2024-2025
COAOSA
Workshop Schedule
COAOSA
Workshop Schedule
All workshops will be held at Plain City Elementary School from 9am-1pm
Register HERE
September 14th 2024: Chapter Share with TRIKE. Are you taking any awesome levels courses or master classes this summer? Please come share what you learned with us! If you are interested in presenting, please email [email protected] by August 8th.
October 26th 2024: Lisa Sullivan Odom presents- "A Year in the Life…A Sequenced Curriculum"
Lisa is a curriculum specialist and music educator with 35 years of experience creating professional development resources and teaching K-5 students. Prior to taking a position at the University of Chicago Laboratory School, Lisa spent a year consulting where she provided opportunities that supported and mentored music educators through professional development, and individual mentor services, as well as “Artist in Residence” experiences. Lisa taught K-5 music for Carmel Clay Schools in Carmel, IN for 28 years and then taught K-2 music for Skokie School District 69 for 5 years. Lisa holds a Bachelor of Music from Butler University and a Master of Arts in Education from Ball State University. She served three years as the Region VI representative for the American Orff-Schulwerk Association (AOSA) and has presented at various AOSA, National Association for Music Education and Indiana Music Educators Association conferences. In 2008, Lisa was named Carmel Clay Teacher of the Year and in 2017 was named Elementary Music Teacher of the Year by the Indiana Music Education Association, signifying outstanding achievement in the field of music education. During the summer months, Lisa serves as an adjunct faculty member and course director for the Orff Schulwerk Levels, and Orff Curriculum programs at Anderson University in Anderson, IN and DePaul University in Chicago, IL.
January 25th 2025: Matthew Stensrud presents "Effortless Play"
Matthew Stensrud is an award-winning and internationally acclaimed music educator and currently teaches PK-4 Lower School Music and Movement at Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC. Previously, Matthew taught kindergarten through fifth grade music for seven years at Annandale Terrace Elementary School, a highly transient and culturally diverse school in Fairfax County, Virginia and for two years at George Mason Elementary School in Alexandria, VA. He completed his Orff Schulwerk certification at the San Francisco International Orff Course in the summer of 2013, his training in Responsive Classroom in 2011, and is an American Orff Schulwerk Association approved Movement Teacher Educator. Matthew presents frequently on the successful combination of Orff Schulwerk and Responsive Classroom, has published articles on Responsive Classroom in the music room and contributed to a book for specialists on the incorporation of Responsive Classroom. He received the Spotlight Award from the American Center for Elemental Music and Movement in Summer 2017 and was recognized by his school as Teacher of the Year for the 2016-2017 school year. He was also recognized by the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce for the "40 Under 40" Award in 2018. Recently, Matthew gave a TEDx talk on non-verbal communication entitled "Our Power Without Words".
Outside the classroom, Matthew is involved in various volunteer roles in the Washington DC Metro area, served as Chair of the Alexandria Commission for the Arts from 2014-2019 and as Vice President of the Middle Atlantic Chapter of the American Orff Schulwerk Association. Matthew currently serves as Region V Representative on the AOSA National Board of Trustees.
March 1 2025: David Row Presents "Small Steps-Avenues for Improvisation"
David Row loves teaching music to kids! A Nebraska native and Midwesterner at heart, David now lives and teaches in the Kansas City metro area for the DeSoto Unified School District. He holds a Master’s Degree in Music Education from the University of Missouri – Kansas City Conservatory, Orff Schulwerk certification, and has extensive experience with critical thinking in the arts. David is an active clinician and has presented workshops at national, state, and local conventions across the United States and Canada. He is an AOSA-approved Orff Schulwerk teacher educator and teaches Level 1 Pedagogy each summer in Orlando and St. Louis. On his blog, MakeMomentsMatter.org, and through his podcast David shares ideas about classroom content, management, lesson plans, critical thinking, and more.
COAOSA Workshop Fees 2022-2023:
4 workshop package, non AOSA Member $100.00
4 workshop package, AOSA Member $90.00
4 workshop package, first year teacher special $75.00
2 workshop pack $60.00
Single workshop $35.00
First AOSA workshop $10.00
Full time college student FREE
Chapter Reciprocity- Members of another Ohio AOSA Chapter can attend a single workshop for $20
**COAOSA participants are considered members and have voting rights for the year if they are both an AOSA member and purchase a 4 package workshop
Register HERE
AOSA Membership:
Regular Membership $94.00
Three-Year Regular Membership $244.00
Student Membership $30.00
Online Student Membership FREE
Retired Membership: $64
4 workshop package, non AOSA Member $100.00
4 workshop package, AOSA Member $90.00
4 workshop package, first year teacher special $75.00
2 workshop pack $60.00
Single workshop $35.00
First AOSA workshop $10.00
Full time college student FREE
Chapter Reciprocity- Members of another Ohio AOSA Chapter can attend a single workshop for $20
**COAOSA participants are considered members and have voting rights for the year if they are both an AOSA member and purchase a 4 package workshop
Register HERE
AOSA Membership:
Regular Membership $94.00
Three-Year Regular Membership $244.00
Student Membership $30.00
Online Student Membership FREE
Retired Membership: $64
Participants may earn one or two graduate credit hours from Ashland University. Click here for more info. |
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