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Grace Nash received her BA from Ohio Wesleyan in 1930,a BM from Chicago Musical College in 1935, an MM from Chicago Musical College in 1936, and an Honorary Doctorate from Canaan College in 1973.
Nash taught music in grades K-12 and was a supervisor of
music. As a performing violinist, she taught music in the
Philippines and served as the assistant concertmaster of the
Manila Symphony.
Following Nazi internment during WWII, Nash taught in the Music
School of North Shore at Winnetka, Illinois.
After her introduction to Orff Schulwerk, Nash eventually established an Orff certification program at Northern Arizona University, which was later moved to Colorado State University. Nash synthesized the teachings of Orff, Kodaly, Laban, and Phyllis Weikart into her own unique teaching approach.
Nash has been a prolific writer, with works such as the four-volume Music with Children series, Recorder for Beginners, and Recorder Ensembles. That We Might Live describes Nash's years in the Philippines.
Grace Nash has been a major voice and pioneer in American
music education (Orrell, 1995).
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Collection at Hiram College
Women Who've WOW'ed us in Music--brief description Nash's work
Nash, G.C. (1965). Music with Children (Series 1). Scottsdale, AZ.: Nash.
Nash, G.C. (1965). Music with Children (Series 2). Scottsdale, AZ.: Nash.
Nash, G.C. (1965). Recorder for Beginners. Scottsdale, AZ: Nash.
Nash, G. C., & Nash, R. (1973). Recorder Ensembles with Tonebar (Orff) Instruments. Scottsdale, AZ.: Nash.
Nash, G. C. (1984). That We Might Live. Scottsdale, AZ.: Shano Publishers.
Cole, J. (2000). Grace Nash: Nine Decades of Graceful Teaching. Teaching Music, 7 (6), 44-48.
Cole, J. W. (2001). Rivers Need a Spring: A Portrait of Grace Chapman Nash. Orff Echo, 33 (Summer), 23-27.
Orrell, M. S. (1995). The Work of Grace C. Nash in Music Education in the United States, 1960-1990, and Her Influence Upon Members of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association in the States of Arizona and Colorado. (Unpublished Doctoral dissertation, University of Houston1995). Dissertation Abstracts Online, 56, no. 12A: 4694.