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BETH ANN HEPBURN
Pathways to Process Saturday, September 7th 2019 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Sheridan Elementary School, Bloomington Re-discover your elemental spirit through multiple creative Pathways! Speak, Sing, Move, and Play your way through lessons inspired from many creative Pathways. 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. Lessons will be appropriate for grades K-5. _____________________________________________________________ BETH ANN HEPBURN teaches 4th-6th graders at Henry Defer Intermediate School in Streetsboro, Ohio. She has the designation of Master Teacher with the Ohio Department of Education. She is an endorsed teacher education instructor for the American Orff-Schulwerk Association and is on faculty of Orff certification courses at Trinity University in Texas, Villanova University, and the University of Hawai’i. BethAnn is a regular presenter for Orff chapters throughout the United States, and has trained teachers in China and Singapore. She is the past Professional Development chair for AOSA, and General Music Professional Development Chair for the Ohio Music Education Association. |
SAM CRUZ &
MARY LEA CLARK Using Orff-Schulwerk to Support SLOs and PPGs Saturday, October 12th 2019 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Millikin University, Decatur Banquet Room 3rd floor University Commons Everybody knows about SLOs and PPGs, but did you know you can meet those expectations using Orff-Schulwerk strategies? Participate in authentic assessment examples for rhythm building block activities, Orff volume materials, children's literature connections and folk dances. Rubrics and SLO/PPG examples provided, and concert programming examples will be given. ________________________________________________________ MARY LEA CLARK
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ERIKA BRIDGE
Keeping the P.L.A.Y. in the Schulwerk - Incorporating Games, Literature, and Movement into the Orff Process! Saturday, March 7th 2020 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Bloomington/Normal Area - Location TBD Want to incorporate more literature and creative play in your lessons? Need ideas on how to include authentic assessment into the process? Then come ready to work with all the Orff media to sing, say, dance and play in a purposeful way! Bring a soprano recorder if you have one! ____________________________________________________________ ERIKA BRIDGE teaches K-5 music in East Lansing, MI, and is in her 12th year of teaching. She has her Masters in Choral Conducting from Central Michigan University, and has completed Level I, II, III, and Masterclass in Orff Schulwerk. She is a regular local, state and national presenter for AOSA, and is honored to be presenting in Canada for the first time! She recently published an article in the Michigan Music Educators state journal on Authentic Assessments in the Orff Process (Spring 2017) and is passionate about creating a spiraled and integrated curriculum. She is a certified Level I Pedagogy Teacher for AOSA and is a past member of the AOSA National Technology Subcommittee. She lives in Okemos, MI with her two children, Juliet and Henry. |
DR. CHET-YENG LOONG
"Ni hao and Aloha!” Saturday, March 28th 2020 9:00 am - 1:00 pm University of Illinois Orchestra Rehearsal Room Production Floor 2 _____________________________________________________________ Join us for a workshop filled with Chinese and Hawaiian children’s music! Learn Chinese singing games, chants, and simple dances and experience Aloha spirit and values through mele (music), hula, and `ukulele. See how classroom instruments can be adapted to resemble instruments of China and learn `ukulele accompanying techniques while singing Hawaiian songs. Wear comfortable clothing and bring your `ukulele! Dr. Chet-Yeng Loong, a native Malaysian Chinese and former public school music teacher in Malaysia, is a professor at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and the president of the Hawai‘i Music Education Association. Certified in both Kodály and Orff Schulwerk, she is the author of “Ni hao! Sing and chant your way to China!” and “Let's Play `Ukulele E Ho`okani `Ukulele Kākou! |
