Dr. Jane Healy – Keynote Speaker
A teacher and educational psychologist, Dr. Healy is recognized internationally as an author, lecturer, and consultant. She has received international media coverage, including Nightline, Good Morning America, the Today Show, CNN, and NPR for her ideas about the impact of technology, media and culture on children’s brain development. Twice named “Educator of the Year” by Delta Kappa Gamma, she says that she and her husband have learned most of what they know from their own children.
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Dr. Jayne Standley – Special Guest Speaker
Dr. Standley teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Music-Therapy Methods, Medical Music Therapy, Music in Counseling, and the Music Therapy Research Seminar. An internationally acclaimed researcher she has published extensively on music in learning and music in medical settings, with refereed publication appearing in nursing, early childhood, and music therapy journals. Her most recent studies investigate music therapy’s ability to facilitate medical treatment and to influence early intervention with premature infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Read More
Dr. Jeremy Dittus – Special Guest Speaker
A pianist, theorist and Dalcroze instructor, Jeremy Dittus has performed throughout the United States, Switzerland, and Italy, and has presented workshops throughout the United States. He holds a doctorate of musical arts in piano performance from the University of Colorado at Boulder and masters degrees in piano performance and music theory from the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. Dr. Dittus is now pursuing post-doctoral work in Dalcroze Eurhthmics at La Haute Ecole de Musiqe de Geneve, in Geneva, Switzerland. Read More
Sr. Lorna Zemke – Special Guest Speaker
Sr. Lorna, Director of Graduate Music Studies at Silver Lake College in Wisconsin, is an internationally recognized Kodaly clinician. She developed the Music for Tots program which serves 400 children each year. In 1986 she established Lovenotes: Music for the Unborn Child for expectant parents, which is used throughout the US and in several foreign countries. Sr. Lorna has also published several books, numerous articles and has spoken at conferences and seminars throughout the world. Read More