Prices for each seminar:
1 Credit: $500
22.5 PDPs: $350

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Kate Offer is the full-time Music & Movement Specialist for the Pacific Primary School, a preschool in San Francisco. She holds a master’s degree in Music Education with a Kodaly Emphasis from Holy Names University, Level III Orff Certification from the San Francisco International Orff Course, and a fellowship in songleading from Virginia Theological Seminary where she trained with Ysaye Barnwell of Sweet Honey in the Rock and composer Alice Parker. She grew up singing with the Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir, and found her love of music in early childhood when she returned to the choir years later to teach in their Kinder Department.  That work eventually led her to her current role at Pacific Primary School, where she focuses full-time on working with children ages 2.5-6.  As a response to interested parents needing help with school songs, Kate started a YouTube channel called "Songs from the Sandbox" to be a resource for teachers and caregivers who need repertoire appropriate for young children.  The channel can be found at www.YouTube.com/songsfromthesandbox.

Kate also works as a professional singer, performing with local organizations like the San Francisco Symphony, 21V,  Cappella SF, Oakland Opera Theater, West Edge Opera, and the Oakland Symphony. She was a founding member of the International Orange Chorale which is where she met her favorite tenor and husband, Seth Arnopole, with whom she is raising two dogs. As her alter ego, Kate Offer, Very Melodramatic Soprano, Kate performs a comic recital titled “Aria Kidding” along with contralto Sara Couden at venues throughout the Bay Area.

Kathryn O. Bach (she/her/hers) is an accomplished music educator with a BA in Music from the Hartt School of Music, a MM in Music Education with Kodály emphasis, and an Ed. M in Education from Harvard University. A licensed music educator in Massachusetts, she holds a Fine Arts Leadership Certificate from Fitchburg State University. She is currently a Director for Kodály Music Institute.

Ms. Bach, a Board member of the Organization of American Kodály Educators (OAKE) and Director at the Kodály Music Institute, has been influential in Cambridge Public Schools since 2011. She teaches in the pilot Kodály program at the Peabody School, where students receive high frequency music instruction supported by a grant and researched by Dr. Martin Gardiner from Brown University.

In 2015, Peabody students featured on the Science Channel’s “Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman” in “Can We All Be Geniuses?” Ms. Bach has presented for OAKE, Cambridge Public Schools Institute of Excellence, Massachusetts Music Educators Association and more, specializing in Early Childhood Music Education, Inclusive Spaces in the Music Room, Singing Games, Kodály Pedagogy, and Folk Music.

John Martha-Reynolds, music educator, was handpicked to pilot a Kodály inspired program at the John M. Tobin Montessori School, Cambridge Public Schools, Cambridge, MA, in 2013. Since its inception, he has cultivated a comprehensive music program that mirrors the diversity and uniqueness of its learners. John’s approach to curriculum design and repertoire selection is deeply informed by his commitment to building meaningful connections with students and their families. In addition to his responsibilities in Cambridge, John is a longtime conductor with the Boston Children’s Chorus (BCC), Boston, MA. He also led BCC’s annual weekend of professional development for music educators.

John is an active educator, clinician and performer: As an educator, he has taught in various public schools, after-school music institutions, children’s choruses and several community center teen leadership programs. In 2022, he joined the faculty of the Kodály Music Institute, Boston, MA, co-teaching the course A Taste of Kodály. As a clinician, John has presented at the state and national level for NAfME, ACDA and OAKE. He also served on the Equity Committee for the Organization of American Kodály Educators (OAKE). A versatile performer, John has performed with Coro Allegro, Opera Providence and Boston Opera Collaborative. 

John holds a Master’s degree in Vocal Performance from New England Conservatory and a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Baldwin Wallace University, formerly Baldwin-Wallace College, Conservatory of Music. John is both a Kodály and Orff-Schulwerk certified educator. He received his Kodály certification from the Kodály Music Institute at New England Conservatory and his Orff certification at Baldwin Wallace University.

Grammy-nominated music educator Jasmine Fripp is the Interim Director of Choral Activities at The Tennessee State University.  She is also the founder of The Passionate Black Educator.  Fripp has dedicated her career to providing Black and Brown students with a quality music education.  With almost a decade of teaching experience in public and charter schools, she has built award-winning choral programs that consistently receive excellent and superior ratings at festivals. In addition, her students have performed alongside several gospel recording artists and served as opening acts for Grammy award-winning artists Vanessa Bell Armstrong and The Clark Sisters and rising country music star Tiera Kennedy.  Fripp’s former students' accomplishments include acceptance into several elite collegiate music programs, performing alongside famous recording artists, obtaining roles within professional music companies, and creating musically-based social media content garnering millions of followers.

Mrs. Fripp’s passion for providing Black and Brown students with a quality holistic education through music and empowering educators are her sole reasons for creating The Passionate Black Educator.  The Passionate Black Educator aims to advocate for students of the global majority by providing opportunities to learn and advance through music, fine arts, and education. PBE also empowers music educators of all cultural backgrounds to create student-centered classroom environments that promote anti-racism, culturally responsive pedagogy, and healing-centered teaching.  Lastly, Fripp’s ability to fuse Hip Hop, choral music, and creative teaching strategies has led to her being heavily sought after as a clinician by universities, school districts, and professional organizations worldwide.

Fripp is a credited songwriter, background vocalist, and recording artist.  She is also an active member of The W. Crimm Singers, known as The Wakanda Chorale in Nashville, Tennessee.  As a member of this prestigious group, Fripp has performed with recording artists Stars Go Dim and Grammy award-winning songwriting duo Louis York. 

Fripp holds a Bachelor's in Music Education with a concentration in Choral Music from Winthrop University and a Master's in Music Education from Belmont University under the legacy of Dr. Jeffery Ames. Lastly, she is a proud member of Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity and Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated.