Josh Southard teaches K-5 Music at Smoky Row Elementary in Carmel, Indiana. He was a recipient of the Smoky Row Teacher of the Year and Indiana Elementary Music Teacher of the Year awards. He has served as President for the Indiana Orff chapter, and is currently the Past-President for AOSA.

Josh is a featured presenter at Orff workshops around the US, as well as Level I, II, and III Basic Pedagogy at various teacher education summer courses. He has had articles published in the Orff Echo, and authored “Sing and Play, Stories All Day” and “One Brick at a Time” from Beatin’ Path Publications.