Atlanta Area Chapter American Orff-Schulwerk Association

Home Workshops Membership/Registration Board Members Video Library	Welcome to the Atlanta Area Chapter website! The Atlanta Area Chapter of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association was chartered in 1978. The purpose of the Atlanta Area Chapter of AOSA is the following: To promote and encourage the philosophy of Carl Orff and to support its implementation. To distribute information relevant to the activities and growth of Orff-Schulwerk. We Believe… Music is a living force vital to the education of every child. The opportunity to create speech, movement, and music in an ordered framework should be made available to all children. It is important to develop trained teachers and to inform parents and communities of this educational philosophy. Atlanta Area Orff Chapter Workshop Series 2009-2010 September 19, 2009 - Deanna Stark October 17, 2009 - Jos Wuytack February 6, 2010 - Dena Byers March 6, 2010 - Share Session April 17, 2010 - Rhonda Tucker More information will be coming over the summer. Congratulations to Tiffany English! She has been selected as the Region IV representative for AOSA! We appreciate all of Tiffany’s hard work for the Atlanta Orff Chapter and we know she will be an incredible representative for our Region. Tiffany will begin her 2 year term in September. Thanks for voting for her! Orff Notes - Winter 2009 Click here to view the winter newsletter. Summer Orff Teacher Training at the University of Georgia UGA is offering Levels 1 and 2 training on June 22-July 3, 2009. Kathleen Turner, Deanna Stark, Judith Beale are the instructors. Click here for brochure. Summer Orff Teacher Training at North Georgia College and State University NGCSU is offering Levels 1 and 2 training on July 6-17, 2009. Marilyn Humphreys, Beth Miller Martinson, Judy Lasko, and Susan Patterson are the instructors. Go to www.ngcsu.edu/ce/orff for more information. Happy 30^th Anniversary! The Atlanta Area Chapter of the American Orff Schulwerk Association celebrated its 30th anniversary in March with a wonderful day of memories and presentations by the chapter's Past Presidents. The day began with a processional (ala the banner roll call at the national conference) honoring the past presidents of the chapter. Each of these ladies was vital in the growth of the Atlanta chapter and has made the group as strong and vibrant as it is today. After participating in many wonderful lessons and activities, the chapter celebrated with birthday cake, birthday hats, and a congratulatory video from the AOSA Board of Trustees. It was a special day for reminiscing, catching up with friends, and celebrating all that the Atlanta Area chapter has accomplished over the past 30 years. –Tiffany English Hospitality Committee We need 6-8 people to volunteer to be a part of the Hospitality Committee. Duties include instrument and food set-up before each workshop. Committee members will need to report to workshops at 8:15 a.m. If we have many people, we will be able to rotate workshops so you would not have to be there early for every workshop. Email Katie Christenberry at kchristenberry@hotmail.com if you are interested. Scholarship Recipients Congratulations to our Atlanta Area Chapter Scholarship winners Amanda Lunde, Karen Sperber, Randall Terry, Laurel Martin, and Cindy Clark! Each winner completed an Orff Teacher Training Class this summer. Way to go! Summer Orff Training at NGCU Congratulations to those who completed the Orff Level I Training Class at North Georgia College and University: Laurel Martin, Brittany Butts, Jessica Weingart, Bill Gunnin, Juanita Bellavance, Scott Bishop, Holly Robbins, Erin Malone, Casie Groover, Kimberly Johnson, Emily Marder, Randy Taylor. Sessions were taught by Marilyn Humphreys, Judy Lasko, Beth Martinson, Susan Patterson. Thanks to Susan May and Dr. Andy David for their support. AOSA National Conference November 12-15, 2008 Charlotte, NC Visit www.aosa2.org for Call to Conference and more. President’s Message Greetings! I hope you had a relaxing summer and are ready for an exciting school year! We celebrated our 30^th year as a chapter last year and I can’t wait to see what our chapter will accomplish in the next 30 years. On behalf of the Atlanta Orff Chapter, I would like to personally invite you to our workshops this year. We have master teachers coming to Atlanta to share their knowledge with us. These educators include: Karen Medley, Penny Mahoney, Thom Borden and Chris Judah-Lauder. All of these clinicians will have us singing, dancing, smiling, and making beautiful music together! You won’t want to miss a single workshop! We are fortunate that the AOSA National Conference is close this year. (Charlotte, NC is only 4-5 hours from Atlanta!) I would like to challenge all chapter members to invite a friend to National Conference this year make a road trip out of it! We all know that once you attend one National Conference, you will go every year! There are many extraordinary clinicians this year and you will not be disappointed. Visit www.aosa2.org and register online!! Our most exciting event happening this year is our own Atlanta Area Honor Orff Ensemble will be performing at National Conference on Saturday, November 15^th at 2:00 p.m. Vicky Knowles has done an incredible job organizing this event. Thank you, Vicky! If you are going to Charlotte, please plan on attending. Our students and teachers have worked very hard preparing for this event and we would love to see some friendly faces in the audience. Lastly, I would like to thank Tiffany English for serving as President of the Atlanta Area Orff Chapter the past two years. Her hard work and dedication is much appreciated. Most importantly, her excitement and enthusiasm towards sharing her knowledge of Orff- Schulwerk to college students has benefitted many future teachers. For that, I am very proud! Thank you, Tiffany! I am very excited about our chapter’s accomplishments these first 30 years! We have many great things in store for us this year. From professional growth opportunities to sponsoring the Honor Orff Ensemble to scholarships to presenting Introduction to Orff workshops at colleges and universities around the state, the Atlanta Chapter is growing and I am honored to serve as your president for the next two years! Thank you for giving your time and energy to promoting Orff-Schulwerk! See you September 20th! Karen Sperber, Atlanta Area Chapter President Past President's Farewell I can hardly believe that my term as the president of the Atlanta Area Chapter is at an end! The past 2 years have gone by so quickly and have been filled with so many great things for our chapter. I am honored that I have been able to contribute in a small way to the growth of the Atlanta chapter and I know that great things are ahead! The past 30 years of our chapter's development have shown what a talented group of teachers we have and the next 30 will only get better! I encourage all of you to look for a way that you can contribute to the chapter. Whether that is a board position, helping with set-up/hospitality, participating in Honor Chorus, attending the national conference, or whatever shape it may take, you will find that you will get much more out of being a part of such a dynamic group of educators than you can ever imagine. Atlanta is the best! I am happy to say that Karen Sperber will be stepping into the President's shoes. Karen is a strong leader, a phenomenal teacher, and is one of the most energetic people you will ever meet. She will do a great job taking the chapter to the next level of providing quality professional learning and opportunities for Georgia's music educators. Join me in saying congrats to Karen and hold on for a great workshop season this year! Tiffany English

