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Panama City Rising Stars 2026!

Rising Stars Schedule

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9:30-10:00 AM - Session 1

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10:00-10:30 AM - Session 2

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10:30-11:00 AM - Session 3

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11:00-11:30 AM -Lunch

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11:30-12:00 PM - Session 4 (Orff)

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12:00-12:30 PM - Session 5

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12:30-1:00 PM - Session 6

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1:00-1:30 PM - Session 7

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1:30-2:00 PM - Informance

Selected Students

Congratulations to these amazingRising Stars and amazing musicmakers who wereselected torepresent their programs from throughout the state!

Letter for Parents

A Letter to our families with important 

information and

details about this event.

Registration

Map

Gulf Coast State College

Campus Map

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Madison Kerr

Northern Regional Clinician

Madison Kerr is an elementary music teacher for Orange County Public Schools in Orlando, Florida. She currently teaches at Camelot Elementary School, where she was named 2022-2023 Teacher of the Year.  She received her Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from the University of Central Florida and is also an Orff certified teacher, having taken all 3 Orff levels with the Central Florida Orff Chapter. Madison is a huge proponent of the Orff-Schulwerk approach to music-teaching.  She has presented lessons at chapter workshops for CFOC and currently serves as their President-Elect.

 

Along with the Central Florida Orff Chapter, Madison is also an active member of the Florida Music Education Association, the Florida Elementary Music Educators Association, and the American Orff-Schulwerk Association.  She was also named an FMEA Emerging Leader in 2023. After serving the Florida Elementary Music Educators Association for 4 years as the District 4 Chair, Madison now serves the organization in the role of Southern Regional Coordinator.  

 

Madison is also the Concert Co-Chair for the OCPS All County Elementary Music event, where she coordinates the 4-ensemble concert and works with a wide variety of students, teachers, and guest clinicians.  Her music students participate annually in the All-State & Regional ensembles, and she has also served as a judge for the All-State Orff Ensemble.  Madison has a heart for teaching students with exceptionalities and believes in the importance of providing an active & engaging music education to ALL students!

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