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UMSL | Department of Music

Orff-Schulwerk Workshop

Dates:  June 17-28, 2019
Where: Arts Administration Building, UMSL
Fee: Early Bird Fee - $675 by May 15;  $725 after May 15

Three graduate credit hours option available for an additional fee:  Please complete Graduate Application (Life Long Learner)

Housing is available for participants.  Click this link for temporary housing information at umsl.edu/go/housing


Orff-Schulwerk certification is offered in conjunction with the American Orff-Schulwerk Association (AOSA). Levels 1, 2, and 3 will be offered this summer. This course of study is for anyone with music training who wishes to acquire basic knowledge and pedagogic skill in the Orff-Schulwerk philosophy.  Included are rhymes and poetry, movement and singing games vocal and instrumental development, soprano recorder, elemental forms, major-minor pentatonic scales and improvisation

Levels I, II and III will be offered with limited enrollment. Be sure to register in the appropriate level (descriptions below).

Level 1
Entry level workshop appropriate for participants who have not yet received Orff Level 1 Certification
Taught in 2019 by Donna Massello-Chiacos

Level 2
For participants who have successfully completed Orff Level 1 Certification
Taught in 2019 by Brian Burnett

Level 3
For participants who have successfully completed Orff Level 2 Certification
Taught in 2019 by Roger Sams

 

 

 

For more information, contact Prof. Kim Warger (kimwarger@umsl.edu).