2010 Program - Saskatchewan Music Alliance

Presenter Biographies
Gene Aulinger (Orchestra)
Gene Aulinger has held various
music positions in the Battlefords
and Kindersley school divisions
over the past 30 years. He currently
works with school and community
bands in the Battlefords
area. He has also taught at the
Saskatchewan Summer School of
the Arts for eight summers, coordinated
the Summer Band Camp at North Battleford for
five years, and adjudicated festivals and led workshops in
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Louisiana. Augliner
holds a Bachelor of Arts in performance and teaching credentials
from the University of Wisconsin, as well as a Masters
degree from Northwestern State University.
Colette Bischoff
(Classroom Music)
Colette Bischoff has been a music
educator for 30 years and has taught
at Georges Vanier Fine Arts Catholic
School in Saskatoon for 21 years. She
has been involved in Orff-Schulwerk
and the Orff executive in BC, and later
became the founding President of
the Saskatchewan Orff Chapter and
continued her duties at the National level. She has worked
to promote music education in Saskatchewan as a clinician,
leader of STF Summer Short courses in Orff-Schulwerk and
African Drumming, and sessional teaching at the University
of Saskatchewan. She holds a Bachelor of Music Education
from the University of Regina, a Masters Level in Orff-
Schulwerk from the University of Alberta, and a Masters in
Education from the University of Saskatchewan.
Kelly Demoline (Technology)
Kelly Demoline is a music educator
and President of Kelly’s Music
& Computers. He has taught K-12
music in the Manitoba public
school system along with music
technology courses for Brandon
University. He has published a
number of articles on music technology
in various traditional and on-line publications, including
the Canadian Music Educator. Demoline has taught
workshops and seminars for various organizations through-
out North America and Europe and has helped teachers
and students discover how technology can enhance musical
learning. He holds a B.Mus/B.Ed (AD) from Brandon University
where he was a trumpet major. After his graduation,
he was appointed as the Music Technology Coordinator for
Brandon University.
Lorelie DeRoose
(Music Festival)
For over 20 years, Lorelie DeRoose
has been involved in SEDA as a
debater, volunteer judge, workshop
facilitator, and for the past 8 years as
Executive Director. She also serves
on two national debate boards. Each
year, at free in-class workshops, Lorelie
shares the techniques of debate
with hundreds of students and their teachers. Lorelie will
present a wealth of practical speech and debate activities.
Robert Grifa (Technology)
Robert Grifa, SmartMusic Product
Specialist, has 30 years of
experience teaching middle and
high school band. His groups have
earned consistent Superior and
Excellent ratings at performance
evaluations. He earned music degrees
from SUNY Fredonia and
VanderCook College of Music.
Grifa has had several articles published in The Instrumentalist
regarding teaching percussion and has performed as a
percussionist/drummer with various ensembles.
Marlene Hinz
(Classroom Music)
Marlene Hinz has taught music and
the arts to elementary school children
for over 25 years. In November
2009, she received an outstanding
achievement award from the Saskatchewan
Music Educators Association.
She is thoroughly enjoying
accompanying Cantate this year, as well as singing and playing
in a contemporary folk group at church. She recently
founded UMOJA: One Heart – One Beat, a world drumming
group for young performers. She is also thrilled to cofacilitate
the Regina Community drum circle. She holds a
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