David DeStefano
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David DeStefano has taught elementary music since 1997 in Florida, California and Georgia and has been the music teacher at Crabapple Crossing Elementary since 2014. Mr. DeStefano has degrees in Clarinet Performance and Music Education from Bradley University (Peoria, IL). He completed his Orff Schulwerk Level III training in 2004 and has since gone on to complete several master level Orff courses. In 2008, he became a National Board Certified Teacher with emphasis in Early/Middle Childhood Music, renewing that certification in 2017. Mr. DeStefano is currently pursuing a Master of Music Education degree at Georgia College and State University.
Mr. DeStefano has presented sessions at local, state and national music education conferences in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, Nevada and New Jersey, has been interviewed for Teaching Music magazine and has written for the Orff Echo and Reverberations. He is a member of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), Georgia Music Educators Association (GMEA), American Orff Schulwerk Association (AOSA) and Atlanta Chapter AOSA and Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE).
In his free time, Mr. DeStefano enjoys all aspects of music - listening, playing, singing, composing, learning - playing with his dog Buddy, working on crochet projects, watching TV and spending time with friends.