Kate Bright
Kate Bright is a general music teacher for the West Shore School District in central Pennsylvania. After receiving her Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Lebanon Valley College, she received her Orff Schulwerk certification at the Philadelphia University of the Arts in 2010 and, in August of 2021, completed her Master’s of Kodály Music Education at the American Kodály Institute. Kate works with several non-profit organizations to help support elemental music and movement education. She serves as past president on the board of the Greater Baltimore Area Orff Schulwerk Association and serves as secretary for the American Center for Elemental Music and Movement. Through ACEMM, Kate organizes and moderates a weekly professional book study that hosts members from across the United States and Canada. Kate has received several awards for her work in music education. In 2015, she received the Spotlight Award from the American Center for Elemental Music and Movement, and in 2017 she received Lincoln Charter School’s first-ever Staff Member of the Year award. She has also received the ACCLAIM Award from the West Shore School District in 2023 and the Superintendent’s Award from the Shippensburg University Superintendent Study Council. Kate has presented elemental music and movement workshops across the country for Orff Chapters, state music education associations, and three times for the American Orff Schulwerk National Conference. Kate has numerous webinars on Teaching with Orff as well as on F-flat Book’s Learn Platform. She built the website Elemental Musical Adventures for educators to use with their students and maintains a folder of useful resources on her website, www.katebright.org, which are free to music and movement educators. In her community, Kate is the artistic director and the conductor of the Hummelstown Community Singers. She also enjoys folk dancing with her husband, Evan Kaiser, who is the organizer of the Harrisburg Folk Dancers. Kate has published a children’s book, Just Like the Moon, with F-flat books, and is looking forward to releasing her second book, How We Listen, in the spring of 2025.
Victor Lozada
Victor Antonio Lozada, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Bilingual Education at the University of North Texas Dallas. He taught K-5 general music for 14 years in Texas, eight of which were at a two-way dual language campus where he held Orff Schulwerk, Kodály, and First Steps certifications. His research includes the intersections among music education, bilingual education, and literacy learning. He frequently presents on these topics at international and national venues such as for the National Association for Music Education, the American Orff Schulwerk Association, International Kodály Symposium, the Organization of American Kodály Educators, the American Eurhythmics Society, and the National Association for Bilingual Education. His research can be found in the Journal of General Music Education, the Orff Echo, the Bilingual Research Journal, NABE Journal of Research and Practice, and Literacy Research and Instruction among others. He also offers suggestions for how secondary teachers can engage their students into being critical about curricula in his co-edited book Engage and Empower! Expanding the Curriculum for Justice and Activism, especially his chapters on rap music and antiracism. He currently serves as the Vice President-Elect of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access for the American Orff Schulwerk Association.
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Rob DelGaudio
Rob DelGaudio is a composer and elementary music educator based in Westchester, NY. He holds B.M. and M.M. degrees from Manhattan School of Music and Hofstra University. He received his Orff levels training at Hofstra University, Villanova University and George Mason University. Rob creates content for music educators on YouTube. His channel, Music With Mr. DelGaudio features his original songs and lesson ideas and currently has over 18K subscribers. Additionally, he is a graduate of the prestigious BMI Musical Theatre Writing Program. He is the creative director of his own theatre company, Pancake Productions, the leader of the Tarrytown Ukulele Jam and the author of a Barnes & Noble exclusive book titled Music.
Victor Antonio Lozada, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Bilingual Education at the University of North Texas Dallas. He taught K-5 general music for 14 years in Texas, eight of which were at a two-way dual language campus where he held Orff Schulwerk, Kodály, and First Steps certifications. His research includes the intersections among music education, bilingual education, and literacy learning. He frequently presents on these topics at international and national venues such as for the National Association for Music Education, the American Orff Schulwerk Association, International Kodály Symposium, the Organization of American Kodály Educators, the American Eurhythmics Society, and the National Association for Bilingual Education. His research can be found in the Journal of General Music Education, the Orff Echo, the Bilingual Research Journal, NABE Journal of Research and Practice, and Literacy Research and Instruction among others. He also offers suggestions for how secondary teachers can engage their students into being critical about curricula in his co-edited book Engage and Empower! Expanding the Curriculum for Justice and Activism, especially his chapters on rap music and antiracism. He currently serves as the Vice President-Elect of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access for the American Orff Schulwerk Association.
Rob DelGaudio is a composer and elementary music educator based in Westchester, NY. He holds B.M. and M.M. degrees from Manhattan School of Music and Hofstra University. He received his Orff levels training at Hofstra University, Villanova University and George Mason University. Rob creates content for music educators on YouTube. His channel, Music With Mr. DelGaudio features his original songs and lesson ideas and currently has over 18K subscribers. Additionally, he is a graduate of the prestigious BMI Musical Theatre Writing Program. He is the creative director of his own theatre company, Pancake Productions, the leader of the Tarrytown Ukulele Jam and the author of a Barnes & Noble exclusive book titled Music.