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University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, MO 64093
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Vicki
Strode completed her B.S. Ed in Vocal Music Education from Missouri
State University in 1994, M.S. Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from Southwest
Baptist University in 2001, and is currently working toward a M.A. Kodály
Emphasis degree from the University of Central Missouri. She received her
National Kodály
Certification from the University of Central Missouri in 2010.
She currently teaches K-5 general music in the Wentzville School District.)
Dr.
Liza Meyers, in her 20th year as a music educator, has taught
preschoolers to graduate students in various settings, most recently in in
Manhattan. She has taught World Music classes at universities in OH and NY, and
teaches preschool music classes in Cincinnati. Liza received her Master's degree
from Arizona State University, and recently defended her dissertation completing
her doctorate, also from ASU. Liza studied at the International Kodály Seminar
in Kecskemet, Hungary in 2003 and has taught Kodály certification courses in AZ,
KY, AL, AR, and MO where she has had experience as an instructor in all three
levels and particularly enjoys teaching Musicianship and sight singing skills to
all ages in a joyful manner. She received a Japan Fulbright Memorial Scholarship
studying in Tokyo and Shiogama, Japan in 2006, and also holds Orff
certification. Liza has presented workshops at the state, regional, and national
level in AZ, CA, CO, MD, MN, NE, and OH, written music curriculum for a charter
system in NYC, and has held many leadership positions in state, regional, and
national professional organizations, most recently as a member of a subcommittee
of the Teacher Education Committee which oversees program endorsement for the
Organization of American Kodály Educators (OAKE), and as the national program
chair for the OAKE conference in Phoenix in 2012.
Crystal
Henricks currently teaches primary 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 College, Kodály Certification and MMEd from Capital
University, Levels I-III Orff Schulwerk Certification from The University of
Kentucky and Anderson University, and is an active member of the American
Eurhythmics Society. She is an active clinician for workshops and choral
festivals both in the United States and abroad. She has taught music pedagogy
and folk song research classes at both DePaul University and VanderCook College
of Music. She currently serves as member-at-large on board for the Midwest
Kodály Music Educators Association.
Lisa
Simmelink is currently a Pre-K-5th grade Music Educator in McPherson,
KS and is also the Director of Music at Trinity Lutheran Church. Lisa has had
experience teaching students of all levels; from 3yr old Music & Movement
classes, to college music methods, to graduate Kodály certification courses.
Lisa earned her undergraduate degree in K-12 Choral Music Education and Vocal
Performance from Bethany College and her Master of Music Education from Wichita
State University. She holds a Kodály Certificate from Colorado State University.
Lisa is co-founder and past-president of Kodály Music Educators of Kansas. She
is currently serving as the President-Elect of the Midwest Kodály Music
Educators of America. Lisa has been the Level II Pedagogy and Folk Song Research
instructor in the Wichita State University Kodály program since it began. She is
an active presenter at local, state and regional levels.
Jennifer
Wassemiller has taught music in various forms for over 20 years and is
the elementary music specialist at McCollom Elementary in Wichita, Kansas. She
has extensive experience as a performer, as an accompanist, and as a teacher of
all ages. Ms. Wassemiller received a Bachelor of Music in Education from Friends
University, earned her Masters degree at Emporia State University, and received
Kodály certification from Wichita State University. Besides being active within
the Kodály Music Educators of Kansas and the Organization of American Kodály
Educators, Ms. Wassemiller has held several leadership positions within the
Kansas Music Educators Association and has presented at both district and state
levels. She also served as a Music Education Ambassador to China with People to
People in 2009, and regularly serves as an adjudicator for vocal and choral
festivals. In addition to her public school teaching duties, Jennifer teaches
private voice and piano in Wichita, and directs the children's and youth choirs
at East Heights United Methodist Church. She can occasionally can be seen
tickling the ivories at Old Cowtown Museum.