Melissa Stouffer

Are you interested in having me do a workshop for your chapter or school district? I’m passionate about helping students love music, working with young teachers, children’s literature, and inclusionary practices.

Send me an email me to see what I can do for you!
[email protected]

Possible Sessions:
Let’s Play! Repertoire and Games
Assessment Fun! Yes, Really!
Introduction to Kodaly
ABCs of Kodály
Student Engagement, Teacher Sanity
Kodaly in Practice
See, Sing, Play: Building Musical Literacy
Literature in the Music Class
Pass It! Favorite Passing Games
No More Belt Tests!
Greatest Hits: Student Favorite Singing Games
Keeping the Music Flowing: Effective Classroom Management Techniques for Elementary Music Classes
Creating Cultural Connections
Finishing the Year with Conceptual Learning, Assessment and Fun!
Manage Your Class: Why Classroom Management is the Key to Getting Stuff Done
What’s So Fetch About Solfege? (Options for elementary music and multiage educators.)
Hack Your Plans
The Modern Music Teacher: Budgets, Carts, Traveling, and More!
Literature in the Music Classroom
Lit and Listen, Books for Music Class
Elementary Music for the Band Director
Teaching Music on a Cart
Make and Take (Various offerings include manipulatives or digital tools)
Kodaly Recorder: Using Folk Songs to Revolutionize Your Recorder Program
Teacher Trend: Digital Classrooms
Teaching Online and In Person

