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Kansas Orff Chapter workshops are open to anyone interested in learning about the Orff Schulwerk approach. You do not need Orff Schulwerk certification or experience to attend any of our workshops! Each workshop is designed to provide participants with the opportunity to engage in the learning activities. Detailed notes are provided so attendees can participate without worrying about taking notes.
Kansas Orff Chapter workshops are open to anyone interested in learning about the Orff Schulwerk approach. You do not need Orff Schulwerk certification or experience to attend any of our workshops! Each workshop is designed to provide participants with the opportunity to engage in the learning activities. Detailed notes are provided so attendees can participate without worrying about taking notes.
Our workshop "year" begins with a 2-day late July or early August workshop and ends with the April workshop.
Graduate credit is available through Baker University. Workshop participants can receive one hour of graduate credit by attending the two day Orff-n-Running workshop in late July. One hour of graduate credit is also available for participates who attend BOTH the October and January workshops.
Student teachers, first year teachers, and retired teachers are FREE!
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
Orff-N-Running
July 24th-25th, 2026
9:00am-4:00pm (hour for lunch) both days *lunch not provided*
Horizon Elementary School
7210 Chouteau Street, Shawnee, KS. 66227
From Play to Performance: A Musical Road Trip
Pack your bags for a hands-on Orff-Schulwerk journey where playful musical ideas grow into meaningful performances. Participants will explore how games, chants, movement, and simple compositions can be expanded into rich classroom pieces while “traveling” across the United States through music and storytelling.
Rob DelGaudio is a composer and elementary music educator based in the New York City area.. He holds a B.M. and M.M. from Manhattan School of Music and Hofstra University and has completed Orff Levels training at Hofstra University, Villanova University, and George Mason University.
As the creator of Music With Mr. DelGaudio, a YouTube channel with over 20,000 subscribers, Rob shares original songs and engaging lesson ideas for music educators. He is also a graduate of the prestigious BMI Musical Theatre Writing Program and serves as the creative director of his own theater company, Pancake Productions.
Beyond his work in music education and theater, Rob leads the Tarrytown Ukulele Jam and is the author of Music, a Barnes & Noble exclusive book.
KOC Shirts available to purchase: will be handed out at Orff-n-Running
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Katie Grace Miller
October 3, 2026
9:00am-1:00pm
McClean Science and Technology School
2277 Marigold Lane, Wichita, KS 67204
Poems, Props, and Play
Classrooms of diverse learners always have one thing in common, they are filled with kids that love to play! This session will be filled with memorable lessons that will teach students music standards that will be retained through the rhythm of poetry, the magic of props and the joy of play.
Katie Grace Miller is an elementary school music teacher in Orange County in Orlando, Florida. She began teaching in 2005 and currently teaches at Lake George Elementary School. She received her bachelor’s degree in Music Education from the University of South Florida and received her masters degree in Teacher Leadership with a focus on curriculum development from the University of Central Florida. She has her Orff Level 3 certification. She teaches before and after-school musical groups named "Lake George Jammers” for 3rd-5th graders and directs a school musical each year. The Lake George Jammers have performed all over Orlando at community events, conferences and sports games and were a featured concert group at the Florida Music Educators Association in 2023. She was named Teacher of the Year in 2008 and 2020. She was named an Alumni of Note from her alma mater University of South Florida in 2022. Katie Grace was also named the Elementary Music Educator of the Year from the Florida Music Educators Association in 2025. Also in 2025, she was named a semifinalist for the Grammy Music Educator of the year. She has presented clinics to music teachers all over the country and has conducted various all county choirs and Orff groups in the state of Florida. She published the book “Get to the Point” with her aunt, Artie Almeida and has 5 published teacher resources of her own. She is a content contributor to the curriculum Musicplay Online and also co-conducts the children’s choir at First Presbyterian Church of Orlando. Katie enjoys singing and spending time with her husband Jesse, her 2 children, Jackson and Emily and basset hounds, Calvin and Hobbes.
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