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Session 1A: Friday, May 3rd, 8:30 - 9:45am
Session 5A: Saturday, May 4th, 10:45am - 12:00pm
Location: Library 321
Presenter: Doug Goodkin
The Humanitarian Musician
When we play, sing and dance together, we enjoy one of the most powerful ways for people
to connect with each other. However, such humanitarian feeling doesn’t always continue
once off of the bandstand. This workshop will look at ways that we can carry the
communion we feel when making music further into the greater community.
*Included in Video Resource
Session 1B: Friday, May 3rd, 8:30 - 9:45am
Session 2B: Friday, May 3rd 1:00 - 2:15pm
Location: Library 322
Presenter: Sherryl Sewepagaham
Indigenous Land-Based Approaches to Orff-Schulwerk in the Elementary Music Classroom
Join Cree-Dene music educator, Sherryl Sewepagaham, in an interactive workshop where she will introduce elementary music teachers to Indigenous music and Orff-based activities. With land as her teacher, Sherryl will guide teachers in exploring Indigenous music in Canada from coast to coast and being in closer relationship with land.
Session 1C: Friday, May 3rd, 8:30 - 9:45am
Location: Arbutus Theatre
Presenter: Bethany Elsworth
On a Rocket Ship
“On a Rocket Ship” allows us to be explorers in time and place with the aid of the Orff-Schulwerk . This session takes us on a playful journey using the voice, body, and sound. Be prepared to step in and enjoy the ride that creative dance has to offer.
Session 1D: Friday, May 3rd, 8:30 - 9:45 am
Location: Fir 110
Presenter: Ghyslain Egglefield
The Books of the Orff Schulwerk and You: Musical and Creative Inspiration for the Music Class
The Orff-Schulwerk Music for Children volumes and Gunild Keetman's books are a source of inspiration that stimulate the creativity of students and teachers. The participants explore insights from these volumes while delving into the processes to make these pieces accessible to students of all ages.
*This session will be in French
Session 1E: Friday, May 3rd, 8:30 - 9:45am
Session 4E: Saturday, May 4th, 8:45 - 10:00am
Location: Fir 112
Presenter: Angela Kasper
With Humbleness, Curiosity, Respect, and Courage: Sharing World Music in a Choral Setting, Session 1
Through the use of culture bearers and our own research, participants in this session will explore approaches to finding and sharing world music with their choirs. Specific pieces will be taught using techniques that improve chorister musicianship skills while honoring the musical and cultural traditions represented in each song.
*Included in Video Resource
Session 1F: Friday, May 3rd, 8:30 - 9:45am
Location: Fir 119
Presenters: Allison Tipler and Deb Ziolkoski
Playful Arts and Learning at the Circus
Join Kai and the very grumpy Ringmaster at this mindful journey to the Circus. Be inspired to share music, creative movement, and literature with your PreK-2 classes. This unit is part of the innovative Playful Arts and Learning Program (PAL). Participants receive visuals and online audio/video instructional files.
*Included in Video Resource
Session 1G: Friday, May 3rd, 8:30 - 9:45am
Session 6G: Saturday, May 4th, 1:15 - 2:30
Location: Fir 113
Presenter: Dawn Muir
Jungle Drums
Launch off Graeme Base’s beloved Jungle Drums story into singing, dancing and drumming together. This is a complete little unit you can take into your music room on Monday.
*Included in Video Resource
Session 1H: Friday, May 3rd, 8:30 - 9:45am
Session 6H: Saturday, May 4th, 1:15 - 2:30pm
Location: Arbutus 117
Presenter: Diane Shieron
Let's Sing, Move and Play Today - Grades 1, 2, 3
An active participation session using speech, ostinato, word substitution, singing, moving, rhythm and beat, form, and appropriate Orff Orchestration for students in Grades 1, 2 , 3 with a focus on what, why and how we teach these activities to our students.
*Included in Video Resource
Session 2A: Friday, May 3rd, 1:00 - 2:15
Location: Fir 119
Presenter: Heather Nail
The Great Orff Mash Up! Using Popular Music to Unlock Student Creativity
Far from frivolous, adding pop songs to your repertoire will cover concepts of beat, rhythm, meter, form, ostinato, improvisation and composition. This session will feature fun, familiar pieces, and with a quick analysis of form, we can add body percussion, stick patterns or even shoes to create ostinato that will have your students asking for more!