Welcome to the Atlanta Area Chapter website!

The Atlanta Area Chapter of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association was chartered in 1978.

The purpose of the Atlanta Area Chapter of AOSA is the following:

To promote and encourage the philosophy of Carl Orff and to support its implementation.
To distribute information relevant to the activities and growth of Orff-Schulwerk.

We Believe…

Music is a living force vital to the education of every child.
The opportunity to create speech, movement, and music in an ordered framework should be made available to all children.
It is important to develop trained teachers and to inform parents and communities of this educational philosophy.

Atlanta Area Orff Chapter Workshop Series 2009-2010

September 19, 2009 - Deanna Stark
October 17, 2009 - Jos Wuytack
February 6, 2010 - Dena Byers
March 6, 2010 - Share Session
April 17, 2010 - Rhonda Tucker

More information will be coming over the summer.

Congratulations to Tiffany English!

She has been selected as the Region IV representative for AOSA! We appreciate all of Tiffany’s hard work for the Atlanta Orff Chapter and we know she will be an incredible representative for our Region. Tiffany will begin her 2 year term in September. Thanks for voting for her!

Orff Notes - Winter 2009

Click here to view the winter newsletter.

Summer Orff Teacher Training at the University of Georgia

UGA is offering Levels 1 and 2 training on June 22-July 3, 2009. Kathleen Turner, Deanna Stark, Judith Beale are the instructors. Click here for brochure.

Summer Orff Teacher Training at North Georgia College and State University

NGCSU is offering Levels 1 and 2 training on July 6-17, 2009. Marilyn Humphreys, Beth Miller Martinson, Judy Lasko, and Susan Patterson are the instructors. Go to www.ngcsu.edu/ce/orff for more information.

Happy 30^th Anniversary!

The Atlanta Area Chapter of the American Orff Schulwerk Association celebrated its 30th anniversary in March with a wonderful day of memories and presentations by the chapter's Past Presidents. The day began with a processional (ala the banner roll call at the national conference) honoring the past presidents of the chapter. Each of these ladies was vital in the growth of the Atlanta chapter and has made the group as strong and vibrant as it is today. After participating in many wonderful lessons and activities, the chapter celebrated with birthday cake, birthday hats, and a congratulatory video from the AOSA Board of Trustees. It was a special day for reminiscing, catching up with friends, and celebrating all that the Atlanta Area chapter has accomplished over the past 30 years. –Tiffany English

Hospitality Committee

We need 6-8 people to volunteer to be a part of the Hospitality Committee. Duties include instrument and food set-up before each workshop. Committee members will need to report to workshops at 8:15 a.m. If we have many people, we will be able to rotate workshops so you would not have to be there early for every workshop. Email Katie Christenberry at kchristenberry@hotmail.com if you are interested.

