Christine Ballenger currently teaches general music (PK-4) north of Houston, TX. She has a masters degree in music education and clarinet performance from the University of New Mexico and a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree from the University of Puget Sound. She received her Orff Schulwerk certification from George Mason University and is on the American Orff-Schulwerk Association list of approved instructors for Basic Pedagogy Level I, Movement (Levels I and II), and Recorder (Level I). Christine is a member of the editorial board of The Orff Echo and has additionally taught courses in music for elementary education majors at Bismarck State College and Dickinson State University. Christine has also received training in Kodaly and World Music Drumming, and completed the “International Summer Course” in 2018 at the Orff Institute, in Salzburg, Austria.