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Anne Fennell (San Diego, CA) is a music education consultant and recently retired Music Program Manager and Supervisor for San Diego Unified School District in San Diego, California. She is the Immediate Past President of the California Music Educators Association and Western Division President Elect for the National Association for Music Education. Fennell holds a bachelor’s in music education, a master’s in educational leadership studies, Orff-Schulwerk certification Levels I-II-III, and over 90 graduate hours in music and additional education coursework. Her experiences include six years in administration and 32 years of teaching music education, including music composition and steel drum ensembles in grades 9-12, kindergarten through grade 8 integrated arts and music through Orff-Schulwerk, and leading both vocal and instrumental ensembles in civic and professional performances, as well as national music conferences and the annual NAMM Board of Directors meetings in 2013 and 2016.
Fennell is a published author through Savvas Learning Company (Pearson Education), the GRAMMY Foundation, The Percussion Marketing Council, and Disney’s Little/Baby Einsteins. She presents workshops and gives keynotes both nationally and internationally, including for the American Orff-Schulwerk Association, the National Association for Music Education Conferences, the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), China music education conferences (through the support of the International Music Products Industry (NAMM)), and the International Society for Music Education. She has received numerous state and national awards, including as a top 10 GRAMMY Music Educator Finalist for 2016, top 3 Music Educator award from Music and Arts in 2015, 2020 Technology in Music Education National Teacher of the Year, 2017 Magnet Schools of America National Teacher of the Year, and the 2024 Believe in Music Award from NAMM.