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Creating Calm and Resilience Through Music with TeachRock
Thursday, October 23, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm EDT
Presented by Kathy Durham, Teacher, West Wendover High School (NV); Triza Cox, Harmony Student Wellness Program Manager, TeachRock; and Gina Machado, Former New York City Public School Teacher, Current Director of Programs and Partnerships, TeachRock
Sponsored by TeachRock with Support from The Les Paul Foundation
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Music has the remarkable ability to reduce stress and create supportive learning environments. When thoughtfully integrated into classroom practices, music and the arts become powerful tools for promoting emotional well-being, self-regulation, and building resilience in both students and educators.
Join TeachRock and powerhouse educator Kathy Durham for this edWebinar to explore effective methods for using music to create calm and joyful classrooms – no music experience required. Discover practical strategies for implementing TeachRock’s Harmony Student Wellness lessons that cultivate CASEL’s five core competencies through engaging music and arts-based activities.
This session prepares teachers to harness the therapeutic power of music in their classrooms, helping students develop the social-emotional skills needed for academic success and personal well-being throughout the school year. This recorded edWebinar is of interest to K-12 teachers, counselors, administrators, and school and district leaders.
This edWebinar is brought to you by The Les Paul Foundation.
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About the Presenters
Kathy Durham is the 2019 recipient of the Jean Ford Democracy Award in the field of education and a 2020 Nevada State Teacher of the Year finalist. She is a high school teacher and girls golf coach at West Wendover High School in West Wendover, Nevada, where she teaches history, government, economics, and intro to education. Kathy has a bachelor’s degree in social studies and a master’s in middle level education. When she’s not busy teaching, she loves to play golf, travel to live music venues, spend time with her grandkids, and take care of her 104-year-old Nana.
Triza Cox is the Program Manager for TeachRock’s Harmony Student Wellness Program. In this capacity, she uses her passion for democratizing arts access as well as her commitment to wellness through the use of art to engage students in social and emotional learning. Triza holds a Master of Fine Arts in theatre performance from the University of Louisville and has worked for over a decade as an arts educator as well as a playwright, director, producer, and actor. Additionally, Triza has been a Certified Prevention Specialist and worked in drug and alcohol prevention. She is currently a National Leaders of Color Fellow in Arts Administration. In 2021, Triza was awarded a fellowship in screenwriting from the South Carolina Arts Commission. She is also currently the Artistic Director of The Drama Lady Theatre Group.
Gina Machado is the Director of Programs and Partnerships at TeachRock, where she leads the development of an arts-integrated social and emotional learning program and designs and facilitates professional development initiatives nationwide. Drawing from her foundational experience as a classroom educator in The Bronx, New York, and her master’s degrees in special education and educational leadership, Gina supports educators across the United States in implementing TeachRock’s innovative curriculum and pedagogical approaches. An educator at heart with extensive experience working with students of various levels and abilities, Gina’s passion lies in developing creative ways to engage all learners while strengthening meaningful student-teacher relationships.
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Launched by Stevie Van Zandt and the Founders Board of Bono, Jackson Browne, Martin Scorsese, and Bruce Springsteen, TeachRock.org provides free, standards-aligned resources that use music to help K-12 students succeed in science, math, social studies, language arts, and more.