Scholarship Recipients

Congratulations to our Atlanta Area Chapter Scholarship winners Amanda Lunde, Karen Sperber, Randall Terry, Laurel Martin, and Cindy Clark! Each winner completed an Orff Teacher Training Class this summer.
Way to go!

Summer Orff Training at NGCU

Congratulations to those who completed the Orff Level I Training Class at North Georgia College and University: Laurel Martin, Brittany Butts, Jessica Weingart, Bill Gunnin, Juanita Bellavance, Scott Bishop, Holly Robbins, Erin Malone, Casie Groover, Kimberly Johnson, Emily Marder, Randy Taylor. Sessions were taught by Marilyn Humphreys, Judy Lasko, Beth Martinson, Susan Patterson. Thanks to Susan May and Dr. Andy David for their support.

AOSA National Conference
November 12-15, 2008
Charlotte, NC

Visit www.aosa2.org for Call to Conference and more.

President’s Message

Greetings! I hope you had a relaxing summer and are ready for an exciting school year! We celebrated our 30^th year as a chapter last year and I can’t wait to see what our chapter will accomplish in the next 30 years. On behalf of the Atlanta Orff Chapter, I would like to personally invite you to our workshops this year. We have master teachers coming to Atlanta to share their knowledge with us. These educators include: Karen Medley, Penny Mahoney, Thom Borden and Chris Judah-Lauder. All of these clinicians will have us singing, dancing, smiling, and making beautiful music together! You won’t want to miss a single workshop!

We are fortunate that the AOSA National Conference is close this year. (Charlotte, NC is only 4-5 hours from Atlanta!) I would like to challenge all chapter members to invite a friend to National Conference this year make a road trip out of it! We all know that once you attend one National Conference, you will go every year! There are many extraordinary clinicians this year and you will not be disappointed. Visit www.aosa2.org and register online!!

Our most exciting event happening this year is our own Atlanta Area Honor Orff Ensemble will be performing at National Conference on Saturday, November 15^th at 2:00 p.m. Vicky Knowles has done an incredible job organizing this event. Thank you, Vicky! If you are going to Charlotte, please plan on attending. Our students and teachers have worked very hard preparing for this event and we would love to see some friendly faces in the audience.

Lastly, I would like to thank Tiffany English for serving as President of the Atlanta Area Orff Chapter the past two years. Her hard work and dedication is much appreciated. Most importantly, her excitement and enthusiasm towards sharing her knowledge of Orff- Schulwerk to college students has benefitted many future teachers. For that, I am very proud! Thank you, Tiffany!

I am very excited about our chapter’s accomplishments these first 30 years! We have many great things in store for us this year. From professional growth opportunities to sponsoring the Honor Orff Ensemble to scholarships to presenting Introduction to Orff workshops at colleges and universities around the state, the Atlanta Chapter is growing and I am honored to serve as your president for the next two years! Thank you for giving your time and energy to promoting Orff-Schulwerk!

See you September 20th!

Karen Sperber, Atlanta Area Chapter President

Past President's Farewell

I can hardly believe that my term as the president of the Atlanta Area Chapter is at an end! The past 2 years have gone by so quickly and have been filled with so many great things for our chapter. I am honored that I have been able to contribute in a small way to the growth of the Atlanta chapter and I know that great things are ahead! The past 30 years of our chapter's development have shown what a talented group of teachers we have and the next 30 will only get better! I encourage all of you to look for a way that you can contribute to the chapter. Whether that is a board position, helping with set-up/hospitality, participating in Honor Chorus, attending the national conference, or whatever shape it may take, you will find that you will get much more out of being a part of such a dynamic group of educators than you can ever imagine. Atlanta is the best!

I am happy to say that Karen Sperber will be stepping into the President's shoes. Karen is a strong leader, a phenomenal teacher, and is one of the most energetic people you will ever meet. She will do a great job taking the chapter to the next level of providing quality professional learning and opportunities for Georgia's music educators. Join me in saying congrats to Karen and hold on for a great workshop season this year!

Tiffany English