2024-2025 AKTS Workshop Season

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Dr. Liza Meyers is Assistant Professor of Vocal/General Music Education at Eastern Illinois University (EIU) where she teaches undergraduate and masters courses, supervises student teachers, and is Co-Coordinator of the Music Education masters program. Dr. Meyers holds both Orff and Kodály certifications, studied at the Kodály Institute in Kecskemét, Hungary, and has taught in Arizona State University’s Kodály certification program since 2005, among other programs. Through a Japan Fulbright Scholarship, she studied music, education, and culture in Tokyo and Shiogama, Japan, spending time in local schools there. With 19 years of public and community music school teaching experience, Dr. Meyers has worked with babies and preschool music classes, general music, choir, and music technology students in rural, suburban, and urban settings in OH, AZ, and NY. Dr. Meyers has held several leadership positions including as past Western Division President, conference committee chair for the Organization of American Kodály Educators (OAKE) conference in Phoenix, AZ, previous President of the Arizona Kodály Teachers Society chapter, and currently serves as Treasurer for the Central Illinois Kodály Educators (CILKE), as Chair of the Research Committee  and member of the Recognition and Awards Committee for the Organization of American Kodály Educators, among other positions.