This course is designed for classroom teachers, teachers re-entering the profession, and teachers needing a refresher course in Orff Schulwerk. This course is open to classroom teachers and music specialists. No prior experience in Orff Schulwerk is necessary . This course gives participants the confidence and the tools to make their own compositions and arrangements for the Orff classroom and guides teacher-composers in developing composition lessons for their students. Teachers who have completed Certification Orff Level III will gain the most from this class.
Participants explore syncopated rhythms, dance steps, and poetry of ragtime and early jazz eras.
This course is appropriate for music and dance teachers. Teachers who have completed at least Certification Orff Level I will gain the most from this class. Faculty Wesley Ball is Associate Professor and chair of the Music Department at Hope College, Holland, Michigan. An active clinician in the field of Orff Schulwerk, he has published articles appearing in Music Educators Journal , General Music Today , Dimensions of Early Childhood , and the Orff Echo . Suzanne Byrnes received her Ph.