Workshops

To request or inquire about a workshop, please email me at amy.j.abbott@gmail.com

2022-2023:
  • August 3: PD for Fort Bend ISD
  • September 17: PD for UFOLKS
  • October 1: PD in Lubbock Texas for TMEA
  • October 10: PD for NJMEA
  • November 21: PD for Grand Island Public Schools


2021-2022:
  • August 9-10: PD for CFISD, TX
  • September 1: PD for Steamboat Springs, CO
  • October 25: PD for Union County Schools, NC
  • November 13: AWAKE Session, WI
  • January 16-18: 5 sessions for Wyoming Music Educators Conference
  • January 26-30: 6 sessions for Colorado Music Educators Conference
  • January 5: Hook Line and Sinker for NC and SC Kodály Chapters
  • March 3-5: OAKE conference: Melodic Prep: It CAN Be Fun!
  • KMEIAQLD session: Australia
  • April 30: NCAKE session

2020-2021:
  • July 14: ROCKE and AOSA-RMC; "He Said, She Said, They Said: The Importance of Gender Neutrality in the Music Room."
  • August 29: Regional Organization of Colorado Kodály Educators: "He Said, She Said, They Said: The Importance of Gender Neutrality in the Music Room."
  • September 26: AWAKE **POSTPONED**
  • October 12: New Jersey School Music Conference **POSTPONED**
  • October 24: KONC Workshop: **POSTPONED**
  • February 12 & 13: Texas Music Educators Conference:  "He Said, She Said, They Said: The Importance of Gender Neutrality in the Music Room" and "We're All in this Together: Singing Games for the Socially Distant Classroom"
  • March 6: Organization of American Kodály Educators National Conference:  "He Said, She Said, They Said: The Importance of Gender Neutrality in the Music Room."

2019-2020:
  • August 24; Las Vegas Urban Kodály Educator_Inaugural Workshop: "Sing and Play the Kodály Way!"
  • September 7: TRIKE: "Hook, Line and Sinker; Catching the Attention of Upper Elementary Students."
  • September 21, Northwest Kodály Educators: "Hook, Line and Sinker; Catching the Attention of Upper Elementary Students."
  • November 21-22: Nebraska Music Educators Association: "Hook, Line and Sinker; Catching the Attention of Upper Elementary Students,"  "Singing Games We Love to Play
  • January 25; Southern Nevada Association of Kodály Educators_Inaugural Workshop: "Sing and Play the Kodály Way!"
  • February 1: Tennessee Music Educators: "Hook, Line and Sinker; Catching the Attention of Upper Elementary Students."
  • March 5-8; Co-Chair of the OAKE National Conference

2018-2019:
  • September 8: Chicago Area Kodály Educators: "Hook, Line and Sinker; Catching the Attention of Upper Elementary Students."
  • September 22: Kodály Association of Southern California: "Hook, Line and Sinker; Catching the Attention of Upper Elementary Students."
  • October 13: Northern Plains Kodály Chapter: "Hook, Line and Sinker; Catching the Attention of Upper Elementary Students."
  • February 9: Arizona Kodály Educators: "Hook, Line and Sinker; Catching the Attention of Upper Elementary Students."
  • March 21-23: OAKE Planning Team

2017-2018:
  • September 16: Bakersfield, CA
  • September 23, Oklahoma Kodály Educators
  • September 30, Kodály Educators of Georgia : Say, Say O’Playmate: Singing Games for Grades K-5
  • October 14: Middle Tennessee Association of Kodály Educators: Two Part Session, "Singing Games We Love to Play" and "Hook, Line and Sinker; Catching the Attention of Upper Elementary Students."
  • Colorado Music Educators Conference: January 25-27: "Hook, Line and Sinker; Catching the Attention of Upper Elementary Students," and "Passed From You to Me, Passing Games." 
  • March 10, Regional Organization of Colorado Kodály Educators: Two Part Session, "Singing Games We Love to Play" and "Hook, Line and Sinker; Catching the Attention of Upper Elementary Students."
  • March 23-24: OAKE National Conference: "Hook, Line and Sinker; Catching the Attention of Upper Elementary Students" and "Passed From You to Me, Passing Games." 
  • April 28: Nebraska Kodály Educators

2016-2017:
  • November 12, 2016, KET Lubbock Workshop: "Discovering a Buried Treasure of Music Literacy Games and Activities" 

2015-2016:
  • August 11-12, 2015, Amarillo School District: "Say, Say O' Playmate" Singing games and extension ideas for grades K-5 
  • September 19, 2015, KET Denton Workshop: "Discovering a Buried Treasure of Music Literacy Games and Activities" 
  • October 9, 2015, SWOKE Workshop: "Say, Say O'Playmate Come Out and Play With Me," Singing Games with Reading Extensions
  • January 29, 2016, CMEA Sessions:
    • "Striking Gold with Spectacular Song Literature": choosing song literature that teaches multiple concepts
    • "Puppets- Your Classroom's Hidden Treasure," co-presented with Kurt Cereske


  • March 11-12, 2016, OAKE National Conference: 
    • "Striking Gold with Literacy Activities"
    • "Puppets- Your Classroom's Hidden Treasure," co-presented with Kurt Cereske
  • April 30, 2016, Rocky Mountain West Orff Chapter: "Say, Say O' Playmate Come Out and Play With Me," Singing Games with Reading Extensions

2014-2015:
  • November 15, 2014, KET Lubbock Workshop: "Say, Say O'Playmate Come Out and Play With Me," Singing Games with Reading Extensions

  • January 28, 2015, CMEA Session: "Say, Say O'Playmate" Singing games 
  • April 18, 2015, Kodály Music Educators of Kansas: "Say, Say O'Playmate" Singing games 
2013-2014:
  • January 30-31, CMEA Conference:
    • "Chocolate Covered Broccoli": fun and easy assessments
    • "Thrifty Treasures": manipulatives in the music room

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