Workshops

Orff 101
September 20, 2008
9:00 am - 12 noon
*FREE WORKSHOP*

Where: The Catlin Gabel School (Barn)

Who should come? Anyone who would like to know more about this creative, child-centered approach to music education developed by Carl Orff and Gunild Keetman.
Are you a student teacher? A newcomer to Portland? Familiar with Orff but hoping to get a "jump" on the new year?
ORFF 101 is for you! Come and get hands-on experience with pitched and non-pitched instruments, learn mallet techniques, sing songs, play games and receive information on the history and uniqueness of the Orff approach. POSA Board members are the instructors, bringing both local and national experience as clinicians to this practical, active and fun workshop.

Handouts will be included.

Jacque Schrader - October 11, 2008
Weaving a Story: Start to Finish
9:00 to 3:00
Registration and coffee at 8:30 am
Where: The Catlin Gabel School (Barn)

    Orff Schulwerk teachers have long known the value of stories both in the classroom and on the stage. What is unique to us, perhaps, is our desire to develop what happens in the classroom into a larger production. This workshop will model some ways to do that that. Combining traditional and composed speech, elemental music, a very clear movement sequence, and even a bit of humor, this workshop will bring stories alive!   It is appropriate for teachers of grades 1-6. Please wear comfortable clothes and bring a soprano recorder!

    Jacqueline Schrader currently teaches music and movement to children in pre-school through age 13 at the Key School in Annapolis, MD. Additionally, she is the Pre-School and Lower School Orff Schulwerk Coordinator. Her 5th grade children were featured at the AOSA Conference in Philadelphia.

    For the last 20 summers she has been helping to train Orff Schulwerk teachers from around the world. She is currently the movement teacher at the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul Minnesota, where she received three levels of Orff training as well as a master class. She also teaches           Level II Ensemble at George Mason University in Virginia and at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

    In l983, she was given the NJMEA Master Teacher Award. She was the youngest recipient in the history of the award. In l984 she was given the NJ Governor’s Award for Excellence in Arts Education. She served on the AOSA Board of Trustees from1995-2000.
A highly sought after, internationally known clinician, Jacque spent the spring semester of l999 studying on a scholarship at the Orff Institute, Salzburg. Jacque has presented workshops at 12 AOSA Conferences and at AOSA chapters in 28 states. She has taught in Taiwan, and in the summer of 2001 she was sponsored by the Carl Orff Foundation and AOSA to teach at the first international Orff course in Nitra, Slovakia. Since then, she taught at the international courses in Krackow, Poland, Strobl, Austria and Bejiing China.

Anne Green Gilbert - February 21, 2009
Learning Through Movement: Brain-Compatible Teaching
9:00 to 3:00
Registration and coffee at 8:30 am
Where: The Catlin Gabel School (Barn)