Michelle Brinkman

Michelle Brinkman has 23 years of experience teaching PreK-8 general music and is currently the K-5 music specialist at Nora Elementary School in Indianapolis, Indiana. Besides her teaching responsibilities, she also directs a choir, Orff ensemble, and folk-dance club at her school. Michelle earned a B.S. with honors in Music Education and an M.M. in Musicology from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, and completed her Orff-Schulwerk Certification at Anderson University. Mrs. Brinkman taught general music at Fall Creek Valley Middle School and Oaklandon Elementary School. She was also part of the Artistic Staff with the Indianapolis Children’s Choir, primarily teaching in the Early Childhood, Preparatory Choir, and Outreach programs. Michelle has presented at the American Orff-Schulwerk Professional Development Conference, Music Educators Professional Development Conferences in Indiana and Texas, and presented Orff workshops throughout the Midwest. She is the Past President of the Indiana Orff-Schulwerk Association.