IOSA MISSION STATEMENT: “The mission of the Idaho Chapter of the American Orff Schulwerk Association is to promote the use of Orff Schulwerk and corresponding artistic approaches as a foundation to improve the excellence of music education in Idaho. Teacher enrichment shall be provided through quality workshops and professional networking.”
2026 Scholarships Available!
Thanks to the generous support of our Treasures team, our Idaho Orff Chapter is offering several increased scholarships for summer teacher training courses and national conference attendance! One $1,000 scholarship for 2026 summer teacher training, along with one $1,000 scholarship for national conference attendance in November, 2026, will be awarded.
Additionally, three scholarships for payment of AOSA dues are available.
THANK YOU, BEV SCHUMACHER AND TREASURES LADIES!!
The application due date for summer teacher training is extended to May 30.
The national conference attendance application is due on September 1, as is the application for the AOSA dues award.
Send completed applications to: Lori Conlon Khan at [email protected].
*WANTED* Treasures Chairperson
The board is looking for a Treasures/Scholarships Chair.
Duties of "Treasures" Chair":
Coordinate the creation of new items for the store.
Coordinate the acceptance of donations and see that they are sorted and prepared for resale.
Coordinate management of sales within the Idaho Orff Chapters schedule and outside if volunteers are available.
Track sales and see that funds are turned into the chapter treasurer.
Coordinate management of the Instrument Loan Program.
Coordinate storage and transportation of all Treasures Store and Instrument Loan inventory.
Please contact Beverly Schumacher for more information: [email protected]
Duties of "Treasures" Chair":
Coordinate the creation of new items for the store.
Coordinate the acceptance of donations and see that they are sorted and prepared for resale.
Coordinate management of sales within the Idaho Orff Chapters schedule and outside if volunteers are available.
Track sales and see that funds are turned into the chapter treasurer.
Coordinate management of the Instrument Loan Program.
Coordinate storage and transportation of all Treasures Store and Instrument Loan inventory.
Please contact Beverly Schumacher for more information: [email protected]
UPCOMING EVENTS
• TBA
For details on workshops for the year, please visit CURRENT WORKSHOPS.
EXCITING NEWS!
AMANDA FLORY APPOINTED AS PRESIDENT ELECT
As laid out in our Idaho Orff Schulwerk Association bylaws: “If a term is not
completed, the President will appoint a replacement until the next election.”
Our President Elect position has been vacant for over a year with no one
expressing any interest in the leadership role.
I have appointed Amanda Flory as President Elect and she graciously accepted
the position, thank you, Amanda! She will shadow me this year and plans to
be ready to accept the leadership of our chapter on July 1, 2026, the official
beginning of the new AOSA year.
I met Amanda over ten years ago while her husband, Drew, was a graduate
student at Boise State. She was excited about pursuing elementary general
music, but there were no positions open that Fall in the Boise School District.
She accepted a junior high band job at East and excelled in that position for
ten years, earning the Idaho Music Educators Association New Educator of the
Year award in 2021.
She is now excited to be involved in the elementary world and volunteered for
service in our chapter right away, even before the school year started. She is
very qualified – she has her Dalcroze training and Orff Level 1 completed,
along with a Masters’ degree from the University of Kentucky (she worked
with Martina Vasil, our September clinician!). She will be attending the
national conference in November, thanks to assistance from our Treasures
group. At our next workshop, please take a minute to thank her for stepping
up to the call to leadership!
Welcome, Amanda! We appreciate you!
Lori Conlon Khan
Interim President, Idaho Orff
As laid out in our Idaho Orff Schulwerk Association bylaws: “If a term is not
completed, the President will appoint a replacement until the next election.”
Our President Elect position has been vacant for over a year with no one
expressing any interest in the leadership role.
I have appointed Amanda Flory as President Elect and she graciously accepted
the position, thank you, Amanda! She will shadow me this year and plans to
be ready to accept the leadership of our chapter on July 1, 2026, the official
beginning of the new AOSA year.
I met Amanda over ten years ago while her husband, Drew, was a graduate
student at Boise State. She was excited about pursuing elementary general
music, but there were no positions open that Fall in the Boise School District.
She accepted a junior high band job at East and excelled in that position for
ten years, earning the Idaho Music Educators Association New Educator of the
Year award in 2021.
She is now excited to be involved in the elementary world and volunteered for
service in our chapter right away, even before the school year started. She is
very qualified – she has her Dalcroze training and Orff Level 1 completed,
along with a Masters’ degree from the University of Kentucky (she worked
with Martina Vasil, our September clinician!). She will be attending the
national conference in November, thanks to assistance from our Treasures
group. At our next workshop, please take a minute to thank her for stepping
up to the call to leadership!
Welcome, Amanda! We appreciate you!
Lori Conlon Khan
Interim President, Idaho Orff
Scholarship Information
The Idaho Orff-Schulwerk Association offers scholarships for levels courses, the national conference, and AOSA membership fees. For more information on scholarships visit our scholarships page.
Instrument Loan Program
Through some very generous donations, the "Treasures" part of the Idaho Orff Chapter has put together sets of Orff instruments, guitars, ukes, and hand drums that are available for lending out to music teachers in Idaho! Fill out an application to be selected. New applications are up for the 2025/2026 school year! idaho_orff_instrument_scholarship_forms.pdf
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