A TRIBUTE TO GARY KING 1 September 2024 0 comments In this post, we honour the memory of Gary King who sadly passed earlier this year. “Gary was a leader in the field of music education; a music and dance educator extraordinaire and a legend within the Orff community around the world! Gary was a founding member of the Shenanigans band whose music and dances LEST WE FORGET! 14 April 2024 0 comments 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 ANZAC Ode, read in Nyoongar language by Professor Len Collard, to FALLING LEAVES! 10 March 2024 0 comments 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 improve and advocate for the power and beauty in high-quality Music Education and Orff The Year of the Dragon! 5 February 2024 0 comments 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 music classrooms with your students – beat, rhythm, body percussion, movement, Jane’s Journey to the International Orff-Schulwerk Forum Salzburg Convention 2023 8 October 2023 0 comments 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 perspective of diversity in the music classroom at the 2023 IOSFS Convention. This is Jane’s reflection on her journey ORFF-ULLY GOOD LEVELS, JULY 2023! 22 August 2023 0 comments 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, instrumentation, orchestration, vocals, recorder and tuned and un-tuned percussion arrangements. And WOW! What a wonderful week it was.
