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October
2, 2010
Chris Judah-Lauder has presented at many conferences, workshops, and level courses all over the country, and
has taught in elementary and middle school for more than 25 years. She currently teaches at Good Shepherd Episcopal School in Dallas, Texas. Her college degrees are from Indiana University (B.M.E and M.S.) and
she received her Orff Certification at Hamline University.
She is a contributing
author for McGraw-McMillan's 2004 music text book series: Spotlight on Music. She has served as adjunct faculty at Trinity University, The University of North Texas, and James Madison University
in Virginia.
October 30, 2010 Chapter
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Members will share some of their favorite activities
and lessons from real life classroom instruction
January 8, 2011 Matt McCoy,
Recorder
Matt McCoy most recently taught music and movement at the Potomac School in McLean, Virginia. He has also taught
in the Howard County Public Schools in Maryland and at the St. Albans School for Boys in Washington, D.C.. He is the assistant
Curriculum Director for George Mason's Orff Certification Program, where he taught Recorder for many years as well as
Level II. McCoy has also taught in Orff Certification Programs at the Peabody Institute of John's Hopkins University in
Baltimore, Maryland, where he was director; the University of Northern Colorado; and at Southern Methodist University in Dallas,
Texas. He is an active presenter in Orff Schulwerk process for both AOSA national conferences and chapters throughout the
country. Matt is currently a doctoral student at the University of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City.
March 5, 2011 Dena Byers
Dena Byers is an elementary music specialist in Durham, NC and Associate Conductor of the Durham
Children’s Choir. She holds Level III Orff Schulwerk Certification from the UNLV and completed her Master Level Orff
Schulwerk class with Jos Wuytak at the University of Memphis. She received Level 3 certification from the Creating Artistry
Program with Henry Leck, Artistic Director and Founder of the Indianapolis Children’s Choir. A National Board
Certified teacher since 2005, Dena has presented workshops at the AOSA National Conferences in San Jose and Milwaukee as well
as for Orff chapters across the country. She served as a Region IV Representative on the AOSA National Board of Trustees from
2006-2009. Dena will be teaching Level I Movement and Recorder at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point
in the summer of 2009. Additionally she has conducted several all-county honors choruses in North Carolina.
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