Orff-Schulwerk Teacher Training
Music and Movement for Children
AOSA Approved; Sponsored by Orange County Department of Education & Orange County Chapter of AOSA
July 13 - August 3, 2012

Orff-Schulwerk is a process to teach and learn music, based on children’s natural ways of learning through singing, chanting, rhyming, clapping, dancing and keeping a beat on anything that is near. Through their natural instincts, children are directed into learning music by hearing and making music first and then reading and writing it later. We learn language the same way. All children can learn through the Orff-Schulwerk, not just the privileged, talented or chosen few. There is opportunity for every child and each can contribute according to ability.

The courses are taught in a non-competitive atmosphere where one of the rewards is the pleasure of making good music with others. In group work, we learn how to release our own innate creativity. A spirit of cooperation enables us to foster the same spirit in our children in the classroom. The use of poetry, rhymes, games, songs and dances are examples of basic materials. Spoken or sung, accompaniments are formed with extensions of clapping, stamping, drumming, and playing melody instruments. The Orff melody instruments include wooden xylophones and metal glockenspiels that offer quality sound immediately. As we explore and create our own ideas, we develop our skills as teachers while forming a sense of community by inventing and improvising together as in small ensembles, thus developing into sensitive listeners and considerate learners.

Research supports the need for a balance between emotional and intellectual stimulation for healthy human development. This balance is provided through the total, active involvement of making music. An approach, not a method, the Orff-Schulwerk’s unique quality lies in the elemental process for incorporating speech with singing, movement and instruments playing as learning tools.

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To Contact Us:
Orange County Chapter
American Orff - Schulwerk Association
6570 E. Paseo Alcazaa
Anaheim, CA. 92807-4901

Bev Bullis, Co-President  Cell:( 714) 345-2622,
Home:(760)789-2506
Eileen Maeda, Co-President   (714) 964-1750 
Tim Johns, Membership  (909) 557-3582
Rochelle "Rocky" Brown, Co-Vice President, Programs
Joe Berarducci