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​Your 2024 - 2025 LACAOSA Board
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Frank LaGuardia - President

Frank LaGuardia has been an elementary school chorus, band, and general music teacher in the Conejo Valley for the past 20 years and Music Director for Meadows Art and Technology Elementary School since 2010. During the summer, Frank directs the Hillcrest Players Broadway Music Camp where he is also camp director. He also teaches music education classes at California Lutheran University. Frank received his Bachelor of Music Performance degree from California State University Northridge and his Orff certification from the San Francisco International Orff Course.

Aiko Anglim - Vice President & Membership

Aiko Anglim received her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Arts and her Master of Arts in Teaching in Music Education, along with a California Music Teaching Credential, from the University of Southern California. She completed Orff Levels I and II in Los Angeles and Level III in San Diego. Aiko teaches elementary music in the Wiseburn Unified School District.

Evelyn Park - Treasurer

Evelyn Park is currently a 3rd-5th grade music teacher in the Wiseburn Unified School District. She has been teaching elementary music for 17 years. She studied music education at UCLA and music therapy at Cal State Northridge.

Sarah Schaffner-Pepe - Recording Secretary

Sarah Schaffner-Pepe teaches K-5th grade music at Chadwick School in Palos Verdes, CA. She received her Masters in Music Education at Syracuse University in New York. She completed Level I Orff Schulwerk training at Cal State LA and Levels II and III at Villanova University in Philadelphia.

Tammy Moran Polit - Past President/Web Management

Tammy Moran Polit has been an Orff educator for 21 years, serving in both the public and private sector. After graduating from California State University, Northridge, she obtained a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from California State University, Los Angeles, where she also became certified in Orff Levels I, II, and III. She currently directs the Elementary School Children’s Chorus and teaches K-5 music at Crossroads School in Santa Monica.


Board Members-At-Large

Lucia Acitelli
Gianluca Bersanetti

Terry Brockmann
Debra Shrader

Samantha Miller
Aaron Williams

Other Contacts

Sister Orff chapters and other regional music education organizations :

Orange County Chapter American Orff Schulwerk Association
Inland County Chapter American Orff Schulwerk Association
San Diego Chapter American Orff Schulwerk Association
Northern California Chapter American Orff Schulwerk Association
American River Orff Schulwerk Association
Central California Music Fusion

Kodály Association of Southern California
Northern California Association of Kodály Educators
California Music Educators Association

National organizations :

American Orff Schulwerk Association

Organization of American Kodály Educators
National Association for Music Educators
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