My boss at camp wants me to include some rhythm sticks as part of the music activities (I'm a music counselor for 4 more weeks...day camp 3-11 year olds ( Read more... )

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Hello all,

I have created a new community for music teachers called  musicteachers .  If you teach music, please come join!  It is a forum for sharing lesson plans, giving advice, telling stories.  Thanks!

Hey, I had my first day of Orff level one today. It was awesome!!!! It really seems like this whole thing is going to be material that I can take back and use in the classroom, aka all practical application. What I am wondering the most right now is this: why don't they have this in colleges for regular undergrads? This seems like the kind of ( Read more... )

Hi, my name is Esther and I am a general music teacher in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This summer I will be doing my Orff Level 1 certification and I'm really excited about it! I teach grades K, 1st and 2nd, it's an 80% gig but I think it's great. I have had some informal Orff ideas during my college education, and have observed Orff trained teachers ( Read more... )

When will I be able to see this fantastic Opera?
Will I have to put it on myself? I'd love to! But it's so huge!
I found the Karajan (?) version on vinyl a little while back, and I've listened to it three or four times since. I'd say it's Orff's best.

Who here has heard it? Let's talk!

I just saw School of Rock... so great! Maybe we should tell Jack Black about Orff Schulwerk....

My name is Justin Taylor; people on livejournal know me as pianojet. I am an Orff-Schulwerk specialized music educator at The Young School, a private school in Columbia, Maryland. I personally have had an LJ account for many months now, but was taken aback when I tried to find Orff-interested users or communities and found very little! I think this is ( Read more... )