Mr. Billings has been teaching K- 5 General Music since 2007. He holds a Bachelors of Music Education from The University of Kansas and a Masters of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has completed all three levels of training in both Orff-Schulwerk and Kodály.
Mr. Billings currently is a past-president of Nevada's Dessert-Valley Chapter of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association. He has served as chair of the Clark County School District Orff Festival and his groups represented CCSD at the 2015 American Orff-Schulwerk Association National Professional Development Conference in San Diego, CA. His students have performed in events across the valley including with the Las Vegas Philharmonic at The Smith Center.
The music classroom at Judy and John L. Goolsby Elementary is grounded in active and inclusive music making. Children learn through singing, dancing, playing, and creating music together.