Elementary Honor Orff Ensembles 2024 - February 1-3
Location: NNU, Nampa
8:00 am-4:00 pm
Idaho Orff and IMEA welcome back the Elementary Orff Ensemble to the 2024 IMEA Professional Development Conference at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho on February 1-3, 2024! The directing team of Orff Specialists David Thaxton from Reno, Nevada, and Ardith Collins of New York City, will be singing, speaking, moving, and playing with elementary students, 4th – 6th grades, Thursday and Friday, February 1st and 2nd with a performance on Saturday morning, February 3rd.
January 20th, 2024: Chapter Share & Instrument Repair
Location: TBD
8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Learn how to repair your Orff xylophones, metallophones, and glockenspiels. Join us for some fun folk dancing and movement ideas. Also learn how to take children's literature and turn them into wonderful performances!
Location: TBD
8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Learn how to repair your Orff xylophones, metallophones, and glockenspiels. Join us for some fun folk dancing and movement ideas. Also learn how to take children's literature and turn them into wonderful performances!
February 24th, 2024: Kate Miller
Location: TBD
8:30 am - 4:00 pm
The Volumes and You! What YOU can do!
Do you ever feel overwhelmed when you look at the Music for Children Orff Schulwerk Volumes? Are you afraid to admit that you don’t use the volumes like you think you should? You are not alone!
This presentation gives a ‘down to earth’ perspective of how to use the volumes! Ideas and suggestions are shared to help get you started using and understanding the volumes like an Orff teacher should!
About Kate:
Kateri (Kate) Miller, Ph.D., is assistant professor of music education at Minot State University in North Dakota. She has over 20 years of experience teaching children and adults and is certified in Orff-Schulwerk, Kodály, and has training in Dalcroze Eurhythmics. She is past president of the Orff chapter in Las Vegas and is currently serving as a trustee on the national board of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association. She has presented original material at KMEA, NDMEA, Orff Chapters, and the National Orff Conference and has presented the GAMEPLAN curriculum in various school districts throughout the United States. In addition, she has presented research at NAfME, Mid-South Music Education Research Symposium, Mountain Lake Colloquium, and OAKE. Currently, Dr. Miller teaches music education majors both elementary and secondary choral methods as well as non music education majors at Minot State University. In addition, she also conducts the Western Plains Junior Choir and Music Makers, an elementary Orff instrumental group.
Do you ever feel overwhelmed when you look at the Music for Children Orff Schulwerk Volumes? Are you afraid to admit that you don’t use the volumes like you think you should? You are not alone!
This presentation gives a ‘down to earth’ perspective of how to use the volumes! Ideas and suggestions are shared to help get you started using and understanding the volumes like an Orff teacher should!
About Kate:
Kateri (Kate) Miller, Ph.D., is assistant professor of music education at Minot State University in North Dakota. She has over 20 years of experience teaching children and adults and is certified in Orff-Schulwerk, Kodály, and has training in Dalcroze Eurhythmics. She is past president of the Orff chapter in Las Vegas and is currently serving as a trustee on the national board of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association. She has presented original material at KMEA, NDMEA, Orff Chapters, and the National Orff Conference and has presented the GAMEPLAN curriculum in various school districts throughout the United States. In addition, she has presented research at NAfME, Mid-South Music Education Research Symposium, Mountain Lake Colloquium, and OAKE. Currently, Dr. Miller teaches music education majors both elementary and secondary choral methods as well as non music education majors at Minot State University. In addition, she also conducts the Western Plains Junior Choir and Music Makers, an elementary Orff instrumental group.
Announcing our 2022-2023 Scholarship Recipients
Congratulations to our 2022-2023 Velma Allen scholarship recipients Renee Corvo. For more information on scholarships visit our scholarships page and see below for more information on levels teacher trainings below.
Levels Teacher Trainings Summer 2024
FREE! Lesson Plans and Ideas
Missing our workshops and the chance to collaborate and learn from other music teachers in our area? Check out a new section of the website with lesson plan ideas and resources. Lessons can be found under the "More" tab. Simply look for the "Lesson Plans and Ideas" page. Our IOSA board will be updating regularly with lesson plan ideas from the board and our membership!
Instrument Loan Program
Through some very generous donations, the "Treasures" part of the Idaho Orff Chapter has put together sets of Orff instruments, guitars, ukes, and hand drums that are available for lending out to music teachers in Idaho! Fill out an application to be selected. We will be accepting applications for the 2023-2024 school year in spring 2023! .
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