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.  You are encouraged to bring a lunch, although quick choices may be found nearby. A short members business meeting is held at the conclusion of the workshop. 

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

2009-10 Workshops
for Music / Movement Specialists and Teachers of Early Childhood and Elementary
 

October 3: Past Presidents Potpourri
featuring our own Sheri Gottlieb and Laura Koulish
Create  Connect  Collaborate

As veteran Orff Specialists, Laura and Sheri have come up with some of their favorite materials to share and expand upon with you. They will be presenting separately and jointly in the true sense of collaboration.

Weave a musical quilt, spin fairy tales in 7/8 meter, construct a jazz collage, romp through the seasons with Carmina Burana and more….

 Appealing to the senses and imagination, Laura and Sheri will connect to the visual arts and literacy, while focusing on sequential development and musical concepts. The workshop will be geared to all ages   

Sheri Gottlieb is Associate Director of Music Partners Program at the Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Music.  She acts as          mentor and curriculum developer to teaching professionals and is the Orff Specialist at PS 29 and Inner Force TOTS.  Her teaching career has given her opportunities to work with diverse populations in Public and Private schools, Head Start Programs and Community Music Schools.  Sheri has extensive experience as a clinician that includes working with the Department of Education on developing and sequencing music education programs.  She is a past President of the NYC Chapter of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association and a founding member of Threshold Choir NYC.  Sheri is co-author of “Melodic Weavings – A Soprano Recorder Approach for Teachers.”

Laura Koulish is a music teacher at PS 333, the Museum School, in the Bronx and is a recorder instructor at the Trevor Institute Orff Certification Program.  She has presented workshops for Orff chapters, teacher organizations and the 2004 and 2007 National Orff Conferences. Laura has been a cooperating teacher for the New York University and Hunter College education programs, supervising student teachers. A co-author of "A Seasonal Kaleidoscope" and "Melodic Weavings", she has also contributed original songs and arrangements to "Music and You", "Share the Music", and articles for "Music K-12" and the CMN magazine, "Pass it On!" She is a past president of the NYC Orff Chapter.

October 31:  Nancy Silber
Step by Step!  Building a Dynamic Dance Curriculum in your school

We will dance our way through introductory steps for Kindergartners, moving towards more advanced contra dances for older students.  Activities will include playparty singing games, and original and traditional dances, teaching dance skills in a teacher/child friendly way.

Nancy Silber is a music teacher and choral director at the Green Vale School in Old Brookville, NY, where she’s the second-ever recipient of Green Vale’s prize/accolade “Master Teacher.” She is a recorded song writer, arranger, published writer, past Editor of the Children’s Music Network’s journal Pass It On! and co-founder, with Danai Gagne, of  NYCCAOSA.  In November 2009, Nancy will be presenting a workshop at the AOSA National Conference in Milwaukee.

AOSA Professional Development Conference:  Great Lakes, Great Traditions
Milwaukee, Wisconsin   November 11-14, 2009
Detailed information and registration is available on the AOSA website: www.aosa.org

December 12:  Chapter Sharing (half day) and Holiday Potluck

Chapter members who attended the National AOSA Profession Development Conference are invited to share a favorite activity or song they learned at the conference with the chapter.  After a morning of sharing, we’ll also enjoy a potluck lunch, in the holiday spirit!  Please bring some food to share.  This is a good time to connect with colleagues and enjoy a conversation with friends over a leisurely lunch.

January 30:  Susan Brumfield
Tri-Chapter Workshop   
Kodaly chapter hosting, workshop at Trevor Day School

The workshop title and description have not yet been given to us.

Dr. Susan Brumfield is Professor of Music Education at Texas Tech University, and is the founder, conductor and artistic director of the West Texas Children’s Chorus. She holds a Ph.D. in Music Education from the University of Oklahoma, as well as degrees from Stephen F. Austin State University and Louisiana Tech University.

Dr. Brumfield is widely known throughout the United States and Europe as a clinician, consultant, author, composer, arranger and conductor of children’s choirs, and is an internationally recognized Kodaly educator.  Dr. Brumfield is a program author for the national series music texts Silver Burdett Making Music, and author of the “Kodaly in the Classroom” articles featured in John Jacobson’s Music Express magazine.  Her choral music is available through Colla Voce Music and Hal Leonard Publications. Dr. Brumfield was invited by the International Kodaly Society to represent the United States with a new choral composition commissioned for the internationally released IKS publication Music: A Universal Language.   

Dr. Brumfield has conducted extensive field and archival research in England and Scotland, tracing the roots of American folk music in traditional British music. Her most recent publication, Hot Peas and Barley-O: Children’s Songs and Games from Scotland, is available through Hal Leonard Publications. She is currently completing Over the Garden Wall and Giro Giro Tondo, two new collections of children’s songs and games from England and Italy for use in the music classroom and is working on a new book on the life and work of the English children’s folksong collector, Father Damian Webb.  Dr. Brumfield presented her research at the 2008 Conference of the International Society for Music Education in Bologna, Italy.

April 24:  Steven Calantropio
The Many Faces of Schulwerk

The Schulwerk approach of Carl Orff and Gunild Keetman, now almost 80 years old, still offers modern students many different avenues with which to enter the realm of music study. Exciting source materials combined with effective process teaching techniques can provide every student in an Orff classroom with some measure of success. This workshop will explore some of the traditional and nontraditional inspirations and modalities for the exploration of elemental music. Please bring soprano recorders to the session.

Steven Calantropio, retired music specialist,  spent  31 years teaching music and movement in the River Edge, N.J. public schools. He has served as clinician at numerous regional Orff Schulwerk chapters as well as the National Conference of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association (A.O.S.A.) and state Music Education conferences. Mr. Calantropio holds an Orff-Kodály-Dalcroze certificate from the Manhattan School of Music as well as an Orff Certificate from the Orff Institute in Salzburg Austria. He has been named a New Jersey Master Teacher of Music.  Steven has been awarded the New Jersey Governor’s Teacher Recognition Award and also received the Achievement in Music Award from Ohio University, his graduate school alma mater. Mr. Calantropio has served as clinician at Carl Orff Canada National Conferences and as instructor at the English Summer Course of the Orff Institute. He has taught Orff Level III courses for over 20 years and has been a guest lecturer, levels teacher  and conference presenter at Orff Schulwerk training programs in Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne and Hobart, Australia. Mr. Calantropio’s innovative Master Class in Elemental Music has been presented numerous times in the United States and Canada. He also teaches the Master Level IV in Orff Schulwerk at George Mason University. His most recent book, Pieces and Processes is published by Schott Music Company .  Steve has been a certified computer technician for Apple Computer and has taught courses in digital technology in a number of locations. He serves as A.O.S.A.’s first Education Director.

Workshop Fees:
NYCCAOSA members: free.  Workshops included in membership package.  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 5 workshops:  $70.00 (Full-time students-$40)    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, Orff Certification Program director, at the Trevor Day School, (212) 426-3393 X2224; email dgagne@trevornet.org   The training levels are on Wednesday evenings from 6 pm to 9 pm. October 14, 2009 through Wednesday February 24, 2010.  Participants are expected to attend the two NYCCAOSA workshops (October 31st and January 30th) as part of the course required time.  Register online at: http://www.trevor.org/podium/default.aspx?t=119736    

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