Orff Levels - Exploration of NCAS and HĀ standards of the Orff-Schulwerk Approach in the Aloha state
All Levels I, II, and Supplemental Orff levels are offered at the same time, from June 3-6, 8-13. Classes are going on simultaneously with different instructors.
In Orff Level I, participants will explore pedagogy skills for teaching basic principles of Orff Schulwerk. These ideas will be explored and discussed through the use of
Music For Children, Margaret Murray, Volume I, as well as American pentatonic and specifically Asian Pacific folk song material,
movement, and recorder. Level I teachers will actively learn to use speech, rhymes, poetry, and to play pitched and unpitched percussion, as well as to sing, play, and improvise in
pentatonic, to create an active music curriculum in elementary school
settings. Participants will also play xylophones and the soprano recorder with an emphasis on pedagogy for children, implementing various scales at a basic level. Emphasis will be placed on creating student-friendly compositions in an elemental style and on developing improvisation
models.
Public school teachers who take this course for PDE3 credit will incorporate NCAS Music and HĀ standards into the portfolio.
In Orff Level II, pedagogy skills for teaching basic Orff Schulwerk will be explored and discussed through the use of Music For Children, Margaret Murray Volumes II & IV (Full do and La based scales, diatonic modes, Drones, ostinati, shifting harmony, Modal), and specifically
pentatonic and diatonic, specifically Asian Pacific folk song material, movement, and recorder. Level II teachers will actively learn to use speech, rhymes, and poetry from the American and Asian
Pacific regions, to play pitched and unpitched percussion, and to sing, play, and improvise in the modes, creating an active music
curriculum in elementary settings. Participants will also play xylophones in untransposed and transposed Do and La-based diatonic
modes: Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian. scales at an intermediate level. Soprano and alto recorder pedagogy and skills, creating student-friendly compositions in an elemental style, and models for improvisation will be
developed.
Public school teachers who take this course for PDE3 credit will incorporate NCAS Music and HĀ standards into the portfolio.
Supplemental Orff Sessions for Orff Schulwerk Certified Teachers
Participants will review pedagogical skills for teaching Orff Schulwerk, focusing on American and Asian Pacific folk songs, pentatonic and modal materials, movement, and recorder at an
advanced level. Participants in this track will be able to attend sessions in pedagogy, recorder, movement, and ensemble in Level I and/or Level II. Please see below for information about Level I
and Level II.
Pedagogical skills for teaching basic Orff-Schulwerk will be explored and discussed through the use of Music for Children, Murray, Volumes I, II, & IV, and pentatonic folk song
material, movement, and recorder. Supplemental-level teachers will actively learn to use speech, rhymes, poetry, playing pitched and unpitched percussion, as well as singing, playing, and
improvising in pentatonic, to create an active music curriculum in the school setting. Soprano, alto recorder pedagogy and skills, creating student-friendly compositions in an elemental style,
and models for improvisation will be developed.
Levels I & II: $680 (Fees will be reduced if 20 participants register for the levels). Students and first-year teachers may apply for special rate. Please
contact Dr. Loong for more information.
Please register and mail the deposit ($30, not refundable) to reserve a space.
For further information, please email: [email protected]
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