Steven Calantropio, recently retired,  spent  31 years teaching music and movement in the River Edge, NJ public schools. He has received numerous awards and accolades for his work with children and the Orff Schulwerk approach. Steven has served as clinician at numerous regional Orff Schulwerk chapters as well as the National Conference of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association (A.O.S.A.) and state Music Education conferences.

Mr. Calantropio holds an Orff-Kodály-Dalcroze certificate from the Manhattan School of Music as well as an Orff Certificate from the Orff Institute in Salzburg, Austria. He has served as clinician at Carl Orff Canada National Conferences and as instructor at the English Summer Course of the Orff Institute. Steven has taught Orff Level III courses for over 20 years and has been a guest lecturer, levels teacher  and conference presenter at Orff Schulwerk training programs in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia. His innovative Master Class in Elemental Music has been presented numerous times in the United States and Canada. His most recent  book, Pieces and Processes is published by Schott Music Company.  Steven is a certified computer technician for Apple Computer and has taught courses in digital technology in a number of locations. He was recently named as A.O.S.A.’s first Education Director.