*Included in Video Resource
Session 2C: Friday, May 3rd, 1:00 - 2:15pm
Location: Arbutus 001
Presenter: Jewel Casselman
Learn to Love Teaching Kindergarten Music!
Come out and experience some tried and true activities, songs, stories, and games to use in your Kindergarten music classroom. Whether you are a first-year or experienced teacher, this session will provide fun ways to keep your students engaged in music and use on Monday morning.
*Included in Video Resource
Session 2D: Friday, May 3rd, 1:00 - 2:15pm
Location: Fir 110
Presenters: Chantal Dubois and Ghyslain Egglefied
Four Musical Portraits to Celebrate Black Identity
Respect, rejoicing and recognition of black identity through four contrasting musical activities: Rap, Blues, African-American playing and Afro-Haitian cultural heritage, all according to the Orff-Schulwerk.
In this session, we will interpret, invent and appreciate - having fun with the components of musical hearing, rhythm-speech, singing, instrumentation, acting and movement.
*This session will be in French
*Included in Video Resource
Session 2E: Friday, May 3rd, 1:00 - 2:15pm
Location: Fir 112
Session 6C: Saturday, May 4th, 1:15am - 2:30pm
Location: Arbutus Theatre
Presenter: Laurel Nikolai
Playful Pathways: Suspending Disbelief to Inspire Creative Movement for the Young at Heart
Enter the world of play in early childhood music programs. Create a fantasy world for your students by bringing narratives to life with the whole body and brain! Engage in meaningful movement activities that build movement vocabulary and concepts while suspending disbelief.
*Included in Video Resource
Session 2F: Friday, May 3rd, 1:00 - 2:15pm
Session 6A: Saturday, May 4th, 1:00 - 2:15pm
Location: Library 321
Presenters: Roger Sams and Beth Ann Hepburn
Playing with Possibility: Exploring Diverse Learning Pathways Offered by Quality Literature
Any piece of literature presents any number of concepts and skills for exploration, practice, and creativity. Possibility management can be challenging. Experience lessons that set up daily success and elevate your vantage point and look at the big ideas. Are your classroom choices reflective of your values? Let’s explore together.
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Session 2G: Friday, May 3rd, 1:00 - 2:15pm
Location: Fir 113
Presenter: Dr. Kofi Gbolonyo
Orff Afrique Gyil: The Ghanaian Traditional Xylophone and Orff Schulwerk
What is the connection between the Ghanaian gyil (xylophone) and the Orff Instrumentarium (xylophone)? This session takes practical approaches to the history of the Orff xylophone. It will involve a full hands-on experience in traditional and contemporary gyil music for children with drumming, percussion, and dance accompaniment.
Session 2H: May 3rd, 1:00 - 2:15pm
Location: Arbutus 117
Presenter: Catherine West
Singing in the Rain!
Catherine co-developed this creative and flexible unit with the Kuné Global Music Orchestra, as a
mix of song, dance, drumming and Orff featuring rain songs from Iran and Brazil. She will share
her experience of piloting the materials, adding an indigenous perspective. A thorough handout
provides options for K-8 programs.
*Included in Video Resource
Session 3A: Friday, May 3rd, 2:45 - 4:00pm
Location: Library 321
Session 4B: Saturday, May 4th, 8:45 - 10:00am
Location: Library 322
Presenter: Josh Southard
The Études of Children’s Literature
This session will illustrate the many possibilities of incorporating children’s books into the elementary music classroom. Participants will discover ways to apply children’s literature through Imitation, Exploration, Improvisation, and Composition. Participants will be encouraged to take processes taught in this session and use them with their favorite books and lessons.
*Included in Video Resource
Session 3B: Friday, May 3rd, 2:45 - 4:00pm
Location: Library 322
Presenter: Bethany Elsworth
It Fell From The Sky
“It Fell From The Sky” is a whimsical story by Terry and Eric Fan. It describes the wonderous world we live in and allows exploration of the Orff-Schulwerk. Join me on a journey of discovery as we sing, move, and create, through the pages of this playful book.
