Aileen Miracle teaches general music and band in the Olentangy Local School District near Columbus, Ohio. At her elementary school, she teaches grades K-5 as well as 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade choir. This is her eighteenth year teaching; previously, she taught in Lancaster City Schools as well as Utica Community Schools in Utica, Michigan. Aileen received her Bachelor of Music Education from Central Michigan University in 1999, and her Master of Music in Music Education from Capital University in 2003; she completed her masters studies at the Kodaly Institute in Kecskemet, Hungary. Aileen serves as Past President of the Midwest Kodaly Music Educators of America, and serves on the Technology Task Force of the Organization of American Kodaly Educators. She has taught Level I and III for DePaul University's Kodaly Program and Level I Methodology and Folk Song Research for Colorado State University's Kodaly Program, and currently presents workshops across the nation. In 2016, she was named Cheshire Elementary's Teacher of the Year. She enjoys spending time with her family: husband Scott, 12-year-old daughter Jenna, and 4-year-old Macy (who are all very musical!) You can follow Aileen here:
Amy Abbott is in her 19th year of teaching elementary music with the past 16 years have been in the St. Vrain Valley School district. She received her undergraduate degree in music education from the University of Colorado at Boulder and obtained her masters in music education with a Kodály emphasis from Colorado State University. She has Kodály certifications from Portland State University, where she studied with Jill Trinka, Susan Brumfield, Vicki Loebell & Sean Dëibler and from Colorado State University, where she studied with Sue Liethold-Bowcock and Ann Eisen.
She has presented sessions at the Oregon Arts Alliance State Conference, ROCKE (Regional Organization of Colorado Kodály Educators) Chapter Shares and St. Vrain Music Teacher Professional Development Days. Additionally, she has served on the ROCKE board for over 7 years as President, Secretary and Member-at-Large. She is the current Level II Methodology & Folk Song Research instructor at Colorado Kodály Institute at Colorado State University.
In addition to teaching general music at Red Hawk elementary in Erie she also teaches a 4/5 choir, tone-chime choirs and a drum ensemble. When not teaching she loves spending time with her husband, son and daughter, gardening and blogging. You can follow Amy here:
Lindsay Jervis has taught elementary music to Pre-K through 5th Grade for 6 years in a suburb of Wichita, KS. She received her undergraduate degree in music education from Wichita State University and is currently pursuing her Masters of Music Education from Wichita State University. She has her Kodály certification from Wichita State University, where she studied with Jo Kirk, Lisa Simmelink, Susan Tevis, and Gabor Viragh.
She has presented at the Kansas Conference of Music Teacher Education Professors and serves as the publicity chair for KMEK (Kodály Music Educators of Kansas).
When not teaching she loves spending time with her husband, her daughter, Ellie, creating resources for music teachers, blogging, and traveling. You can follow her here:
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