The whole voice
Andrea Sangiorgio
Voice, movement, speech, creativity. Vocal sounds: creative models from contemporary music. Vocal percussion: voice as a rhythm instrument. Arranging songs and texts - Basic rules and criteria for vocal improvisation - From process to product.

 
Musical Formulas
Robyn Staveley
This session will play and experiment with finding musical answers to formulas, culminating in recognising the formula in a contemporary musical work.
 

Gifts from the Sea - World Music from coastal and island cultures
Kalani
Experience songs, rhythms, and dances from Native American, West African, Brazilian, Hawaiian, and Cuban cultures. This session will explore ways to integrate musical themes into cognitive, emotional, and social goals and objectives.

 
Our Voice: Variety of Expression and Creation
Christiane Wieblitz
Beginning with communicating a children's song, we then gradually will activate our sense of hearing by developing qualities of different parameters: pitch, tempo, dynamics. Finally we apply our experiences to a song introduction.
 

Models of an Orff approach integrating E.Gordon's Music Learning Theory
Andrea Sangiorgio
Patterns as a unit of speech, music and movement - Rhythm patterns, layered ostinatos and phrases - Tonal patterns, modes and Orff-Instruments. From experience to literacy, from imitation to invention: developmental stages of audiation - Alongside and beyond cognitive processes: imagery, interpersonal relationships, integration of other arts, values.

The Seven Swans
Robyn Staveley
Through the story of The Seven Swans, this session 'weaves' a composition in seven beat metre. Exploration will be through vocalising, moving and playing, making a composition in rich textures of motifs and melodies.
 

Drumming Skills for Music Educators
Kalani
It's time to 'face the music' (drumming music) and learn how to play drums and percussion - for real! Learn core drumming skills with a view to playing with confidence as you help your students build solid fundamental skills.

Introduction of a Five-Part-Canon Through Different Methods
Christiane Wieblitz
A nonsense text will be interpreted in all sorts of moods, in communication and interaction. Selected words and sung pitches are used to build a cluster sound. Melody will be learned as a sort of ostinato-building (gradual erection), included solo singing. Common creation of a dance form for the song.