2004 Conference Presenter

Gemma Arguelles
Clinician

Gemma Arguelles is K-5 Music Specialist at Convent of the Sacred Heart Elementary School in San Francisco where she directs two choruses: the CES Chorus (grades 4-6) and Les Petites Voix (grades 2-3). She is a regular faculty member of the Kod�ly Summer Institute at Holy Names College in Oakland (since 1997) and has also taught at Seattle Pacific University�s Kod�ly Summer program. Gemma is also a faculty member of Piedmont Children�s Choirs (since 1995), where she has conducted the Boys� Beginning and the Girls� Intermediate groups. She currently conducts the Girls� Advanced chorus.

Gemma has given music workshops for the Northern California Association of Kod�ly Educators (NCAKE), the Northwest Kod�ly Educators (NKE) in Seattle, and the California Music Educators Association (CMEA) Conference, and has conducted the San Francisco USD All-City Honor Choir. She is a board member of Northern California Association of Kod�ly Educators, and sings with the San Francisco Symphony Chorus.

Gemma holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education and Choral Conducting from the University of the Philippines, and Master of Music Education with Kod�ly emphasis from Holy Names College.