Robbin Marcus

Robbin Marcus

Music teacher

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Kodály-based piano lessons, Alexander Technique, Traditional Dance Leader and Musician

  • Education

    • Alexander Alliance

      2002 - 2004
      Certification Alexander Technique
    • Suffern High School

      1973 - 1977
    • Butler University

      1977 - 1981
      BME Music

      Activities and Societies: Pi Kappa Lambda, Sigma Alpha Iota, Mortar Board, Spring Sing (dorm director, 1980-81), Butler Madrigals

    • Holy Names College

      1981 - 1982
      Master of Music Education Kodály

      Thesis topic: folk music materials.

  • Experience

    • Children's Chorus of Maryland

      Jan 1982 - Jan 1987
      Music teacher

      Instructed training classes for children ages 5 - 16 using Kodaly/Gordon music pedagogy.

    • St. Paul's School

      Jan 1982 - Jan 2007
      Elementary music specialist

      I was the Elementary Music Specialist in prefirst - fourth grades in the Lower School at St. Paul's in Baltimore.

    • Folklore Society of Greater Washington

      Jan 1989 - now
      Dance caller

      Robbin is a well-known traditional dance leader in the mid-Atlantic area, specializing in contra, square and family dances. She has frequently called at Glen Echo park as well as many other contradance venues in the MD-VA-DC area.Currently Robbin is on the regular caller rotation for the Chattahoochee Country Dancers (CCD) in Atlanta, GA.

    • American Kodaly Institute at Loyola College

      Jan 1999 - Jan 2003
      Folk Music Materials professor

      Instructed Music teachers in graduate level folk song analysis and folk music history.

    • Webster University

      Jan 2002 - Jun 2010
      Adjunct summer professor

      Kodaly Music Materials professor at the Webster University summer Kodaly course. This course was certified by OAKE.

    • Well for the Journey

      Jan 2003 - Jan 2007
      Facilitiator

      Co-facilititated Women at the Well 8 week sessions.

    • George Mason University

      Jul 2003 - now
      Director Emeritus, Summer Kodaly Program

      I am an adjunct professor at George Mason University, where I directed and founded and still teach in the OAKE Certified Summer Kodaly Levels Program. We are under the auspices of Mason Academy, and our website can be found at www.masonacademy.org

    • Self employed, educational consulting

      Jan 2007 - now
      Music Education Consultant

      I am available for music education workshops or as an educational consultant on arts integration.

    • Self-Employed Piano Teacher

      Jan 2010 - now
      Kodaly-based piano lessons

      Piano students of all ages welcomed.

    • Self Employed

      Jan 2010 - now
      Alexander Technique teacher

      Robbin sees students for private lessons by appointment in Downtown Decatur, GA. Available for classes and workshops on request.

    • Georgia Women at the Well

      Jan 2011 - Jan 2012
      Director and facilitor

      Created by Well for the Journey, www.wellforjourney.org, a nonprofit center located in Towson, Maryland, these life-giving small groups have given hundreds of women spiritual nourishment for daily living since 2001.The Georgia Women at the Well groups are on hiatus.

    • Well for the Journey

      Jan 2012 - Jan 2018
      Former Board member/ Current Quench Editor

      Served on national board for this spiritual wellness organization, 2012-15. Served as editor for "Quench", the quarterly newsletter of Well for the Journey.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Alexander Technique Teacher

      Alexander Technique International
    • Reiki Master

      Kashi Ashram, Atlanta GA
      Jan 2012
    • Kodaly Certification and Masters Degree

      Holy Names University
      Jun 1982
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Mentor; volunteer piano teacher

      Issued by The Global Village Project on Sept 2012
      The Global Village ProjectAssociated with Robbin Marcus