Lauren Southard

Lauren Southard is the director of outreach and choir programs for the Indianapolis Children’s Choir. Now in her tenth year with the organization in an artistic capacity, her teaching duties include Early Childhood, Preparatory, and Beginning Level Choirs as well as Jubilate, ICC’s choir for children with special needs. Mrs. Southard created the Jubilate program in 2013 as an opportunity to extend ICC’s efforts in reaching all children in central Indiana through quality music education and the pursuit of artistic excellence in choral music performance.
Mrs. Southard received her Master of Arts in applied behavior analysis from Ball State University in 2016 with a Certificate in autism, and Master of Arts in education in educational administration from Ball State University in 2017. She graduated with a Bachelor of Music in music education degree from Butler University in 2006. Mrs. Southard is certified in First Steps in Music, has completed the Orff-Schulwerk Certification Program at Anderson University, has received Kodály training from Indiana University, as well as Picture Exchange Communication System Level 1 training. Mrs. Southard presents music education workshops to public and private schools throughout central Indiana through the ICC’s Innovations program, a free teacher professional development network offered to all central Indiana school music teachers. She also serves as director of the Primary Praise choir at Cornerstone Lutheran Church in Carmel, IN.