2025 General Music Workshop Clinicians

Josh Southard

Josh Southard is the Music Specialist at Smoky Row Elementary School in Carmel, IN where he teaches K-5
music. He is a past recipient of the Smoky Row Teacher of the Year and Indiana Elementary Music Teacher of
the Year awards. He has served as President for the Indiana Orff chapter, the Board of Trustees for the
American Orff Schulwerk Association (AOSA), and is the current President for AOSA.

Josh is a featured presenter at Orff workshops around the country, state and national conferences as well as
Level I, II, and III Basic Pedagogy at various teacher education summer courses. He was recently invited to
present for Carl Orff Canada in Vancouver in 2024. He has had articles published in the Orff Echo, and is the
author of the book “Sing and Play, Stories All Day” from Beatin’ Path Publications.

Andrew Himelick

Andrew M. Himelick has taught elementary music for 32 years and teaches at Towne Meadow Elementary School in Carmel, IN. He has been an Assistant Choir Director with the Indianapolis Children’s Choir for 26 years. He is a graduate of Butler University and is a specialist in both Kodály and Orff-Schulwerk pedagogies. He has been a presenter at state and national music education workshops and conventions as well as a guest clinician at choral festivals. He is an Endorsed Teacher Trainer with the Feierabend Association for Music Education (FAME) in both First Steps in Music and Conversational Solfege, and is currently President-Elect. With GIA Publications, Andrew is a contributing author to Feierabend Fundamentals, demonstrated sample lessons on First Steps in Music: In Action and is a choral arranger for Sing in Parts Vol. 1. He has been awarded the Armstrong Teacher Educator Award from the Indiana University School of Education in 2006, the IMEA Outstanding Elementary Educator in 2021 and teacher of the year for Towne Meadow Elementary School in 2022.