Kayla Collier, President
Kayla Collier (she/they) is the Lower School music and movement specialist at the Kentucky Country Day School in Louisville, KY. Their most recent professional development adventure was studying Ghanaian music and culture through the Orff Afrique masterclass. She earned a Bachelor’s of Music Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a Master’s of Music in Music Education from the University of Kentucky, and a Master’s of Teacher Leadership: Competency-Based Education from Spalding University. She completed three levels of Orff-Schulwerk training at the University of Kentucky and has been published in The Orff Echo and Reverberations.
Rebecca Sepulveda, Vice President
Rebecca Sepulveda teaches K-5 general music and after school choir and percussion ensemble at James Lane Allen Elementary in Lexington, Kentucky. She has Bachelors and Masters degrees in Music Education from Eastern Kentucky University as well as her ESL Certification. She has completed all 3 Orff Levels and Curriculum Development at the University of Kentucky.
Julianna Nitz, Membership
Julianna Nitz currently teaches at Bridgeport Elementary School in Frankfort, KY. She received her Bachelor’s of Music Education from University of Kentucky, a member of AOSA, and she has completed all 3 Orff-Schulwerk level certifications and Level 1 Dalcroze eurythmics. Her teaching experience spans public and private schools and prior to teaching in Kentucky, she also taught in Pennsylvania as well as overseas in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
Jamie McGlothlin, Treasurer
Jamie McGlothlin teaches K-5th at Huntertown Elementary School in Versailles, KY. Jamie received her Bachelor’s in Music Education at Asbury University, and her Master’s in Music at Western Kentucky University. She has also completed all three Orff-Schulwerk levels at the University of Kentucky.
Miranda Johnson, Secretary
Miranda Johnson is in her 4th year of teaching and is currently teaching at Camargo Elementary in Mount Sterling, KY. She earned her Orff Certification from UK. She has a Bachelors degree in music education from Morehead State University and a Masters degree from the University of Sheffield.
Kailey Holmes, Social Media
Kailey Holmes teaches Prek-5th general music and two after-school choirs at Stonewall Elementary in Lexington, KY. Kailey received her Bachelor’s of Music in Music Education from the University of Kentucky and her Master of Arts in Education from the University of the Cumberlands. She has completed levels one and two Orff Schulwerk training and levels one and two Dalcroze Eurythmics training at the University of Kentucky.
Angel Mason, Member-at-Large
Angel Mason (she/her) teaches K-5 General Music and directs the Music and Drama Clubs at Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary School in Louisville, KY. She earned her Bachelor’s of Music in Music Education from the University of Louisville. She has completed Orff Level 2 and looks forward to Level 3 this upcoming summer at the University of Kentucky!
Dr. Martina Vasil, Website Administrator, University of Kentucky Liaison
Martina Vasil is an Associate Professor of Music Education at the University of Kentucky and Director of Graduate Studies for the School of Music. She directs summer music education programming in Modern Band, Orff Schulwerk, and Dalcroze Eurhythmics. She created the first special topics course in the nation on popular music and Orff Schulwerk with David Dockan. Prior to her appointment at UK, Dr. Vasil taught K–8 general music and 4–8 instrumental music (band and strings) for seven years in Pennsylvania, working in parochial and public charter schools in rural, suburban, and urban areas. She also taught preK–6 music at Lexington Montessori School from 2017–2024. She has her BM and PhD in music education from West Virginia University and her MM in music education from Eastman School of Music. She has completed all three Orff-Schulwerk levels and has training in Dalcroze, World Music Drumming, and modern band.
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