Clinician Vitae

International Kodály Symposium

• Music of My Hawaii: Songs and Cultural Context, Los Angeles, CA, July 2023

Organization of American Kodály Educators National Conference

• Repertoire and Equity: Beginning Conversation in Your Levels Program, Chicago, IL, March 2025 (co-presented)

• Demonstration: High Five Choir: An Affirming Choir For All Students, Chicago, IL, March 2024

• Morning Sing: Songs of Hawaii, Jacksonville, FL, March 2023

• Music of My Hawaii: Songs, Ukulele, and Cultural Context, Pittsburgh, PA, March 2022

The American Orff-Schulwerk Association National Conference

• Music of My Hawaii: Songs, Ukulele, and Cultural Context, Lexington, KY, November 2025

Kodály Society of Ontario, Canada

• Engaging the Intermediate Student, November 2024, 1.5-hour online workshop

Illinois Music Education Conference

• Music of My Hawaii: Songs, Ukulele, and Cultural Context, January 2022

• Conversations of Race and Equity With Practical Applications for the Music Room, January 2022 (co-presented)

• Introduction to Kodály, January 2018, January 2020 (co-presented)

• Strategies for Teaching Students With Comprehensive Special Needs in the Music Classroom and Choral Rehearsal Setting, January 2018 (co-presented)

Regional Clinician Presentations - Music of My Hawaii: Songs, Ukulele, and Cultural Context

• The Utah Fellowship of Local Kodály Specialists (UFOLKS), Highland, UT, September 2025, 6-hour workshop

• The Northern Plains Kodály Chapter (NPKC), Fargo, ND, September 2025, 6-hour workshop

• Simpson College & Kodály Educators of Iowa (KEI), Indianola, IA, September 2024, 4-hour workshop

• Plain States Kodály Organization (PSKOR), Omaha, NE, April 2024, 4-hour workshop

• Northern California Association of Kodály Educators (NCAKE), Oakland, CA, March 2024, 4-hour workshop

• Regional Organization of Colorado Kodály Educators (ROCKE), Wheat Ridge, CO, September 2023, 5-hour workshop

• Kodály Educators of North Carolina (KONC), October, 2022, 2-hour online workshop

• Tri-City Kodály Educators (TRIKE), Columbus, OH, August 2022, 4-hour workshop

• DuPage County Public Schools, March 2022, 1-hour online workshop

Wilmette Public School District

• Thinking Critically About Race, 2020-2021: Developed and co-presented an 8-hour course

• Race in D39, February 2021: Developed and co-presented two 1-hour workshop

Northern Illinois University

• Introduction to Kodály, April 2017, April 2018, February 2020: Developed and co-presented a 4-hour workshop

Chicago Area Kodály Educators Chapter Workshops

• Music of My Hawaii: Songs, Ukulele, and Cultural Context, March 2022, 75-minute workshop

• Continuing Conversations on Race and Equity, With Collaboration on Practical Applications for the Music Classroom, February, 2021 (co-presented)

• Present, Prepare & Practice, February 2020 (co-presented)

• Octavo Share and Kodály Inspired Rehearsal Techniques, February 2019 (co-presented)

• Using Pop Music in Melodic Learning and Part-work, February 2017

• Creating Meaningful Student Resources Using Technology, April 2016

Chicago Symphony Orchestra 

• Docent Program: Planned and presented materials to CSO docents for them to use in their teaching to school programs, January 2017

• Adventures in Music: Planned and presented pre-concert activities for a family concert; approximately 125 attendees in each session, February 2016

DePaul University Summer Kodály Certification Program

• Creating Digital Kodály Resources Using SMART Notebook, June 2016 special topics workshop

Richmond Symphony, Ready, Set, Play!  Regional After School Program

• Wrote curriculum and presented materials to teachers and program instructors from five school districts within the after-school program; led student showcase performances, 2011-2013

Chicago Public Schools, Fine and Performing Arts Magnet Cluster Program

• Multiple presentations to CPS Magnet Cluster Lead Teachers on process documentation, 2006-2008