2025-2026 Workshops

Workshops run from 9 am - 1 pm unless otherwise noted.

This year's workshop dates will be September 6, October 18, January 17 (Chapter Share), and April 18. See below for locations!

To see workshop costs and registration information, click here.

Rob Amchin is Emeritus Professor of Music Education at the University of Louisville (KY). He studied Orff pedagogy at New England Conservatory of Music, Hofstra University, Memphis State, Hamline University, University of Michigan, and the Orff Institute (Salzburg). He has presented numerous Orff-based workshops nationally and around the world, for nearly 40 years including presentations in throughout the United States, China, Canada, Russia, Hong Kong, Poland, Austria, Israel, Finland and Singapore all focusing on Orff-based general music pedagogy music and movement pedagogy. He is the author of books related to Orff Schulwerk and general music. He is the level I, II and III pedagogy and Master Class teacher at many summer programs around the country. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Award from the American Orff Schulwerk Association. He currently lives in the Washington DC area with his wife and family.

Kristine Wolfe has been teaching PreK-6 Music & Band in the Papillion - La Vista (NE) Community Schools for over 25 years. She earned a BM from Iowa State University and a MM from the University of Nebraska-Omaha. In addition to her Kodaly training, Kristine is a Level I & II Orff Schulwerk Instructor and is an active clinician at workshops throughout the United States. Kristine currently serves on the AOSA Fund Development Subcommittee and has attended the National Conference every year since 2006. She has been on the GPOC (Great Plains Orff Chapter) Board since 2005, having served as President, Vice President and Membership Chair before taking over as Program Chair in 2015. In her free time, Kristine enjoys singing and playing Oboe in the Intergeneration Orchestra of Omaha, as well as Recorder with The Jewel Tones. 

Jessica Dunnick is the Music Specialist at Bowman Woods Elementary in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, part of the Linn-Mar Community School District. Jessica has her B.A. in Music Education from the University of Northern Iowa and her M.A. in Music Education with an Emphasis in Orff from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. She is a past President of the First Iowa Orff Chapter, current Programming Co-Chair, and is a certified Teacher Educator of Movement through the American Orff Schulwerk Association. Jess received the Yager Exemplary Teaching Recognition Award in 2023 from the University of Northern Iowa and presented at the National AOSA Conference in 2024. She also offers professional development workshops focused on movement and peer-mediated teaching.