World Songs & Conversations
2024
Minnesota Music Educators Convention
Minneapolis, MN
Keynote Address
Organization of Kodaly Educators
Chicago, IL
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2023
Exploration of Greek Music Education
Thessaloniki, Larisa, Athens, Greece
Cantigas Women's Choir
Tour "Eternal Rebels" Dublin, Limerick, Ireland
Songs from the Islamic World
NYU Kodaly Institute, New York City
Sources and Resources in Global Song
Wichita State UniversityUniversity (virtual)
Navigating Cultural Complexity in Global Song
International Kodaly Symposium
Los Angeles
Songs from our Homelands: A Parent Workshop
Welcome Home
Jersey City
Global Songs and Singing Games
Teatr Muzyczny
Lublin, Poland
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2022
A Conversation Lounge: World music
St.Petersburg State University of Economics, Russia
(Virtual)
Singing and English Conversation
Osh, Kyrgyzstan (Virtual)
A Global labyrinth of singing games and dances
Westminster Choir College, NJ
Sowing the Seeds: Singing in Early Childhood
Kodaly Organization of New York/ Westchester, NY
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Candles on the rooftop: A Celebration of Cultural Context
OAKE National Conference Pittsburgh, PA
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Mentorships
Tallahassee, Florida
Chicago, Illinois
Vienna, Austria
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2021
Philadelphia Girls Choir:
Musical women in the Arabic speaking world
Summer Springboard : Text and Context
James Madison University, Virginia
Singing and English Conversation
Osh, Kyrgyzstan
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2020
Kodaly Organization of New York: Summit on Equity and Diversity
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Singing with Refugee Children and Friends
Welcome Home, Jersey City, NJ
Guest lecturer: World Music Education
University of Tennessee Chattanooga, TN
Fishing boats, Moonlit Rooftops and Spitting Camels
Southeastern Chapter Kodaly Educators
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Community Sing: Ozi, v’zimrat Yah
St. Francis Episcopal Church
Ooltewah, Tennessee
Festival: Global Singing Games
Rome International Schools Association
Rome, Italy (Postponed)
Guest Lecturer Music Education
Queens College, New York
Sowing the Seeds: Singing in Early Childhood
Kodaly Organization of New York
New York, New York (Postponed)
Journeys: Migration of the world’s people
The Glass Menagerie, a NYC Downtown Community Chorus
Susan Glass, Artistic Director
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Mentorships:
Tallahassee, Florida
Chicago, Illinois
Vienna, Austria
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2019
Global music education for young students
Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico
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World Music and The Global Imagination
Instituto Superior de Música "Jose Hernández"
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Song Collecting in our School Communities
NYU, New York City, NY
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OAKE National Conference presentation: Turning the Kaleidoscope:
Understanding new opportunities and challenges in multicultural music
Columbus, Ohio
Workshop: ¡Cantemos! Singing games of Latin America
Jersey City, New Jersey
Workshop: Flying Poles and a Dancing Crab
Columbus, Ohio
Kodály Summer Teacher Training Course /International Folk Materials,
JMU, Harrisonburg, Virginia
Teacher mentorships:
Jersey City, New Jersey
Jacksonville, Florida
Artist in Residence Mustard Seed School, Hoboken, New Jersey
2018
Workshop Kodaly Educators of Eastern Pennsylvania
Spitting Camels and Dancing Children
Millersville, Pennsylvania
Residency: Center for Movement and Dance
Kontakt Przestrzeń Ruchui Tańca,
Krakow, Poland
Lecture: Living peacefully in a pluralistic world. International Cultural Center,
Krakow, Poland
Conference Co-coordinator: Beyond Multiculturalism: Kodaly Organization of New York
New York, New York
2017
Residency: Qatar Music Academy
Arabic Songs for Non-Arabic speaking students
World music: Singing games for international school teachers
Doha, Qatar.
Multicultural Songs and Singing Games
National conference demonstration: Organization of American Kodaly Educators
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Workshop: Spitting Camels and Candles on the Rooftop: Middle Eastern Songs and
Singing Games in Cultural Context,
Cleveland, Ohio
2016
Faculty: “2o Foro internacional Música para todos y para todo”
Guadalajara, Mexico
Tour Director: Cantigas Women’s Choir Artistic Director
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Residency: Santiago, Dominican Republic