Jenn Dennett

Basic Level I

Jenn Dennett is an elementary music and movement specialist in Danvers, Massachusetts. She earned a Bachelor of Music in music education from the University of Rhode Island, a Master of Arts in musicology from Tufts University, has completed all three levels of Orff-Schulwerk teacher training, and is an American Orff-Schulwerk Association approved teacher educator. Recipient of the 2018 Donna Nagle Award for Excellence in General Music, Jenn combines music, movement, and storytelling in workshops and classes, including state and national music education conferences, Orff chapter workshops, and graduate level courses.

Paul Weller

Basic Level II

Paul Weller has been teaching elemental movement and music for more than 20 years to grades K-5 at a public school in Minnesota. He earned a B.A. from St. Olaf College, M.A. in Education from Saint Mary’s University and Orff Schulwerk Levels training at University of St. Thomas. He has taught workshops locally, nationally, has presented numerous times at the AOSA national conference, and is an Orff Level I and II teacher trainer. Paul has a unique teaching style that blends the best of the Orff Schulwerk process and Kodaly sequential literacy training and believes movement and singing are the basis for all music making. In his free time, Paul enjoys reading, biking, drinking tea and loves a good board game.

Griff Gall

Movement

Griff Gall is an elementary music and movement specialist in Danvers, Massachusetts and holds degrees from Westminster Choir College and Boston University. He has studied dance with the Boston Ballet School and Urbanity Dance. Griff is an AOSA movement teacher educator, and is a frequent clinician for state, local, and national music education workshops in the areas of creative movement, Orff Schulwerk, and handbell pedagogy. He has contributed articles for the Orff Echo and Massachusetts Music Educators Journal and is co-author of Ring, Dance, Play: First Experiences with Choirchimes and Orff Schulwerk, published by GIA. Griff was the 2016 recipient of the Donna Nagel Award for Excellence in General Music from the Massachusetts Music Educators Association and the Spotlight award from ACEMM.

Patrick Dillon

Recorder

Patrick has been an elementary music and movement specialist in Manhasset, NY for 19 years. He received a Bachelor’s in History from the College of William and Mary and a Master’s in Music Education from Westminster Choir College. He initially finished his levels at Hofstra University, followed by his Kodàly levels at the Hartt School of Music. He then went on to attend Master Class with Jos Wuytack at the University of Memphis, followed by the Summer Course at the Orff Institut in Salzburg. Patrick then completed his levels for a second time at the University of St. Thomas. He has served two terms as president of his local Orff Chapter, and has presented at chapter, county, and state levels. He is an active member of the New York Chapter of the American Recorder Society and has been singing with The Lost Keys, an a cappella group based in New York City, for the last 14 years.