Session 3C: Friday, May 3rd, 2:45 - 4:00pm
Location: Arbutus 001
Presenter: Lu Horta
Body Sounds Part 1
This course aims to stimulate the possibilities of expression and musical creation using singing and body percussion. The richness of body sounds will be recognized through the exploration of melodic and rhythmic gestures. Rhythm and vocal activities help balance metabolism, harmonize breathing, regulate sleep and improve concentration. Thus creating a musical path of self-knowledge and strengthening of the “me”. In the song and the pulsation of the body, a new voice reveals itself and can project itself into the world. The foundations of this experience are found in the concepts and practices of the Desvendar da Voz school, using the Barbatuques body percussion method and the Bertazzo method of movement education.
*This session will be in French but accessible to English speakers
*Included in Video Resource
Session 3D: Friday, May 3rd, 2:45 - 4:00pm
Location: Fir 110
Presenter: Doug Goodkin
Jazz, Joy and Justice
Using children's games, movement, speech, body percussion and simple jazz arrangements
for Orff ensemble, we will play our way to understanding what makes jazz jazz and how to
improvise in various styles. Those who play band instruments should bring them to add to
the ensemble. Drawing from Doug’s newly-published book Jazz, Joy and Justice, we will
look at ways to include social justice issues in the context of jazz study.
*Included in Video Resource
Session 3E: Friday, May 3rd, 2:45 - 4:00pm
Session 6E: Saturday, May 4th, 1:15am - 2:30pm
Location: Fir 112
Presenter: Dr. Adam Con
World Music: An Inclusive Approach to Representation and Inclusion
Embark on a transformative musical odyssey where constellations of diverse rhythms and melodies converge, weaving a tapestry of connectedness within the vast ecosystem of world music. In this empowering session, let the harmonies of hope guide you, igniting a fire within to fearlessly navigate the uncharted territories of world music and keep moving forward with renewed inspiration.
*Included in Video Resource
Session 3F: Friday, May 3rd, 2:45 - 4:00pm
Location: Fir 119
Presenter: Marcelline Moody
Creativity, Musicianship, Improvisation
how to encourage students to compose their own pieces.
Composing with graphics
Using “found” sounds,
Using Rudolph Laban’s basic definitions of the different qualities of movement to create accompanying sounds and contrasting pieces
Writing in specific forms, such as
Q and A
Rondo
ABA
A “hands-on” and a “take-risks” workshop.
*Included in Video Resource
Session 3G: Friday, May 3rd, 2:45 - 4:00pm
Session 5G: Saturday, May 4th, 10:45am - 12:00pm
Location: Fir 113
Presenter: Dr. Kofi Gbolonyo
Orff Afrique West African Children’s Games with Movement and Songs
This session will involve analysis and performance of African games and songs (mostly from West Africa), including clapping games, cup or stone passing games and songs, birthday name games and songs, and other multi-linguistic movement games and songs. Sessions will involve hand-on interaction, demonstration, participatory, vocal, instrumental and movement process.
Session 3H: Friday, May 3rd, 2:45 - 4:00pm
Location: Arbutus 117
Presenter: Beth Ann Hepburn
The Creative Touch
This session will use manipulative items to inspire elemental creations. Explore objects hands-on to inspire rhythm building bricks and phrases to develop larger ensembles. The lessons will be focused on both primary and upper elementary classroom lessons. Join us and put creative ideas right in the palms of your hands!
*Included in Video Resource
Session 4A: Saturday, May 4th, 8:45am - 10:00am
Location: Library 321
Presenter: Heather Nail
Diving Into Orff: Using the Volumes as a Springboard for Student Creation
Dive in! The volumes are fine! There’s great musical material to explore in these treasured books, but without a map, it’s easy to feel adrift. This session will provide participants with ways to use these pieces, allowing opportunities for deep discoveries. Speech, body percussion, singing and instruments will be featured in this active, inspiring session.
*Included in Video Resource
Session 4C: Saturday, May 4th, 8:45 - 10:00am
Session 5C: Saturday, May 4th, 10:45am - 12:00pm
Location: Arbutus 001
Presenter: Catherine West
Orff to the Stars!
This flexible multi-media workshop explores the constellations through movement, singing, playing, and improvising. Using our bodies, hands and voices we will create a final performance that reflects different ways of knowing under the heavens we all share. A full handout provides further resources for adapting to different teaching situations.
