Marlene Hinz
A bit about Marlene
Marlene Hinz has recently retired from a career teaching music, dance and drama to elementary children for over thirty years. After training at the University of Saskatchewan, where she received her Bachelor of Music in Music Education with a Major in Piano and Minor in Voice and Flute, she continued her studies at the University of Alberta in Orff Schulwerk and served on the National Board for eight years. She also taught part-time as a sessional instructor at the University of Regina. Marlene has received a number of awards for her teaching from the Saskatchewan Orff Chapter, Saskatchewan Music Educators Association and Regina Public Schools. In November 2019, she was a featured international presenter at the American Orff Schulwerk Associations National conference as well as the Saskatchewan Music Conference.
Drumming has always been a passion of hers and she has continued to take workshops and courses throughout her career. In 2003, she founded the world drumming group UMOJA: One Heart – One Beat at Jack MacKenzie School. Over 172 students have participated in the program. In 2018, she founded the Youth Drumming Collective. A drumming group for young people based out of Boomtown Drums.
Marlene also has extensive background in performance. Currently she is playing in an acoustic cover band that performs regularly in Regina. She has also participated in several choirs including the Prairie Chamber Choir, University Chamber Singers, Philharmonic Chorus, and Greystone Singers from the U of S. Most recently, she joined the Nightingales Quartet who focus on Wartime music. Currently she plays and sings on a weekly basis in Joyful Noise which is a Praise and Worship group based out of her church. She also accompanies Cantate, a community youth choir based in Regina.