Past Presentations

• Introduction to Kodály, Eastern Michigan University School of Music, April 2026
• Let’s Play!, PSKOR, March, 2026
• Student Engagement, Teacher Sanity, LUCKE, February, 2026
• Pass It: Favorite Passing Games, ROCKE Headliner, Colorado Music Educators Association, January 2026
• What’s So Fetch About Solfege, ROCKE Headliner, Colorado Music Educators Association, January 2026
• Folk Dance Frenzy 6: Dances for 6th Graders, Michigan Music Conference, January 2026, With Michigan Kodály Educators Board
• One Song, Many Lessons: Folk Songs with Staying Power, Michigan Music Conference, January 2026
• One Song, Three Approaches, Michigan Music Conference, January 2026
• MIKE: Holiday Helpers and Assessment, November 2025, With Michigan Kodály Educators Board
• ABCs of Kodály, MMEA Fall Workshop, November 2025
• MIKE: Sing, Play, Learn: Creating a Dynamic Music Curriculum, September 2025, With Zach VanderGraaff
• Introduction to Kodály, Saginaw Valley State University School of Music, September 2025
• Kodály Summer Camp, Detroit Public Schools, August 2025, With Zach VanderGraaff
• Tuneful Teaching: Tools for an Engaged Classroom All Year Round! Pflugerville School District, August 2025
• No More Belt Tests, Make Music Summit, August 2025
• Kodály Summer Camp, MIKE, July 2025, With Zach VanderGraaff
• Creating Cultural Connections, The Music Crew Collaborative, July 2025
• Kodály In Practice, The Music Crew Collaborative, July 2025
• Introduction to Kodály, LAUSD Professional Development Panel, June 2025
• Introduction to Kodály, Eastern Michigan University School of Music, March 2025
• Harmony in the Hyphen: Embracing Filipino-American Heritage Through Music, Dance, and Identity, OAKE March 2025, With Melissa Fuller Flores
• American Singing Games and their Multicultural Counterparts, Michigan Music Conference, January 2025
• Folk Dance Frenzy 5: Dances for 5 year olds, Michigan Music Conference, January 2025, With Michigan Kodály Educators Board
• Harmony in the Hyphen: Embracing Filipino-American Heritage Through Music, Dance, and Identity, Michigan Music Conference, January 2025, With Melissa Fuller Flores
• Repertoire Bonanza 3: Musical Playtime! Games for K-5, Michigan Music Conference, January 2025, With Zach VanderGraaff
• Introduction to Kodály, Eastern Michigan University School of Music, November 2024
• No More Belt Tests!, MKMEA, October 2024
• Introduction to Kodály, Wayne State University School of Music, October 2024
• Classroom Management Strategies that Work, MMEA, August 2024
• Kalamazoo Elementary Music Educators Professional Development, August 2024
• Keeping the Music Flowing: Effective Classroom Management Techniques for Elementary Music Classes, The Music Crew Collaborative, July 2024
• No More Belt Tests!, The Music Crew Collaborative, July 2024
• Kodály Summer Camp, MIKE, July 2024, With Zach VanderGraaff
• NAfME Mini Conference, Kodály Foundations: What’s It All About, April 2024
• Introduction to Kodály, Eastern Michigan University School of Music, April 2024
• Finishing the Year with Conceptual Learning, Assessment and Fun! MMEA, April 2024
• Keeping the Music Flowing: Effective Classroom Management Techniques for Elementary Music Classes, CMUACDA, April 2024
• Keeping the Music Flowing: Effective Classroom Management Techniques for Elementary Music Classes, Michigan Music Conference, January 2024
• Folk Dance Frenzy 4, Dances Not in 4, Michigan Music Conference, January 2024, With Michigan Kodály Educators Board
• Elementary, My Dear Watson: Uncovering the Secrets to Effective Music Lesson Planning, Michigan Music Conference, January 2024
• Little Bodies Big Music: Kindergarten Music Lessons, Games and Tips, Michigan Kodaly Educators, September 2023, With Michigan Kodály Educators Board
• Assessment Fun! Yes, Really!, The Music Crew Collaborative, July 2023
• See, Sing, Play: Building Musical Literacy, Chesapeake Public Schools, May 2023
• Finishing the Year with Conceptual Learning, Assessment and Fun! Master Class, May 2023
• Literature in the Music Class, Chesapeake Public Schools, April 2023
• Introduction to Kodály, Eastern Michigan University School of Music, April 2023
• Pass It On!, Michigan Music Conference, January 2023
• What Do We Do With All These Resources? (I Need Help!), Michigan Music Conference, January 2023, With Zach VanderGraaff
• Folk Dance Frenzy 3, Michigan Music Conference, January 2023, With Michigan Kodály Educators Board
• What’s So Fetch About Solfege, Iowa Music Educators Association, November 2022
• Skating through the Holidays and Winter, MIKE November 2022, With Michigan Kodály Educators Board
• What’s So Fetch About Solfege, MKMEA October 2022
• Manage Your Class: Why Classroom Management is the Key to Getting Stuff Done, Elementary Music Summit, August 2022
• The Modern Music Teacher, Elementary Music Summit, August 2022
• Q & A Panel, The Music Crew Collaborative, July 2022
• Hack Your Plans, The Music Crew Collaborative, July 2022
• What’s So Fetch About Solfege, OMEA (Ohio), February 2022
• What’s So Fetch About Solfege, Michigan Music Conference, January 2022
• Lit and Listen: Using Literature and Listening to Address SEL, Michigan Music Conference, January 2022
• Amplifying Meaning Music Making, Michigan Music Conference, January 2022
• Folk Dance Frenzy 2, Michigan Music Conference, January 2022, With Michigan Kodaly Educators Board
• Kodály Basics, MMEA, July 2021
• The Modern Music Teacher, International Music Education Summit, Elementary Workshop, July 2021
• The Modern Music Teacher, The Music Crew Collaborative, June 2021
• Lit & Listen: Using Literature and Listening to Address SEL, The Music Crew Collaborative, June 2021
• What’s So Fetch About Solfege, The Music Crew Collaborative, June 2021
• Tonara InspirED Conference – What’s So Fetch About Solfege, December 2020
• Prioritizing Concepts in Less than Ideal Situations, MIKE November 2020
• Professional Development – Lit and Listen, What’s So Fetch About Solfege, Teaching Online: Clarke County School District, Georgia, November 2020
• MMEA – Teaching Online and In Person, November 2020
• Professional Development – El Monte City School District, California: Teaching Music Online, September 2020
• Social Distancing, Sanitation, and Carts, Oh My! Suggestions and Strategies for Teaching General Music on a Cart, NAfME, August 2020
• Teaching Music on a Cart, South Dakota Music Educators Association, August 2020
• MMEA Summer Share: Digital Classrooms, July 2020
• Let’s Zoom into Singing, The Music Crew Collaborative, July 2020
• Teacher Trend: Digital Classrooms, The Music Crew Collaborative, July 2020
• Folk Dance Frenzy, Michigan Music Conference, January 2020, With Michigan Kodaly Educators Board
• Methodology Myth Busters, Michigan Music Conference, January 2020, With Zach VanderGraaff
• Planning Magic! Turn Year Long Plans into Daily Lessons in a Snap!, Michigan Music Educators Association Fall Workshop, October 2019, With Zach VanderGraaff
• What’s So Fetch About Solfege, Michigan Kodaly Educators, September 2019
• MMEA Summer Share: MLT/Kodaly/Orff, June 2019
• Michigan Kodály Educators Workshop: Favorite Folk Dances and Games, April 2019, With Michigan Kodály Educators Board
• Repertoire Bonanza 2: Multicultural Songs for Every Age, Michigan Music Conference, January 2019, With Zach VanderGraaff
• Conceptual Learning in Multi-age Classrooms, Michigan Music Conference, January 2019,  With Dr. Ashley Allen
• Make and Take, Michigan Kodály Educators, September 2018
• Kodaly Recorder: Using Folk Songs to Revolutionize Your Recorder Program, Michigan Music Conference, January 2018
• Repertoire Bonanza: Play Parties and Games for Upper Elementary, Michigan Music Conference, January 2018, With Zach VanderGraaff
• Conceptual Learning in Multi-age Classrooms, MKMEA October 2017, With Dr. Ashley Allen
• Teachers Pay Teachers: Start Your Own Store!, MMEA Summer Technology Workshop, June 2017, With Jennifer Filipiak
• Planning Magic! Turn Year Long Plans into Daily Lessons in a Snap!, Michigan Music Conference, January 2017, With Zach VanderGraaff
• Teachers Pay Teachers: Start Your Own Store!, Michigan Music Conference, January 2017
• Fall Make and Take: King of the Pumpkin Patch, MIKE Chapter Share, September 2016

Talk to you soon!