Nebraska Children's Choir

Mrs. Welch received her Bachelor of Music Education Degree at Nebraska Wesleyan University and her Masters of Music Education at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. She will begin her seventh year teaching music at Kooser Elementary School in Lincoln. She served 16 years as the Music Specialist at Hamlow Elementary and Waverly Intermediate Schools in Waverly, Nebraska. She has taught private piano, voice and violin lessons in her home for over 30 years. Mrs. Welch was a member and Assistant Conductor of the Lincoln Choral Artists, under the direction of Dr. William Wyman and Jason Horner for 20 years. Mrs. Welch served for ten years as an Assistant Conductor and Administrative Coordinator for the Lincoln Boys Choir, in Lincoln, Nebraska, under the direction of Burton Schernikau. She served as the State Chair for elementary music teachers with the Nebraska Music Educators Association from 2010 through 2011. She developed the first Nebraska All-State Children’s Choir in 2011 and in 2015 started the first middle level barbershop choir for the Nebraska Music Educators Convention. She served as the coordinator for both choirs until 2019. She is a certified teacher and member of American Orff-Schulwerk Association and member of the American Choral Directors Association where she served as the co-chair of the Sing Around Nebraska Children’s Choir for four years. She was commissioned an Admiral in the Nebraska Navy for her work in music education and was awarded the Outstanding Young Music Alumni Award from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 2006 and Nebraska Wesleyan Outstanding Alumni for the 2018-2019 year.