With a huge demand for teachers to prepare for distance/digital/online education, many amazing resources have been shared. We’ve tried to compile some great websites here. We’d like to acknowledge that some of these are websites we...
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A Hands Off Activity – By Elizabeth Campbell Watch Kalani’s ‘Pieces of 8’ video 2. Everybody chooses a number between 1-8 and plays on that beat. Keep going until the group gets the ‘groove’...
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With some schools asking music teachers to reduce or stop singing, here are some non-singing activities! Thanks Kailee Marshall for writing and providing these. Body Percussion Activity Acknowledgment to Keith Terry (USA) and Helen Wilson...
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For something a little bit different, here’s a video review of Kaboom Percussions digital resource: Pop Song Play-Alongs. You can purchase it for $30 here: https://www.kaboompercussion.com/product-page/pop-song-play-alongs Don’t forget...
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Editor’s Message: Thank you so much Jane Nicholas for sharing and elaborating on the workshop you presented at this year’s ASME WA Summer School. We hope you find her ideas useful! Exploration of the Orff Schulwerk Approach Jane...
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Editor’s Notes: Thanks so much Kailee for sharing this excerpt from her ASME SS 2020 Presentation. ASME Summer School 2020 – EXCERPT Experiences in Music and Movement with Orff by Kailee Marshall Welcome Song: Wanjoo My Friend...
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Need to find some new repertoire for your classroom without breaking the bank? Have you tried Beth’s Notes? This amazing website includes a huge amount of repertoire and gives suggestions on how you can go about teaching these songs. You can...
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The Glad Tomorrow The title of Katie Noonans recent tour ‘The Glad Tomorrow’ is taken from the final line of a poem ‘A Song Of Hope’ by acclaimed Aboriginal writer Oodgeroo Noonuccal. This poem and nine others by Oodgeroo were the inspiration of a...
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Looking for a new dance to teach to your class? The Circle Waltz Mixer is great for teaching sequences, formations, moving to the beat and is different to the typical line or circle dances you may have already taught. For the original...
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Music and Place Belong Together By: Dr. Kumara Ward Lecturer in Curriculum and Pedagogy University of Western Sydney Music is part of every society. The seemingly infinite genres of music are testament to the societal, cultural and geographical...
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The Singing Game by Barry Hart Reviewed by Helen Wilson Review featured in June 2016 Orff West. This review is in the format of an image. You can zoom in by clicking the image above to access the PDF version.
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So there’s Kodaly, there’s Dalcroze, but you’re on the Orff page right now, so what is Orff? The best way to understand what Orff is, is to attend one of our PD’s. From one of these, you’ll notice that Orff is a hands...
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