Daniel Jolly
Level II Pedagogy
Bachelor of Music, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Master of Music, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Daniel Jolly is a National Board Certified Teacher with a Bachelor’s in Music Education from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He completed his Orff levels at UNLV and has been teaching in Las Vegas for 11 years. He has been published in AOSA’s Orff Echo and has presented both locally and at AOSA’s national conference. Daniel is currently serving as the Past President of Nevada’s Desert Valley Chapter of AOSA.
Evan Billings
Level I Pedagogy
Bachelor of Music Education, University of Kansas
Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Evan Billings has taught K-5 General Music since 2007. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Kansas and a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has completed all three levels of training in both Orff-Schulwerk (UNLV) and Kodály (WSU). Evan is a past president of Nevada's Desert-Valley Chapter of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association. He has served as chair of the Clark County School District Orff Festival, and his groups represented CCSD as featured performers at the 2015 American Orff-Schulwerk Association National Professional Development Conference in San Diego, CA. His students have performed in events across the valley, including with the Las Vegas Philharmonic at The Smith Center and with Barry Manilow.
Beth Ann Hepburn
Masterclass
Bachelor of Music, Cleveland State University
Master of Arts in Music in Music Education, University of St. Thomas
BethAnn Hepburn teaches general music and choir for Streetsboro City Schools. BethAnn is an AOSA levels instructor, teaching level one, Orff Master classes and Curriculum Development in the Orff Schulwerk classroom. She is serving her second term as the North Central Division representative on the NAfME General Music Council. She is a Ph. D. candidate in Music Education at Kent State University in music education. BethAnn is an Orff instructor for Level I Orff Schulwerk at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa and Nazareth University in New York. As a clinician, BethAnn is a frequent presenter and teacher educator for AOSA and has presented professional development workshops throughout the United States, China, Croatia, Malaysia, Scotland, and Spain. She conducts elementary honors choirs and All-state Orff ensembles. BethAnn is co-author of Purposeful Pathways: Possibilities for the Elementary Music Classroom Books 1 -4.
Rachel Marie-DelaCruz Rivera
Movement
Bachelor of Music Education, University of Nevada, Reno
Master of Music: Music Education with Orff Schulwerk Emphasis, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Rachel is a National Board Certified Teacher. She completed her Orff Level certification at UNLV. She has taught K-5 General Music in the Clark County School District since 2008. Rachel has served on the local Orff board (NDVC) as President, treasurer, scholarship chair, and programming chair. She has presented locally, nationally, and at AOSA’s national conference. She co-chaired the CCSD Orff Festival from 2014-2015. Rachel believes that movement is for everyone, and using the Schulwerk to teach movement makes the possibilities of creativity endless.
Jennifer Prestridge
Recorder
Bachelor of Music Education, Henderson State University
Master of Music Education, University of Oklahoma
Jennifer K. Prestridge has taught K-5 Music in Las Vegas, Nevada since 1997. Her students have been featured performers at many district and national events, including the AOSA National Conference in 2019 and the National School Boards Association CUBE Conference in 2024. Jennifer is an AOSA Teacher-Educator in Movement and Recorder and teaches at several courses across the country. She regularly presents sessions on music and movement at conferences and workshops both locally and nationally. In 2025, Jennifer served as a conductor for the 2025 FMEA All-State Orff Ensemble. She is a past chair of the Clark County Orff Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada and her arrangements, compositions, and choreography have been featured in multiple festivals.