Madolyn Accola is a passionate educator, choral singer, collaborative instrumentalist, and folk dancer who believes in the power of communal music making to promote social change. She teaches general music and chorus at the Heathcote School in Scarsdale and previously taught at Friends Seminary and VOICE Charter school. As a conductor, Madolyn worked for the National Children’s Chorus and currently directs ensembles for the Westchester Children’s Chorus and the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Hudson Valley. As a Kodály and Orff-Schulwerk practitioner, Madolyn frequently presents at professional development conferences and has continued her studies internationally in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ghana. Madolyn holds degrees from New York University and Hunter College where she pursued music education and ethnomusicology.