2025 Levels Reflections

2025 Levels Reflections

This year’s September school holidays provided more than a break from teaching; it provided the opportunity for many music educators to attend and complete an Orff Level! Levels 1 and 2 were held in Perth and we had some of our own educators...

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A Spoonful of Sound!

A Spoonful of Sound!

Did you join us this year at the Pinnacle 2025 ANCOS Orff Schulwerk Conference and recently purchase a set of spoons? We invite you to join us in this collaborative sound project to explore, create and compose some spoon-a-riffic sounds!   Read...

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Meaningful, Musical Assessment

Meaningful, Musical Assessment

Assessment. It’s part of every learning and teaching experience, and as committee member Amy Hall writes, is often misunderstood as the final destination—a grade at the end of a term, a performance polished to perfection. However, for those of us...

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To Recorder or Not Recorder?!

To Recorder or Not Recorder?!

Why should I bother to teach recorder in my class? It’s a waste of time! It relates to nothing….’ WAOSA LIfe member, and ANCOS Levels Presenter Jackie Ewers, considers the benefits of including recorder in the music classroom. Read on to explore...

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