publication’s website, the JHRME is the “only music education journal whose topics focus solely on the diverse international history of music education including biographical, methodological, sociological, historiographical and qualitative studies of music teaching and learning.”

  Dr. Jacobi has been published in the Journal, including her paper, “Music in Higher Education for Females in Nineteenth-Century America.” 46 (2001)

  At Colorado State University, Dr. Jacobi serves as the coordinator of music education and the director of the Colorado Kodály Institute.

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  Deborah Graham-Gibson
  

  Deborah Graham-Gibson

  Deborah Graham-Gibson served the Upper Arlington City Schools (Ohio) as a Music Specialist for 33 years. She holds degrees from the University of Maryland and The Ohio State University, and earned full Orff Certification from Baldwin-Wallace University. She holds American Eurhythmics Teaching Certification and currently serves as Secretary of the American Eurhythmics Society.

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  Crystal Henricks
  

  Crystal Henricks

  Crystal Henricks currently teaches lower school music at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. Her experience includes Nursery School-12th grade general and choral music, both in Chicago and China. She holds a BS in Music Education from Asbury University, Kodály Certification and MMEd from Capital University, and is a Master Teaching Artist with the American Eurhythmics Society. She completed Levels I-III Orff Schulwerk Certification from the University of Kentucky and Anderson University. She is an active clinician for workshops throughout the United States. She has taught elementary music pedagogy and folk song research classes at Colorado State University, DePaul University, VanderCook College of Music, and the University of Central Missouri.

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  Kay Piña PhD Candidate at Penn State University
  

  Kay Piña

  PhD Candidate at Penn State University
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  Steven Robbins General Music Teacher, Texas Public Schools
  

  Steven Robbins

  General Music Teacher, Texas Public Schools

  Steven Robbins is a K-5 elementary general music teacher in Texas. He has utilized Eurhythmics in both the music classroom and in therapeutic environments. He is a Certified Teacher of Eurhythmics and a Master Teaching Artist with the American Eurhythmics Society.

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  Skye McManus
  

  Skye McManus

  Skye C. McManus has been an active member of the American Eurhythmics Society since its inception. She received the first American Eurhythmics Society Eurhythmics Certificate in 2015. She is the Vice President of the AES board and strives to build musicality and community by presenting Dalcroze workshops to both teachers and students in central Texas. She is the Musicianship and Voice director at Orpheus Academy of Music in Austin, TX, where she has collaborated for the last 14 years.

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  Clinton Pratt
  

  Clinton Pratt

  Clinton Pratt has a BM and MM in piano performance and has been teaching piano for over 20 years. He is the current President of the Ohio Music Teachers Association Southwest District, and owns a multi-teacher piano studio in Cincinnati Ohio where he loves incorporating Eurhythmics in both private and group lessons. He has been attending Eurhythmics teacher training sessions since 2007 and recently earned his certification!

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  Dr. Victor Lozada
  

  Dr. Victor Lozada

  Dr. Victor Lozada is an Orff Schulwerk and Kodály certified teacher. He taught in dual language schools in Texas for 14 years before working at Texas Woman’s University as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Multilingual and Multicultural Education.