Orff Level 1

Orff Level 1:  

This hands-on, active music-making course is meant to begin a music educator's journey into Orff-Schulwerk.  Through singing, speech, playing of instruments, movement, and creative activities, such as improvisation and composition, course participants will deepen their understanding of the Orff-approach.

Students will:  

• Engage in music-making through voice, barred instruments, recorder, and various untuned percussion instruments.
• Explore various movement concepts and their connections to music concepts.
• Identify key pedagogical concepts of the Orff-Schulwerk approach.
• Explore different ways to engage students in music-making activities through a process-oriented learning structure.
• Expand one's concept of how to organize the music learning environment to facilitate music and movement at the same time.
• Identify key resource materials to use within the Orff-inspired classroom.
• Arrange, compose, and improvise using elemental music and movement concepts.