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Mrs. Zimmermann has performed as a member of the Robert Shaw Chorale and previously directed choral ensembles at Washington University. She was a director of the Kirkwood Children’s Chorale for 10 years and directed the choirs abroad in Austria, Germany, England, Hawaii, and China.
Mrs. Zimmermann holds Level I and II certification in the Orff Approach and has studied choral conducting with internationally known conductor and teacher, Mr. Henry Leck. Mrs. Zimmermann is also certified in World Music Drumming Level I and has studied jazz with international clinician, Doug Goodkin. She has studied the Feierabend Approach to Music Education and holds certification in "First Steps in Music" as well as "Conversational Solfege." Mrs. Zimmermann is a past-president of the St. Louis American Orff Schulwerk Association and chaired the Children's Performances Committee for the National AOSA Conference in St. Louis in 2012. She is a member of the American Orff Schulwerk Association, St. Louis American Orff Schulwerk Association, Missouri Music Educators Association, and NAfME--the National Association for Music Education. In 2013 she was named a quarterfinalist for the first-ever Grammy Educator award and received National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification in Music Early/Middle Childhood in 2013. In 2016, she raised enough funds to install the first music playground in the Parkway School District at Barretts Elementary. Mrs. Zimmermann was selected as the Barretts Teacher of the Year in 2004 and 2016. She has been a frequent presenter of professional development workshops in the region and state. |