Josh Southard
Finding The Magic: Children's Literature In The Music Classroom
​Workshop: December 12, 2020
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
NE/AOSA Follow Up ​Virtual Meeting: December 16, 2020
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm​

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Workshop Description:​​  This workshop will provide several different approaches to using children's literature in the music classroom. Whether it is a board book, story book, or wordless book, there's magic that can be found with all ages through music.​
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Clinician Biography: Josh Southard is the Music Specialist at Smoky Row Elementary School in Carmel, IN.  There he teaches K-5 music, as well as a 5th grade Orff Ensemble, and was named the 2018 Teacher of the Year.  In January of 2019, he was also named the Indiana Elementary Music Teacher of the Year by the Indiana Music Educators Association.  He has completed all three levels of Orff-Schulwerk certification, as well as Orff Curriculum and Composition at Anderson University.  He served as the Indiana Orff Schulwerk Association’s President from 2010-2014, and in 2011, he was appointed to the American Orff Schulwerk Association’s Historical Committee, where he served as the Chairperson of the committee from 2014-2017.  He also served on the National Board of Trustees of the American Orff Schulwerk Association serving as the Regional VI Representative.

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​Josh is a featured presenter at Orff workshops around the country, state and national conferences.  He has also had articles published in both the Orff Echo and Reverberations.  His book “Sing and Play, Stories All Day” was published by Beatin’ Path Publications in 2020.  He now teaches Level II Orff Certification courses in Gwinnett County in Atlanta, GA, and Level I at DePaul University in Chicago, IL and Anderson University in Anderson, IN.


Smoky Row Elementary Music Room Website:  www.smokyrowmusicroom.org 
Smoky Row Music Room Twitter: @sremusicroom
YouTube Channel: sremusicroom

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