*Included in Video Resource
Session 4D: Saturday, May 4th, 8:45 - 10:00am
Location: Fir 110
Presenters: Joyce Holoboff and Kerry Heisler
MusicPlay: Dance, Sing and Play Around the World
Enrich your music classes with dances, singing games,instrument fun and songs from around the world. In this session you will move, sing, listen, and play songs that your students will really enjoy. These classroom tested activities will teach many concepts and skills and will be a rich cultural experience for your students.
Session 4G: Saturday, May 4th, 8:45 - 10:00am
Location: Fir 113
Presenter: Lu Horta
Body Sounds Part 2
This course aims to stimulate the possibilities of expression and musical creation using singing and body percussion. The richness of body sounds will be recognized through the exploration of melodic and rhythmic gestures melodic and rhythmic. Rhythm and vocal activities help balance metabolism, harmonize breathing, regulate sleep and improve concentration. Thus creating a musical path of self-knowledge and strengthening of the “me”. In the song and the pulsation of the body, a new voice reveals itself and can project itself into the world. The foundations of this experience are found in the concepts and practices of the Desvendar da Voz school, using the body percussion method
Barbatuques and the Bertazzo method of movement education.
*This session will be in French but accessible to English speakers
*included in Video Resource
Session 4H: Saturday, May 4th, 8:45 - 10:00am
Location: Arbutus 117
Presenters: Allison Tipler and Susan Njeri
FUN with Music ‘n Yoga Adventure to the Great Rift Valley in Kenya, Africa
Be prepared to move on this active journey embracing Kenyan culture. Participants will: learn songs from Kenya, create music in the Orff way and experience mindfulness techniques, equipped with lesson plans, a visual presentation, and online digital audio/video files. No prior movement experience is required.
*Included in Video Resource
Session 5B: Saturday, May 4th, 10:45am - 12:00pm
Session 6B: Saturday, May 4th, 1:15 - 2:30pm
Location: Library 322
Presenter: Aimee Curtis Pfitzner
Singing, Waters, Dancing Flames, Music and the Elements
The elemental possibilities of Wind, Water, Earth, and Fire hold great musical possibilities for elemental play. Unearth these musical treasures with a plethora of playful experiences that are child centered and artistic. We will sing, move, and play our way together as we discover the beauty of our Earth.
*Included in Video Resource
Session 5D: Saturday, May 4th, 10:45am - 12:00pm
Location: Fir 110
Presenter: Chantal Dubois
Destination Discovery Part 1
Invitation to discover the magnificent musical and cultural treasures of our beautiful planet. Superb musical journey transporting us from one continent to another through songs, simple instrumentation and musical games. Colors specific to each region studied, comforting and bewitching atmospheres, all according to the Orff Schulwerk and its universal approach.
*This session will be in French
*Included in Video Resource
Session 5E: Saturday, May 4th, 10:45am - 12:00pm
Location: Fir 112
Presenter: Angela Kasper
With Humbleness, Curiosity, Respect, and Courage: Sharing World Music in a Choral Setting, Session 2
Through the use of culture bearers and our own research, participants in this session will explore approaches to finding and sharing world music with their choirs. Specific pieces (different from those presented in session 1) will be taught using techniques that improve chorister musicianship skills while honoring the musical and cultural traditions represented in each song.
Session 5F: Saturday, May 4th, 10:45am - 12:00pm
Location: Fir 119
Presenter: Marcelline Moody
Reach for the Spheres – beginning Alto Recorder and expanding range and repertoire
This workshop will introduce the Alto recorder, offer duet work with soprano, and offer ensemble work with SATB if there is a full range. Some dance may be included.
Bring Alto and Soprano recorders, and others if you have them and wear comfortable clothing.
Orff instruments may be incorporated.
*Included in Video Resource
Session 5H: Saturday, May 4th, 10:45am - 12:00pm
Location: Arbutus 117
Presenter: Dawn Muir
Explorations on the Beach
Explore the Orff Instrumentarium with songs, stories, and rhythms from the sunny shores of
Jamaica.
*Included in Video Resource
Session 6D: Saturday, May 4th, 1:15 - 2:30pm
Location: Fir 110
Presenter: Chantal Dubois
Destination Discovery Part 2
Invitation to discover the magnificent musical and cultural treasures of our beautiful planet. Superb musical journey transporting us from one continent to another through songs, simple instrumentation and musical games. Colors specific to each region studied, comforting and bewitching atmospheres, all according to the Orff Schulwerk and its universal approach.
