Central Carolina Chapter of AOSA Board Members
Kelly Poquette -- President
Kelly A. Poquette is the 2021 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Piedmont-Triad Region Teacher of the Year and a veteran educator who holds certifications from the American Orff Schulwerk Association and the Feierabend Association for Music Education. Over her career, she has taught all grades PreK-12 and currently serves as the Music Educator at E.M. Yoder and Pleasant Grove Elementary in the Alamance-Burlington School System Burlington, NC. Also, she is pursuing her Music Education Ph.D. degree through UNCG. In each class, her students "Sing, say, dance, play, and create in a tuneful, beautiful, and artful way."
Kelly A. Poquette is the 2021 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Piedmont-Triad Region Teacher of the Year and a veteran educator who holds certifications from the American Orff Schulwerk Association and the Feierabend Association for Music Education. Over her career, she has taught all grades PreK-12 and currently serves as the Music Educator at E.M. Yoder and Pleasant Grove Elementary in the Alamance-Burlington School System Burlington, NC. Also, she is pursuing her Music Education Ph.D. degree through UNCG. In each class, her students "Sing, say, dance, play, and create in a tuneful, beautiful, and artful way."
Christine Eason -- Vice-President
Christine has a degree in Music Therapy from MSU and her Master's Degree in Music Education from U-M which makes her both Spartan and Wolverine. She has her Orff Level 1 Certification from UNC Wilmington, and recently completed Level II in the same, beautiful location. Christine has been teaching elementary music for 20 years, starting in Orange County Schools NC, and then Wake County Schools NC. She loves all things Orff and enjoys singing, playing guitar, piano, and learning the ukulele. She also loves her family, God, and leading worship at Durham Presbyterian Church and Ekklesia Church at Raleigh. If you ever want to go see a musical, a play, an opera, a ballet, a jazz show, or just about any other live performance, please invite me and I'll go!
Christine has a degree in Music Therapy from MSU and her Master's Degree in Music Education from U-M which makes her both Spartan and Wolverine. She has her Orff Level 1 Certification from UNC Wilmington, and recently completed Level II in the same, beautiful location. Christine has been teaching elementary music for 20 years, starting in Orange County Schools NC, and then Wake County Schools NC. She loves all things Orff and enjoys singing, playing guitar, piano, and learning the ukulele. She also loves her family, God, and leading worship at Durham Presbyterian Church and Ekklesia Church at Raleigh. If you ever want to go see a musical, a play, an opera, a ballet, a jazz show, or just about any other live performance, please invite me and I'll go!
Alexis Kagel -- Past-President
Alexis Kagel is the music teacher at Central Elementary School in Orange County. This is her third year in Orange County, and her fourteenth year teaching. Alexis achieved her National Board Certification in 2015 and completed Orff level II in 2019. She graduated from Elon University, where she first learned about CCCAOSA and met her husband, Josh. They live with their daughter Cassandra and two dogs, Beto and Leela, in Burlington, NC.
Alexis Kagel is the music teacher at Central Elementary School in Orange County. This is her third year in Orange County, and her fourteenth year teaching. Alexis achieved her National Board Certification in 2015 and completed Orff level II in 2019. She graduated from Elon University, where she first learned about CCCAOSA and met her husband, Josh. They live with their daughter Cassandra and two dogs, Beto and Leela, in Burlington, NC.
John Pollock -- Communications Director
John Pollock teaches music at Brooks Museums Magnet Elementary School in Wake County and is entering his 10th year of teaching. He graduated from Muskingum University in 2010 with a Bachelor's in Music Education and earned his Orff Level 1 and 2 Certifications from Kent State University. Prior to moving to North Carolina, John has taught in Ohio (his home state) and Georgia in both public and private schools. John currently lives in Hillsborough with his partner, Kyle, and their two cats, Ellie and Milo.
John Pollock teaches music at Brooks Museums Magnet Elementary School in Wake County and is entering his 10th year of teaching. He graduated from Muskingum University in 2010 with a Bachelor's in Music Education and earned his Orff Level 1 and 2 Certifications from Kent State University. Prior to moving to North Carolina, John has taught in Ohio (his home state) and Georgia in both public and private schools. John currently lives in Hillsborough with his partner, Kyle, and their two cats, Ellie and Milo.
Lacey McWatters -- Membership Secretary
Lacey grew up near Dayton, Ohio playing piano, bassoon, and marimba. She attended West Virginia University then taught elementary music for three years at three different schools in Hampshire County, West Virginia. She regularly attended Orff-Schulwerk workshops in West Virginia and now here in North Carolina as well. In the summer of 2014 she took the Orff-Schulwerk Level I course in Cincinnati, OH. She and her husband moved to the area in 2013 when she started teaching at the then new Falls Lake Academy in Granville County.
Lacey grew up near Dayton, Ohio playing piano, bassoon, and marimba. She attended West Virginia University then taught elementary music for three years at three different schools in Hampshire County, West Virginia. She regularly attended Orff-Schulwerk workshops in West Virginia and now here in North Carolina as well. In the summer of 2014 she took the Orff-Schulwerk Level I course in Cincinnati, OH. She and her husband moved to the area in 2013 when she started teaching at the then new Falls Lake Academy in Granville County.
Ann Wells -- Treasurer
Ann has been an elementary music teacher in Hoke County since 2012 and taught previously in South Carolina and Georgia. She has both Level I and II Orff Certification. Outside of school, she enjoys singing in the Cumberland Choral Arts and Cross Creek Chorale, being active in her church and hanging with her fur baby K.C. (cat).
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Laura Black -- Website
Laura has been teaching since 2007, working in southeastern North Carolina. She currently teaches at Rocky Point Elementary School, where she teaches PK-5th grade. She completed Orff Level I in 2018 and Orff Level 2 in 2022. She has graduated from UNCG with both her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Music Education. As a presenter, Laura has presented at the district, state, and national levels. As a published author, her most recent writing can be found in "The Music Teacher's Guide to Recruitment and Retention" (GIA). Laura lives in SENC with her husband, Casey, and their four beautiful children: Hunter, Elliot, Arthur, and Lucy...and their cat, Colonel Whiskers. |