Faculty

Doug Goodkin (Level III, Course Director) recently completed his 37th year teaching music at The San Francisco School to children from three years old through 8th grade. He is the author of 8 books, including his most recent one All Blues: Jazz for the Orff Ensemble. He is a guest teacher for the Orff Institute’s Special Course and has given Orff workshops in over 39 countries worldwide. Doug received the Orff Pro Merito Award in 2000.

Rick Layton (Level II) teaches Orff Schulwerk and is the Upper School Performing Arts Chair at The Key School in Annapolis MD. He also teaches undergraduate music theory at the University of Maryland College Park. In addition to his undergraduate degree in music education, Rick holds Level III Orff Schulwerk Certification, and Master and Doctorate degrees in Music Theory. Rick has been a clinician at numerous American Orff Schulwerk chapter workshops and has presented regularly at the national conference of the American Orff Schulwerk Association since 1988. Rick's international teaching includes the Orff Institute in Austria, Canada, Taiwan, Dubai and Australia.

James Harding (Level II) studied classical clarinet at Yale University and the Mozarteum in Salzburg and has played Balinese music in Gamelan Sekar Jaya since 1990. He currently teaches children from preschool through middle school at The San Francisco School, where he has taught since 1990. James was local co-chair of the 2007 Orff National Conference, gives workshops throughout the U.S. and Canada and has also taught in Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Thailand and at the Orff Institute in Salzburg, Austria. He is the author of the recently published From Wibbleton to Wobbleton.

Sofía López-Ibor (Level I) studied flute, recorder and music education at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid, Spain and is a graduate of the two-year course at the Orff Institute in Salzburg, Austria. She is the president of Orff España, co-directs their summer course and teaches seminars and courses throughout the world. She is the co-author of Quien Canta Su Mal Espanta and author of the recently published Blue is the Sea: Music, Movement and Visual Arts in the Orff Schulwerk. With over 30 years of experience teaching children of all ages, Sofía is in her 16 years at The San Francisco School. She recently was awarded the Medallion of Honor from the Orff Forum in recognition of her work in training teachers throughout the world.

Paul Cribari (Level I) is an Orff Schulwerk teacher in the Cherry Creek School District in Colorado. There, he teaches Preschool through fifth grades, and conducts the school choir. In addition to his work with children Paul teaches workshops and teacher training levels at numerous universities, and is a regular clinician for local chapters of AOSA. He received his Orff certification at the University of St. Thomas and presented sessions several times at AOSA National Conferences.

Christa Coogan (Movement Levels I, II, III) received her BFA in dance from the Juilliard School. She has been involved with the Orff Institute since 1993, teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as in summer courses. In addition, she is a guest teacher in international courses in creative contemporary dance and also serves as a dance specialist in Orff-Schulwerk courses. She works as an artist-in-residence in the Bavarian public schools, teaching dance and creating dance theater performances with students of all ages.

Martha Crowell (Recorder, Levels I, II, III) teaches Lower School Music at Springside School in Philadelphia, PA, where she has worked since 1982. Trained from childhood in the Orff philosophy, she received a BA in Music from Smith College and her Orff Certification from New England Conservatory. Martha is also certified in the Kodály Method, chairs the AOSA/ARS Recorder Committee, and is a graduate of the Music for People Program led by David Darling.

Annette Bauer (Recorder, Levels I, II, III) received a diploma in Medieval and Renaissance performance practice on recorders at the Schola Cantorum in Basel, Switzerland (2001), an MA in music from UC Santa Cruz (2004), and studies sarode at the Ali Akbar College of Music in California. A certified Orff teacher, Annette teaches recorder and early music workshops around the country, and performs with numerous musical groups in a wide variety of styles.