Workshops

Workshops:

What to expect in our New York City Orff Chapter workshops:

Every workshop is experiential - exploring concepts of Orff process, pedagogy, and practical ideas for your classroom. Movement, speech and music are integrated; techniques for pitched and un-pitched percussion, recorder, and voice are introduced. We enjoy sharing ideas, questions, and materials.
Dress is casual. Wear comfortable shoes.

Registration begins at 9:30. Coffee and light refreshments will be available at that time. The workshop will run from 10 am - 2 pm. Midway through each workshop we "break" for a quick bite and a short members business meeting. You are encouraged to bring a lunch, although quick choices may be found nearby.

Our meeting place is the Trevor Day School, 4 E. 90th Street. See the directions link for how to get there.

The New York City Chapter of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association announces its

2007-08 Workshops
for Music / Movement Specialists and Teachers of Early Childhood and Elementary

September 29: Past Presidents Potpourri featuring our own Danai Gagne and Jean Young
Danai - Music is a Verb: To move, to sing, to play in an open-ended way

Using songs and materials special to the fall, the focus of this half of the workshop will be the teaching of musical elements and concepts through active participation. Through speaking, singing, instrumental playing, moving and creating, we'll explore ways to develop seed ideas into larger musical units - with the possibility of integration into other aspects of the curriculum. Materials will be appropriate for grades 1-5.

Danai Gagne directs the Orff Certification Program at the Trevor Institute. She holds diplomas from the Orff Institute in Salzburg, Austria; diploma from the Yvonne De Kiriko School of Modern dance; advanced piano studies at the Hellenic Conservatory in Athens, Greece; graduate of the Empire State College. A well known presenter at workshops throughout the US, Canada, Europe and Asia, Danai has been on the faculty of numerous Orff Certification Programs around the country as well as in Europe. Publications include: A Seasonal Kaleidoscope, The Raccoon Philosopher, Dramas in Elemental Scales, Greek Dances; producer of a CD titled "It Moves Me"; contributed many musical arrangements of folk songs to the Silver Burdett/Scott Foresman music series. Founding president and member of the NYC Orff Chapter.

Jean - Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song (of Bats, Beavers and Blueberries)

Jean will share some of her recent compositions, inspired by real life adventures, puppets, and storybooks. She will demonstrate how to use the songs for movement games and dramatic play for preschool, primary grades, and family music activities with parents and children. She will incorporate instruments that can be made at home as well as those of an Orff instrumentarium. She will revisit favorite songs from her collection Just Imagine, a Song About Me, and her storybook operetta, The Fat Cat. And, if time allows, she'll show us some fun ways to use nursery rhymes with preschoolers.

Jean Young has presented workshops widely in the NYC area as well as at the AOSA national conference in Philadelphia. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Performance from the University of Iowa and a Master of Arts in Performance from City College of New York. She studied the Orff approach in Salzburg, Austria at the Orff Institute and in the U.S. with Tossi Aaron, Brigitta Werner, Jos Wuytack, and Jane Frazee. Jean has served her local Orff association, NYCCAOSA as President, Vice President and Treasurer. Jean has taught music and voice to nursery school, elementary school and college students. She enjoys composing and arranging songs for children. She has been the music director of the 5th grade musical theater production at Chatsworth School in Larchmont for 10 years and has directed youth and children's choirs at her Unitarian Church for 8 years. Through her new business, Music Along the Sound, she brings Music Together classes to young children and their parents.

November 3: Artie Almeida - Fun with Fundamentals
Enjoy an action-packed day of ideas to energize your teaching. This session will include Mallet Madness, Can You Hear Me Now? and Recorder Express.

During Mallet Madness participants will experience fun and accessible activities for barred instruments and drums that emphasize learning in the areas of rhythm, melody, form , expressive qualities and mallet technique. The unique rotation process through the instruments will make this a very enjoyable and educational experience for your young students. Many of these activities began as drum or non-pitched percussion lessons, and can be easily adapted for rooms without a full Orff instrumentarium.

Can You Hear Me Now? includes a collection of exciting experiences to activate children's listening via movement, flashlight painting, parachute play, ribbon dance, super stretchy and more! Concepts addressed include steady beat, rhythm, form, expressive qualities and style. Music includes the William Tell Overture, Kabalevsky's Galop, The Syncopated Clock and more.

