Available July 27 - August 7, 2009
Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Basic pedagogical principles and skill development in classroom applications of Orff-Schulwerk techniques in rhythmic and melodic training through speech, singing, body percussion, playing Orff instruments, improvisation and elemental movement. Develop simple arrangements using pentatonic scales and ostinato, bordun accompaniments and elemental forms using common meters. Recommended for anyone with knowledge of music.
Suggested texts:
Orff/Keetman Music for Children, Vol. I, Murray Ed., available
at sessions: Soprano recorder provided by West Music and
Yamaha Corporation.
Movement: Levels I, II and III
will focus on basic skills and their applications to the
classroom, simple dance forms, and specific folk
dances-introduced in careful sequential process-building to
simple choreography and improvisation. (Wear comfortable
clothing.)
Recorder: Level I (soprano),
Level II (alto) and Level III (advanced ensemble.) At
all levels, recorder instruction explores classroom
application, techniques, improvisation and skill development.
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