Every year, in the lead up to ANZAC Day, we remember the brave, the fallen and the courageous as well as those who are still protecting our freedom and sacrificing time with their families for our country. This year, WAOSA would like to share the...
Read moreFALLING LEAVES!
After hearing of the recent passing of Denise Gagne, a truly wonderful leader in Music Education, we share our condolences and gratitude for everything that Denise shared in her leadership and teaching. Thank you, Denise, for all you have done to...
Read moreThe Year of the Dragon!
Welcome back to School for 2024…. The Year of the Dragon! 🐲🐉 As we head into the Lunar New Year this Saturday 10th February, here is some wonderful inspiration for an Orff-style inspired chant that you can use in many wonderful ways in your...
Read moreJane’s Journey to the International Orff-Schulwerk Forum Salzburg Convention 2023
In early Term Three, Jane Nicholas – a passionate Orff-Schulwerk music educator and advocate for sharing culture, diversity and knowledge of our First Nations peoples in Music Education – was invited to share her experiences and...
Read moreORFF-ULLY GOOD LEVELS, JULY 2023!
In the July holidays, while many teachers were exploring the beauty of our WA coastlines, 46 music educators chose to spend 5 days together expanding their musical minds and repertoire to learn more about their Orff-Schulwerk pedagogy...
Read moreEmbedding Indigenous Cultures through Music Education
As we reflect on NAIDOC Week, 2023 and think about the theme “FOR OUR ELDERS,” let’s take some time to honour, remember, thank and respect the knowledge, music, stories, language and work passed down from our Elders, past and...
Read moreA SNAPSHOT OF ORFF-SCHULWERK
This term, we are throwing back to our 2023 ASME Summer School Sessions run by Orff Masters, Eboney Yapp and Andy Stewart. Eboney and Andy have been heavily involved in the State and National levels of Orff-Schulwerk for many years and have a very passionate understanding of the value and growth that Orff can provide for both students and music educators.
This past summer, Eboney and Andy ran a session each at the annual ASME Summer School to give participants a thorough understanding of the joy, creativity and hands-on interaction that Orff brings to every classroom.
The notes to Eboney’s session titled “Guided Listening – An Orff Approach” can be found at this link below.
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Eboney Yapp ASME SS 2023 Orff Presentation
The notes to Andy’s session titled “Exploring Orff through Movement” can be found at this link below.
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Asme Summer School 23 ANDY STEWART NOTES
Many thanks to both Eboney and Andy for their ongoing and continuous work for our WAOSA committee. Their drive and inspiration to share their knowledge of Orff-Schulwerk with other music educators in our local and wider networks is absolutely wonderful.
If you would like to know more, please check out our events page as we are running some incredible PL these holidays including all Levels 1-4 with Robyn Stavely, Carol Richards, Jackie Ewers, Susie Davies-Splitter, Eboney Yapp and Kailee Marshall.
Carol and Robyn will also be running a special Richard Gill “Connections” course for the first time ever, discussing the past, present and future connections of Orff-Schulwerk. Don’t miss out!
For more information or registrations, click below.
https://www.waosa.org.au/events/
Katherine’s Rundown on REMIX 2023!
At the beginning of this year, Katherine Anson flew across to Glenelg, Adelaide with a ‘Orffully’ good bunch of musical colleagues, all keen to sink their teeth into a week-long conference of singing, saying, moving, dancing and...
Read moreBOOM Whacky Wednesday!
At our last network meeting in 2022, we explored the whackiness and fun of Boomwhackers with Amanda Johnston and Ash Bisdee. We sang, played, tapped, banged, moved, explored, laughed and chanted our hearts out with the immense and colourful fun...
Read moreANCOS LEVELS OVER EAST
Recently, four of our WAOSA members have flown interstate to complete their next ANCOS level with other Orff state associations. The following excerpts describe their experiences interstate...
Read moreNAIDOC SCARF DANCE
The theme for NAIDOC 2022 is ‘Get up, stand up, show up!’ This year, the music specialists (along with their LOTE specialist) at Aubin Grove Primary have choreographed a simple scarf dance to share with their whole school community to...
Read moreTHANK YOU, EBONEY!
It is an absolute honour to acknowledge and thank Eboney Yapp for her dedication and the generosity that she has shown to WAOSA over the past four years as President of WAOSA. She has volunteered countless hours of her time to this role...
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