*This session will be in French
*Included in Video Resource
Session 6F: Saturday, May 4th, 1:15 - 2:30pm
Location: Fir 119
Presenter: Jewel Casselman
Improvising and Composing with the Soprano Recorder
If you are nervous about improvising and composing with your students, then this session is for you! Come and learn how to make it fun, engaging and a positive experience for both you and your students. Please bring a soprano recorder and a writing utensil.
*Included in Video Resource
Session 7A: Saturday, May 4th, 3:00 - 4:15pm
Location: Library 321
Presenter: Josh Southard
Everyone Can Improvise!
Teaching improvisation can be a challenge! This session will explore several techniques to guide your students of all ages to improvise. From exploration to Question/Answer, and using various media of the Schulwerk, participants will learn tricks to lead students to skilled improvisation.
*Included in Video Resource
Session 7B: Saturday, May 4th, 3:00 - 4:15pm
Location: Library 322
Presenter: Dr. Adam Con
Come Back to Yourself: Mindfulness for Music Educators
In the constellation of your teaching journey, when exhaustion takes hold, seek renewal, come to this session, and rediscover your essence. Embrace mindfulness, restoring balance, igniting creativity, and fostering a harmonious connection with your inner being. Remember, self-care enriches the lives of your students, like stars illuminating the night sky.
Session 7C: Saturday, May 4th, 3:00 - 4:15pm
Location: Arbutus 001
Presenter: Aimee Curtis Pfitzner
Dancing in the Moonlight: Favorite Folk Dances
Come join in the fun while we move and groove to some favorite folk dances from around the world. Get ready to dance in the dark with some fun glow-in-the-dark props!
*Included in Video Resource
Session 7D: Saturday, May 4th, 3:00 - 4:15pm
Location: Fir 110
Presenter: Doug Goodkinn
Play, Sing & Dance
This workshop is designed specifically for ALL Levels Instructors or those who have completed
Level III and are considering becoming a Levels Instructor. The session will look at the essential materials, activities, and pedagogy appropriate for Level I students. We’ll look at how to
sequence, balance and integrate games, percussion, folk dance, movement activities, small
percussion, recorder and Orff instrument ensemble.
*Included in Video Resource
Session 7E: Saturday, May 4th, 3:00 - 4:15pm
Location: Fir 112
Presenter: Roger Sams
Schulwerk for Your Soul
Orff Schulwerk media and processes, combined with Gestalt-based self-awareness exercises offer space to nurture what is best and most beautiful within. Soul work combined with the Schulwerk offers infinite possibilities for deep exploration of your essence through artistry. This workshop is designed to nurture YOU! Sing and dance your soul.
Session 7F: Saturday, May 4th, 3:00 - 4:15pm
Location: Fir 119
Presenter: Monica Dear
We Know Some Basic Chords, Next Steps on the Ukulele
Explore chord progressions, strumming patterns, ostinati, note reading, picking, improvising, and singing in harmony. Work through lessons featuring repertoire that Monica has arranged for budding musicians. Gather ideas and inspiration for building and creating your own arrangements for use in the classroom and beyond.
*Included in Video Resource
Session 7G: Saturday, May 4th, 3:00 - 4:15pm
Location: Fir 113
Presenter: Louise Raymond
Dynamic Drum Circle and Rhythm Activities
Using over 30 traditional drums and other percussion instruments from around the world, participants will learn how to drum, conduct rhythm games, teach songs in four languages, body percussions, and dance. When you are part of a drum circle, you are part of something bigger than yourself! You will acquire new instruction methods and the necessary tools to encourage children to explore the intersection of music and rhythm.
*This session will be biligual: in French and English
*Included in Video Resource
Session 7H: Saturday, May 4th, 3:00 - 4:15pm
Location: Arbutus 117
Presenter: Diane Shieron
Let's Sing, Move and Play Today - Grades 4, 5, 6
Active participation using speech, singing, movement, recorder and Orff accompaniments for students in Grades 4, 5, 6. Please bring a Soprano Recorder if you play.
*Included in Video Resource
Session 8: Sunday, May 5th, 9:15 - 11:15am
Closing Session
Location: Cafeteria
Presenter: Margaret Inglis
Shining Together
Come together for the closing session to celebrate and acknowledge what we've learned until we meet again. Margaret Inglis will lead participants through music and movement to connect all that we have experienced through Constellation 2024.
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