Meet the Kodaly Viking
Reverend Kristopher Brown is a highly qualified Instructional Designer with over 10 years of experience in researching, developing, and implementing child facing content that is unique, culturally sensitive and appropriate, and founded in best educational practices.
He has orchestrated the delivery of 56 unique interactive experiences a week for over 11,000 children while leading a team of 14 music education content creators virtually.
Veteran Educator
Kristopher completed his Kodaly Certification program at Texas State University under Dr. Houlahan and Dr. Tacka and was announced as teacher of the year in 2013. His experience in fine art pedagogies makes Kristopher uniquely qualified in researching and implementing worthwhile content that is culturally relevant, socio-economically informed and tailored to the specific needs of the target audience.
Curriculum Designer
Kristopher Brown is accredited in Dr. Tacka and Houlahan’s “Kodály in the Classroom” Lesson books, and helped write a majority of the 3rd, 4th & 5th grade pedagogy lesson plans. In 2018, Kristopher won a Google scholarship to attend Udacity’s Front End Developer Program where he learned HTML, Javascript, and other technical skills that he applied to my career as an educator in addition to earning both Google Educator Certifications.
Clinician
Kristopher Brown has built a following online as "The Kodaly Viking", developing Body Warm-ups, Listening Maps, Technical Trainings, and best practices for Restorative Behavioral Management Videos. He now works as an independent education consultant, providing professional development, curriculum content creation and behavioral management sessions and is currently developing supplemental curriculum resources for "Kodaly Today" with Dr. Houlahan & Dr. Tacka.