Darla Meek serves as Lecturer and Music Education Coordinator at Texas A&M University-Commerce, teaching undergraduate and graduate music classes and supervising student teachers. Prior to this position, she worked as a public school elementary music and movement specialist. Darla earned a Bachelor of Music Education from Dallas Baptist University, and a Master of Music at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. She is certified in both Kodály and Orff Schulwerk. Darla serves as a national teacher trainer for the American Orff Schulwerk Association in both Level I pedagogy and movement for Orff Levels courses. Darla has published children’s choir curricula for Lifeway Christian Resources and for Celebrating Grace, Inc. She often presents sessions for teachers at conferences and workshops at the district, state, and national levels. Darla is married and has two children, Gregory and Aubrey.