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2010-2011 Workshops
Fees,
Registration, Times and Location
The fees for workshops are as follows:
- $60 for the entire series for Atlanta
Area Chapter members.
- $20 for individual workshops (9-1).
- $5 for full-time undergraduate students
(cash only).
To
register for workshops and/or to become a member, click on
Membership/Registration.
All
of the workshops will be held at:
Providence Christian Academy
4575 Lawrenceville Highway
Lilburn, GA 30047
770-279-7200
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here for a printer-friendly version of the workshop location.
2011-2012 Workshops Series
September 24, 2011 – 9am-1pm
“Inspiration for Integration”
Judy Sills
This
workshop uses poetry and picture books as springboards for
integration activities combining music, speech, drama and dance and
visual arts along with Language arts, science and social studies.
Judy will introduce exciting and successful strategies for engaging
elementary students in integration projects combining arts and
academics.
October 22, 2011 – 9am-1pm
“Recorder in the Orff
Schulwerk Classroom:
From Exploration
to Improvisation”
Amy Fenton
Believe it or not, teaching beginning recorder can be fun for all!
In this workshop, participants will explore recorder experiences
from the beginning stages through improvisation. We’ll begin with
strategies for exploring the recorder. Blowing, breathing, and
sound games lead to the basics of recorder in a playful way. Once
the basics are in place, we quickly move on and integrate the
recorder with the other Orff media. We’ll also explore ways to
encourage improvisation. Please bring soprano and alto recorders,
and be ready to sing, say, dance and play!
February 4, 2012 – 9am-1pm
“Schulwerk Springboards”
BethAnn Hepburn
Re-discover your elemental spirit through multiple creative
inspiration points! Speak, Sing, Move, and Play your way through
lessons inspired from many creative springboards! We will explore a
day of lessons with clear music concepts at their core, that spring
from many inspiration points: Move your students with
eurhythmics to build a foundation for strong ensemble skills.
Sing to start your creative pathway, Speak
with expression as the impetus to building musicianship and
compositions. Play ensemble pieces created through
movement.
March
10, 2012 – 9am-1pm
“Atlanta Area Chapter Share Session”
Members who attended the
November National Conference in Pittsburgh, PA will share some of
their favorite activities and ideas from conference sessions. Also,
chapter scholarship winners will present a favorite activity from
their summer training course. *Members will be able to bring a guest
for free to this workshop! Look for details in the Winter 2012
Orff Notes.
April 21, 2012 - 9am-1pm
“Assessment
for Learning in the Music Class”
Brian Burnett
This
workshop presents a practical assessment strategy to help students
develop music skills. Rubric design, grading criteria, and self
evaluation are key tools to help students reflect on their learning.
Clinicians
Judy
Sills
(B.Mus.
University of Alberta, Master Level Orff, Memphis, Level III Orff in
French, Graduate Diploma in Education) has recently retired as
Department Head of Music from a K – 12 Performing and Visual Arts
School in Edmonton. She has instructed Levels I,II and III Orff
courses at several universities in Canada and the US. She has more
than 35 years of choral and Orff directing experience at school and
district levels. Judy has presented many Orff workshops across
Canada, the United States, Hong Kong and South Africa. Her Orff
Ensembles have performed at eight National Conferences. Judy was
founding president of the Alberta Chapter of Music for Children and
served twelve years on the National Executive of Carl Orff Canada.
She has also served on various other music executives at the local,
provincial and national levels. She was awarded the City of Edmonton
Arts Achievement award in 1995 for her efforts in promoting music
education in Edmonton and across Alberta. She was made an Honorary
Life member of the Alberta Orff Chapter in 1997 and an honorary life
member of the National Association of Carl Orff Canada in 2004. She
was nominated as a YWCA Woman of Distinction in 2006. She co-chaired
the 20th National Conference of Carl Orff Canada in April
of 2008. Judy presently serves on the board of Opera Nuova.
Amy
Fenton
has been
teaching music for 16 years and currently teaches grades K-5 in
Haslett, Michigan. She holds a Master’s Degree in Educational
Leadership, a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance (with a minor
in Flute), and Post-Baccalaureate Certification in Music Education.
Amy has completed Orff Schulwerk certification and Master Class. She
is a recorder teacher for AOSA Teacher Education courses. Amy has
just completed service on the AOSA National Board of Trustees as
Region VI Representative.
BethAnn
Hepburn,
M.A.M.E University of St. Thomas, MN. teaches 4-6th grade music
in Streetsboro, Ohio. She teaches Orff Schulwerk courses at
Villanova University, and Trinity University. She presents music
workshops across the US, China and Singapore. She teaches music
methods courses at Cleveland State University and the University of
Akron. BethAnn is the past PD Chair for the Ohio MEA and has served
on the AOSA National Board of Trustees. BethAnn has SIRI level I (State
Institute for Reading Instruction) in Ohio. She is the General
Music Consultant for Music Is Elementary.
Brian
Burnett
teaches
elemental music, K-6 in the Rossford Schools near Toledo, Ohio. His
Master’s thesis was titled Creativity in the General Music Class.
In that research he discovered the Orff approach to music
education. Burnett now teaches professional development courses and
assessment workshops across the country. His work has been
published in Macmillan/McGraw-Hill’s Share the Music and
Spotlight On Music. Brian served as a National Conference Chair
for the 2009 American Orff-Schulwerk Association Professional
Development Conference in Milwaukee and continues to support the
conference committee.
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