Mrs. Bramlett is an Orff-Schulwerk certified music teacher as well as an active member of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association (AOSA). Orff-Schulwerk is an internationally recognized music teaching method and certification. 

She received her certification after 3 consecutive years of summer professional development courses at Appalachian State University. She was instructed by Dr. Lisa Runner (left) and Dr. Maribeth Yoder-White (right). 

Orff-Schulwerk is a unique and child-centered approach to music education based on the teaching of Carl Orff and Gunild Keetman. It is a nationally and internationally recognized method of teaching children how to be and thinking like a musician through music, speech, movement, drama, and play. 

The philosophy of Orff-Schulwerk is providing structure and process to instill a creative environment to allow children to actively engage with music, experiment with music, critically think like musicians, and empower children to create independently and collaboratively.

If you would like to read more, please feel free to check out the American Orff-Schulwerk Association's website by clicking here!

Students are given clear structure and tools in the classroom to instill attributes of a musician. Learning the literacy of music is an element, but not all music is made to be. 

Music gives us insight into other cultures and a doorway into their world. Global music and dance introduces children to see different social expectations, structures, and values of other cultures to see that we might have differences but also are very similar. It not only helps them begin to discover the world is more than just their school or neighborhood, but how they as an individual find their place in the world. 

Students are taught global music in the classroom as well as music from their own region as a way to spark their curiosity and wonder of the world around them and find connections with people from other countries.