Anne Mileski
Anne Mileski is an early childhood and elementary music educator and clinician based in Eastern Washington. She currently serves as Instructor and Coordinator of Elementary/General Music at Gonzaga University. In the summers, she serves on faculty for Kodály teacher education programs. Anne has taught elementary general music and has served as a children’s chorus conductor in Texas, Indiana, and Washington.
She is the founder of Anacrusic, where she works with early childhood and elementary music educators to refine their practice through specialized trainings and custom curriculum.
Anne holds degrees in trumpet performance from the University of Michigan (BM) and Southern Methodist University (MM). She also holds a Master of Music in Music Education from Southern Methodist University and completed coursework toward a doctorate in music education at Indiana University, where she served as an associate instructor. In addition to Kodály, Anne is certified in Orff-Schulwerk, Smithsonian Folkways World Music Pedagogy, Music Learning Theory Elementary General Level I, and has completed coursework in Dalcroze Eurhythmics.
Victoria Boler
Victoria Boler is a leading elementary general music educator and curriculum designer. In addition to general music, Victoria has taught orchestra, choir, and percussion ensembles.
In an administrative role, Victoria has served as Fine Arts Coordinator, leading band, orchestra, choir, general music, and musical theater at the programmatic level. She holds a Masters in Music Education from the University of Florida and has completed three levels of Orff certification, as well as Kodaly level two.
She publishes general music curriculum and instructional materials at victoriaboler.com, where she serves and collaborates with educators in their journeys to create grounded and artistic music curriculum for their unique teaching scenarios. Victoria is a lesson author for Hal Leonard’s Essential Elements Music Class and the author of the forthcoming Hal Leonard book, “Creative Activities for Teaching General Music.”