Workshops

Atlanta Area Chapter American Orff-Schulwerk Association

Home Workshops Membership/Registration Board Members Video Library	2009-2010 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. $3 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 are from 9am - 1pm and will be held at: Providence Christian Academy 4575 Lawrenceville Highway Lilburn, GA 30047 770-279-7200 Click here for a printer-friendly version of the workshop location. 2009-2010 Workshops Series September 19, 2009 "The Orff Classroom Through the Year" - Dr. Deanna Stark This workshop will send you home with songs, dances and lessons that can be used throughout the school year. October 17, 2009 "Orff – Fan – Fun" - Jos Wuytack This workshop will focus on process and explore through different examples how the cognitive process(analytic and technical) demands a kinesthetic reaction, which emotionally is charged by visual associations. November 11-14, 2009 "Great Lakes, Great Traditions" The National AOSA Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. February 6, 2010 "Step by Step Putting it Together" - Dena Byers Using the Orff media, participants will explore in and create engaging activities for students to be used as teaching tools in the classroom and performance pieces. March 6, 2010 "Atlanta Area Chapter Sharing" Members who attended the November National Conference in Milwaukee, WI will share some of their favorite activities and ideas from conference sessions. April 17, 2010 "Blast into the Elements with Children’s Literature and Orff-Schulwerk – Take Two" - Rhonda Tucker This workshop will highlight a collection of songs, children’s literature, and poetry with an Orff approach. Clinicians Dr. Deanna Stark holds a Master’s Degree in Orff-Schulwerk and a PH.D. in Historical Musicology from the University of Memphis. Certified in all three levels of Orff-Schulwerk, Deanna is an active workshop clinician, composer, and has conducted certification courses and workshops throughout the southeast and Midwest. Jos Wuytack, born in Gent, Belgium in 1935, is one of the world's foremost authorities on the Orff philosophy of music education. He holds degrees in composition, piano, organ, and pedagogy and has taught music pedagogy at learning institutions in multiple countries. In an effort to promote the active and creative approach to music education, based on the principles of Carl Orff, Professor Wuytack has given exemplary teacher training courses in 40 different countries. In 1996 he reached the incredible hallmark of having instructed 1000 courses in six different languages. Numerous publications and compositions in the Orff style bear his name, including the Flemish and French editions of the Schulwerk and two volumes of Musica Viva. His most recent publications include books of children's songs with actions, which he has published in six different languages. In recognition of his worldwide work in the Orff approach, he was the recipient of the "Pro Merito" Award from the Carl Orff Foundation in Munich. Dena Byers is an elementary music specialist in Durham, NC and Associate Conductor of the Durham Children’s Choir. She holds Level III Orff Schulwerk Certification from the UNLV and completed her Master Level Orff Schulwerk class with Jos Wuytak at the University of Memphis. She received Level 3 certification from the Creating Artistry Program with Henry Leck, Artistic Director and Founder of the Indianapolis Children’s Choir. A National Board Certified teacher since 2005, Dena has presented workshops at the AOSA National Conferences in San Jose and Milwaukee as well as for Orff chapters across the country. She served as a Region IV Representative on the AOSA National Board of Trustees from 2006-2009. Dena will be teaching Level I Movement and Recorder at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point in the summer of 2009. Additionally she has conducted several all-county honors choruses in North Carolina. Rhonda Tucker currently serves as music specialist at Vickery Creek Elementary School in Forsyth Co. Prior to teaching in Georgia, Rhonda taught in Alabama for 25 years. She holds a BME degree from Birmingham-Southern College and an MME from Samford University. Ms. Tucker received Orff-Schulwerk certification from Samford University, Master Class and the AOSA Apprenticeship Program from Memphis State, as well as National Board Certification. Rhonda has taught Levels courses at Samford University and Cobb County, GA. She has presented workshops throughout the United States in Orff and musical theatre.

