AOSA PODCAST THEME MUSIC CONTEST: 
We have a winner!

Congratulations to Gianluca Bersanetti, first place winner of the AOSA Podcast Theme Music Contest!  Congratulations are also in order for Jaree Hall and Kerri Lynn Nichols, the second and third place winners!

Nineteen entries were stripped of their composer’s names and any other identifying markers by AOSA Headquarters personnel and sent to the panel of judges.  The judges were seeking elemental-style music that would enhance the AOSA Podcasts and other musical needs of the association.  It was a difficult decision, but the judges came to consensus.

FIRST PLACE: 

Gianluca Bersanetti has been teaching music for almost 20 years and composing for more than 30. He is currently teaching PreK - 4 at Turning Point School in Culver City, California. He completed Orff Schulwerk Teacher Training, Levels I-III at Cal State LA.

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SECOND PLACE:

Jaree Hall teaches music grades 4-6 in Nashville, Arkansas.  She is a National Board Certified Teacher and completed her Orff Schulwerk Teacher Training at Southern Methodist University.  She is currently the President-Elect of the Arkansas Music Educators Association and a contributing editor for Reverberations.   She and husband Don write and arrange sacred choral music for adults and children published by Lifeway and Lorenz. 

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THIRD PLACE:

Kerri Lynn Nichols has been a student and teacher of Orff Schulwerk for 22 years. A performer and recording artist, she has composed commissioned works for dance companies, church choirs, children’s theater and music educators. An imaginative and playful teacher, she encourages students to connect with music from the inside out.

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