COVID PD Credit Now Available
Earn credit for the work you have done in order to implement online learning! Enroll before August 18 to receive credit! Simply summarize and show your work. Use the links below to register for credit.
Borrow Orff Instruments For a Year
Learn about and apply for our newest scholarship 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 starting this school year! Applications are due September 4.
2020-2021 Workshops are Underway
October 2-3, 2020: Kate Bright Workshop, Location TBD
Join Kate Bright as she takes you around the school in 80 beats! In this workshop, participants will explore the world of the Orff process and find new ways to sing, say, move, and play - with a special focus on the recorder. By using simple speech patterns, folk dances and easily created/obtainable manipulatives, teachers will learn how to process rhythms inside and outside the world of 4/4.
Kate Bright is a music teacher at Lincoln Charter School in York, PA, where she teaches approximately 700 kindergarten through fifth grade students. She is past-president of the Greater Baltimore Area Orff Chapter and the Philadelphia Area Orff Chapter, and has presented at the American Orff Schulwerk Association National Conference. In 2015, she received the Spotlight Award from the American Center for Elemental Music and Movement. She currently serves on the board of both ACEMM and the Harrisburg Area Contra Dance Association.
Kate Bright is a music teacher at Lincoln Charter School in York, PA, where she teaches approximately 700 kindergarten through fifth grade students. She is past-president of the Greater Baltimore Area Orff Chapter and the Philadelphia Area Orff Chapter, and has presented at the American Orff Schulwerk Association National Conference. In 2015, she received the Spotlight Award from the American Center for Elemental Music and Movement. She currently serves on the board of both ACEMM and the Harrisburg Area Contra Dance Association.
February 20, 2021: Otto Gross Workshop, Birch Elementary
Otto graduated from Berklee College of Music with a degree in Music Education. He taught General Music, Band, Chorus, Jazz Band, and Percussion in Massachusetts, Maryland, and Tennessee. He is a Certified AOSA Orff-Schulwerk Educator. Otto has performed with artists including Bobby McFerrin, David Sanborn, and Cece Winans and toured internationally as a music director, pianist, bassist, and drummer. He currently serves as the Creative Director for QuaverEd as a producer, songwriter, clinician, actor, and music curriculum developer. Otto has a passion for bringing people together to experience and create music. More info to come!
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