Rob Amchin is professor emeritus at the University of Louisville where he taught graduate and undergraduate courses in general music and teacher training. Amchin studied at New England Conservatory of Music, Hofstra University, University of Memphis, Hamline University, University of Michigan, and the Orff Institute in Salzburg. He is a member of the National Association for Music Education, the American Recorder Society, regional Orff chapters in Baltimore and Washington, D.C., and the American Orff-Schulwerk Association (AOSA). He is a regular clinician for AOSA’s national conference and leads training events for national and international school districts and music education organizations. He has taught in Austria, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Israel, Poland, Russia, South Africa, and Singapore. Amchin is the author of several books related to Orff Schulwerk and general music.