Ashfield, MA Fall 2025
About the Director
Rachel Gibson, Ph.D. is a specialist in early childhood and elementary music education and incorporates Kodály, Orff, and Dalcroze methods into her teaching. She is a Professor of Music at Westfield State University and an active local and national clinician. As a Fulbright Global Scholar (2021), she taught and researched at Universidad de Málaga in Spain and travelled throughout the country learning children’s songs from local musicians. Her book ¡Canta Conmigo! Songs and Singing Games from Guatemala and Nicaragua (Oxford University Press, 2021) is a comprehensive teaching resource that includes songs and singing games she learned while living in Central America. She is certified in the Kodály and Orff music teaching philosophies and also enjoys teaching Suzuki Piano. Rachel lives in Ashfield with her husband and is the proud mother of two children who are off at college.
