Dena Brown is an Orff Music Specialist currently serving students in Memphis’ Westwood and Willow neighborhoods. As an Orff Specialist, Dena is responsible for exposing children to and guiding them to mastery of the musical concepts of rhythm, melody, harmony, form and expressive qualities. She has been teaching for almost eight years. Dena enjoys this job because she gets an opportunity to influence and build her students’ love for music. Dena has written in the PTA’s national publication on how schools can help foster parental involvement. She has also presented her findings on the subject at the International Conference on Parent Education and Parenting. Dena holds a BA from the University of Tennessee Chattanooga in Music, an MA in Education from Union University, and an Educational Specialist degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Mississippi.