Recorder Express will offer innovative techniques for leading your students to music literacy via the recorder. Bring your soprano recorder and be ready for some surprises!

Dr. Artie Almeida is the music specialist at Bear Lake Elementary school in Apopka FL., where she teaches 1140 K-5 students. Her dynamic performing groups have performed for MENC, AOSA, and on the NBC Today Show. Artie was chosen as Florida Music Educator of the Year and was also selected as an International Educator 2006 by the Cambridge England Biographical Society. She was Runner-Up for Florida Teacher of the Year, was the Seminole County Teacher of the Year and a Teacher of the Year at the school level 6 times. She served seven years on the Board of Directors of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, and served as an early childhood music consultant for Walt Disney World. She is the author of twenty-one published music resources, including Mallet Madness, Recorder Express, The Ultimate Game and Activity Pack for Orchestra, ten Music Proficiency Packs, as well as four music theory and assessment games featuring the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes characters. In addition to her public school teaching duties, Artie teaches applied saxophone lessons and performs on historical winds with the renaissance ensemble Ars Antiqua. She was an adjunct music professor at the University of Central Florida for 21 years.

December 8: Chapter Sharing
MARK YOUR CALENDAR (an addition!):
POT LUCK LUNCH AND CHAPTER SHARING

Are you disappointed that you can’t attend the National Conference in Sunny San Jose California this November 14-17? Well, fret not!! Let us whisk you away in spirit and mind to California as we bring you the activities and ideas of presenters from across the country and around the world. BRING A DISH TO SHARE AND LET’S PARTY!!!

February 2: Lisa Parker Tri-Chapter Workshop When Movement Makes Music
Dalcroze chapter hosting: Chapin School
100 East End Avenue (btw. 84th and 85th St.), NYC

Lisa Parker, one of the world's top Dalcroze teachers, presents a Eurhythmics workshop for performing musicians and teachers. Inspired and informed by the teaching philosophies of Emile Jacques-Dalcroze, Ms. Parker designs and conducts musical activities for musicians of all ages that deepen the connection between the ear, the body and the mind. Be prepared to kick off your shoes, move, sing, and enjoy a stimulating musical experience with an outstanding teacher.

April 26: Carlos Abril - Cultural Explorations through Orff Schulwerk

In this session we will explore the music of various cultural groups, reflective of our multicultural schools. Through active experiences singing, moving, speaking, playing and creating, we will consider ways our Orff classrooms can reflect the multicultural and multimusical society in which we live.

Carlos Abril is assistant professor of music education at Northwestern University where he teaches courses in general music, multiculturalism, and philosophy of music. In addition, he serves as director and teacher for the Global Music Workshop, an after school music program for “at-risk” youths in Chicago. Carlos has presented sessions at state, national and international conferences, including AOSA, MENC, and ISME. He has published his work in journals, including: Orff Echo, Music Educators Journal, and International Journal of Music Education. Carlos is the author of a chapter in the recent MENC book Teaching Music in the Urban Classroom. His music arrangements and instructional materials are published by World Music Press and appear in the Macmillan/McGraw-Hill textbook series, Spotlight on Music. He currently serves on the editorial board of the Orff Echo and Update: Applications of Research in Music Education.

Workshop Fees:
NYCCAOSA members: free (go to the Membership page to download the form)
Nonmembers: $30, Students w. ID: $15

Location: The Trevor Day School, 4 E. 90th Street, NYC
Time: 10:00-2:00. Doors open at 9:15 AM. Bring lunch.

MEMBERSHIP IN THE NYCCAOSA

Membership package includes all 4 workshops: $70.00 (Full-time students-$40)

Single workshop $30.00 Students $15.00(Current ID required)

Institutional rate $80.00

And you may be interested to know:

•Orff teacher training and certification is offered at the Trevor Institute for Lifelong Learning. Contact Danai Gagne at the Trevor Day School, 212/426-3393 or 2224; e-mail dgagne@trevornet.org Levels I and II or III will take place from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Wednesdays beginning October 4, 2006, and ending on February 14, 2007. There will be two Saturday workshops from 10 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. on October 21, 2006, and on January 20, 2007. You may register on line at http://www.trevor.org/faculty/external_programs_for_teachers/orff/index.html

•Questions? Job postings? Visit: http://www.trevornet.org/pub/nyccaosa/ E-mail: Ilmarrus@aol.com or AmRosero@aol.com