2024-2025 DOSA Workshops
2025-2026 Workshop Series
Save $20-35 per workshop by purchasing the series when compared to single workshop rates. Purchasing the full workshop series allows us to continue to plan great programming each year. Please consider supporting our local chapter and purchasing the series this year!
Save $20-35 per workshop by purchasing the series when compared to single workshop rates. Purchasing the full workshop series allows us to continue to plan great programming each year. Please consider supporting our local chapter and purchasing the series this year!
August 16, 2025: BethAnn Hepburn
Seasons of Creativity
Jump into the new school year with ideas for lessons that theme throughout the school year. We will explore autumn, winter, spring, and summer through movement, singing, and playing. Each season will have a creative focus for improvisation and composition that you can take back to your classroom.
We will also explore how the students grow throughout the seasons and lessons can evolve over time as we begin to plan for the school year ahead. What seeds are planted in the fall that bloom in the spring? Ideas for how to plan will be shared and ways to organize the flow of your school year will be shared.
Seasons of Creativity
Jump into the new school year with ideas for lessons that theme throughout the school year. We will explore autumn, winter, spring, and summer through movement, singing, and playing. Each season will have a creative focus for improvisation and composition that you can take back to your classroom.
We will also explore how the students grow throughout the seasons and lessons can evolve over time as we begin to plan for the school year ahead. What seeds are planted in the fall that bloom in the spring? Ideas for how to plan will be shared and ways to organize the flow of your school year will be shared.
September 20, 2025: Lissa Ray
ER Repair and Care for Orff Instruments AND Movement Matters
In the first half of this workshop educators will explore teaching movement through body percussion, creative exercises, folk dance, and storytelling. The connection between music and movement is undeniable and will be strengthened in this workshop. Bring your creativity and joy!
The second half will focus on repairing and maintaining Orff instruments. Labeling, storage, cleaning and repair will all be addressed. A complete repair toolkit will be raffled off at the end of the workshop courtesy of MMB Music. This will include all the tools and cleaning products you need to keep your instrumentarium in top shape.
ER Repair and Care for Orff Instruments AND Movement Matters
In the first half of this workshop educators will explore teaching movement through body percussion, creative exercises, folk dance, and storytelling. The connection between music and movement is undeniable and will be strengthened in this workshop. Bring your creativity and joy!
The second half will focus on repairing and maintaining Orff instruments. Labeling, storage, cleaning and repair will all be addressed. A complete repair toolkit will be raffled off at the end of the workshop courtesy of MMB Music. This will include all the tools and cleaning products you need to keep your instrumentarium in top shape.
November 19-22, 2025
AOSA National Conference: Lexington, KY
Come and take part in a whirlwind of learning and collaboration. The national conference offers endless opportunities to expand your professional learning while connecting with music educators and enjoying new and old friendships from around the country.
AOSA National Conference: Lexington, KY
Come and take part in a whirlwind of learning and collaboration. The national conference offers endless opportunities to expand your professional learning while connecting with music educators and enjoying new and old friendships from around the country.
February 7, 2026: DOSA Chapter Share
Drumming Up the Fun
Chapter members will share all the wonderful things they are doing with drums in their classrooms.
Drumming Up the Fun
Chapter members will share all the wonderful things they are doing with drums in their classrooms.
March 7, 2026: Meg Tietz
Planning Programs with PurposeThe performances that are put on by a music teacher during the school year are one of our major ways to communicate to our parents, teaching colleagues, and administrators what is happening within our classroom on a daily basis. Additionally, with limited time in our schedules to make these programs a reality, it is essential that material is carefully chosen to support our curriculum instead of detracting from it.
This workshop will focus on different ways one might construct a program to fit within various constraints while still giving opportunity for student ownership, creativity, and joyful artistry and without sacrificing valuable teaching time.
Planning Programs with PurposeThe performances that are put on by a music teacher during the school year are one of our major ways to communicate to our parents, teaching colleagues, and administrators what is happening within our classroom on a daily basis. Additionally, with limited time in our schedules to make these programs a reality, it is essential that material is carefully chosen to support our curriculum instead of detracting from it.
This workshop will focus on different ways one might construct a program to fit within various constraints while still giving opportunity for student ownership, creativity, and joyful artistry and without sacrificing valuable teaching time.
April 25, 2026: Melissa Flores
Our Classrooms Are Poppin’: Musical Connections with a Pop Tune Twist
Incorporating pop music into elementary music classrooms can be a valuable tool for fostering musical literacy, cultural awareness, creativity, and joy among students. Let’s dive into an electrifying exploration where we’ll discover ways to seamlessly integrate the pop music your students love with essential musical concepts. We’ll also explore how to enhance learning both with and without materials, as well as creating dynamic performances that engage students and audiences alike. You’ll leave with practical lessons and activities tailored for K-6th grade, empowering students to see themselves reflected in the music they learn and perform.
Hosted in collaboration with Michigan Kodaly.
Our Classrooms Are Poppin’: Musical Connections with a Pop Tune Twist
Incorporating pop music into elementary music classrooms can be a valuable tool for fostering musical literacy, cultural awareness, creativity, and joy among students. Let’s dive into an electrifying exploration where we’ll discover ways to seamlessly integrate the pop music your students love with essential musical concepts. We’ll also explore how to enhance learning both with and without materials, as well as creating dynamic performances that engage students and audiences alike. You’ll leave with practical lessons and activities tailored for K-6th grade, empowering students to see themselves reflected in the music they learn and perform.
Hosted in collaboration with Michigan Kodaly.
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Location:Workshops will be held at:
Wayne State University, Choir Room Old Main, 4841 Cass Ave, Detroit, MI 48201 Enter Building on W. Hancock St. See Campus Map Here Directions All workshops are held from 9:00 AM-1:00 PM Registration begins at 8:30 AM Parking is available on Cass Ave, near Blimpie subs) 
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Fees:AOSA Member Fee
DOSA Member Fees
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Past Workshops
2023-2024 Workshops
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2022-2023 Workshops
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2019-2020 Workshops
2018-2019 Workshops
50th Anniversary Chapter Share: February 2019
