Our  WMOC Board Members for 2022 - 2023
President: Kim Licavoli, Kalamazoo, MI 
Vice-President: Dan DeZwaan, Jenison,  MI
Secretary: Ann Armbruster, Kalamazoo, MI
Treasurer: Tami Nelson, Grandville, MI

KIMBERLY LICAVOLI  has completed her first year of retirement. She taught elementary music for the past 31 years for Allegan Public Schools in Allegan, Michigan.  She holds a Bachelor of Music Degree in Secondary Music Education and a minor in Saxophone Performance from Western Michigan University in 1981, and Orff Level 1 from Anderson University under Lisa Sullivan in 2010.  Kim  has been a member of the West Michigan Orff Chapter since 1997 and has served the Chapter in the role as Secretary, Vice President, and President. Kim and her husband, Dominic, are celebrating 41 years of marriage this summer. Kim lives in Kalamazoo, MI and can be reached by email at  kimberly.licavoli@gmail.com                     

TAMI NELSON teaches Young Fives through 2nd Grade Music at Godfrey-Lee Public Schools inWyoming, MI and is the handbell director at Grandville United Methodist Church in Grandville, MI.  She has taught K-2 music for 21 years. She has also taught 7th and 8th grade choir and 6th Grade Music at Godfrey-Lee and 4th-8th Grade band at a small Catholic School through the shared time program. Tami received her Bachelor’s of Music Education Degree from Grove City College in Pennsylvania in 1997 and her Master’s of Music Education degree from The University of Kansas in 1999. Tami and her husband, Carl, celebrated 22 years of marriage this June and have one daughter, Adrianna who plays violin, sings, and is active in theatre.  Tami has served as the treasurer of WMOC since 2008 and she has learned a lot about teaching music by attending the WMOC workshops. She received her Level 1 Orff training from Anderson University in 2008 and attended her first AOSA national conference in November 2012. She hopes to continue  learning a lot more about the Orff process from her involvement with WMOC.

DAN DEZWAAN  has been the elementary music specialist for first thru third graders in the Allendale public schools since 1999.   He has a bachelors degree from Dordt College (Iowa) and a Masters Degree in Music Education from Anderson University, where he also completed his three levels of Orff Certification. When he’s not teaching, Dan enjoys gardening, traveling and going to various performances with his family.

ANN ARMBRUSTER taught elementary music in southwest Michigan for 9 years. She is currently a stay at home parent. Ann received her Bachelor of Music in music education from Alma College in Alma, MI and her Master of Music in Music Therapy from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI. She has been attending WMOC workshops since 2010 and values the content and connections nurtured there. Ann is a cellist with the Kalamazoo Philharmonia and is a wedding musician. She resides in Kalamazoo with her      husband and two daughters.