2009-2010 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.
$3 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 are from 9am - 1pm and will be held at:

Providence Christian Academy
4575 Lawrenceville Highway
Lilburn, GA 30047
770-279-7200

Click here for a printer-friendly version of the workshop location.

2009-2010 Workshops Series

September 19, 2009
"The Orff Classroom Through the Year" - Dr. Deanna Stark

This workshop will send you home with songs, dances and lessons that can be used throughout the school year.

October 17, 2009
"Orff – Fan – Fun" - Jos Wuytack

This workshop will focus on process and explore through different examples how the cognitive process(analytic and technical) demands a kinesthetic reaction, which emotionally is charged by visual associations.

November 11-14, 2009
"Great Lakes, Great Traditions"

The National AOSA Conference in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

February 6, 2010
"Step by Step Putting it Together" - Dena Byers

Using the Orff media, participants will explore in and create engaging activities for students to be used as teaching tools in the classroom and performance pieces.

March 6, 2010
"Atlanta Area Chapter Sharing"

Members who attended the November National Conference in Milwaukee, WI will share some of their favorite activities and ideas from conference sessions.

April 17, 2010
"Blast into the Elements with Children’s Literature and Orff-Schulwerk – Take Two" - Rhonda Tucker

This workshop will highlight a collection of songs, children’s literature, and poetry with an Orff approach.

Clinicians

Dr. Deanna Stark holds a Master’s Degree in Orff-Schulwerk and a PH.D. in Historical Musicology from the University of Memphis. Certified in all three levels of Orff-Schulwerk, Deanna is an active workshop clinician, composer, and has conducted certification courses and workshops throughout the southeast and Midwest.

Jos Wuytack, born in Gent, Belgium in 1935, is one of the world's foremost authorities on the Orff philosophy of music education. He holds degrees in composition, piano, organ, and pedagogy and has taught music pedagogy at learning institutions in multiple countries. In an effort to promote the active and creative approach to music education, based on the principles of Carl Orff, Professor Wuytack has given exemplary teacher training courses in 40 different countries. In 1996 he reached the incredible hallmark of having instructed 1000 courses in six different languages. Numerous publications and compositions in the Orff style bear his name, including the Flemish and French editions of the Schulwerk and two volumes of Musica Viva. His most recent publications include books of children's songs with actions, which he has published in six different languages. In recognition of his worldwide work in the Orff approach, he was the recipient of the "Pro Merito" Award from the Carl Orff Foundation in Munich.

Dena Byers is an elementary music specialist in Durham, NC and Associate Conductor of the Durham Children’s Choir. She holds Level III Orff Schulwerk Certification from the UNLV and completed her Master Level Orff Schulwerk class with Jos Wuytak at the University of Memphis. She received Level 3 certification from the Creating Artistry Program with Henry Leck, Artistic Director and Founder of the Indianapolis Children’s Choir. A National Board Certified teacher since 2005, Dena has presented workshops at the AOSA National Conferences in San Jose and Milwaukee as well as for Orff chapters across the country. She served as a Region IV Representative on the AOSA National Board of Trustees from 2006-2009. Dena will be teaching Level I Movement and Recorder at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point in the summer of 2009. Additionally she has conducted several all-county honors choruses in North Carolina.

Rhonda Tucker currently serves as music specialist at Vickery Creek Elementary School in Forsyth Co. Prior to teaching in Georgia, Rhonda taught in Alabama for 25 years. She holds a BME degree from Birmingham-Southern College and an MME from Samford University. Ms. Tucker received Orff-Schulwerk certification from Samford University, Master Class and the AOSA Apprenticeship Program from Memphis State, as well as National Board Certification. Rhonda has taught Levels courses at Samford University and Cobb County, GA. She has presented workshops throughout the United States in Orff and musical theatre.

February 6, 2010 "Step by Step Putting it Together" - Dena Byers

February 6, 2010
"Step by Step Putting it Together" - Dena Byers