Events

BETSY GREENE

FIRST STEPS IN MUSIC WITH ORFF SCHULWERK: SING, SAY, DANCE, PLAY 

Experience classroom-ready activities for use in-person and/or remote learning which follow the eight-part workout from First Steps in Music with the Orff Schulwerk approach, while gaining a better understanding of how to integrate these two approaches. Learn how to lesson plan using First Steps in Music with Orff Schulwerk and to develop your own integrated activities to use in your teaching. Prior First Steps in Music and/or Orff Schulwerk experience and access to Orff instruments are not required. This course is applicable to elementary classroom music educators.

Required Text: First Steps in Music with Orff Schulwerk: Sing, Say, Dance, Play by Brandon, Greene, Grimsby, Knapp, Traanberg. GIA Publications: 2017; G-9355

Recommended Text: First Steps in Music for PreSchool and Beyond (revised edition 2020) by John M. Feierabend. GIA Publications: 2006; G-5880 

First Steps in Music with Orff Schulwerk – June 27 – June 30th

Monday – Wednesday 8 am – 4 pm; Thursday 8 am – 12 pm 24 PD Hours    Face to Face

Contact: Christa Kuebel NA       ckuebel1@uca.edu   

University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR – 201 Donaghey Ave, Conway, AK 72035

Workshop $375 before May 1; $425 after May 1  Please email before registering if interested in taking for graduate credit. Campus housing is available for an additional cost.  

BETSY GREENE

FIRST STEPS IN MUSIC CERTIFICATION COURSE – July 25-29, 2022

The First Steps in Music curriculum is designed to prepare children to become musical in by being Tuneful, Beatful, and Artful. First Steps in Music for Infants and Toddlers provides developmentally appropriate activities that are well suited for children under three years old with their caregivers. First Steps in Music for Preschool and Beyond provides activities for children as young as three but appropriate for any aged child that needs to further develop their tuneful, beatful, and artful abilities. Folk songs and rhymes as well as classical music are the primary source materials that are used to develop their musical minds and abilities. Created by Dr. John Feierabend, this pedagogical approach contains everything you need to lead a music class for preschool and early elementary students, including: Echo Songs, Call-and-Response Songs, Simple Songs, SongTales, Action Songs, Circle Games, Beat Motion Activities, and more. Ample time will be spent on exploring complete lesson plans for a three-year curriculum. Participants who successfully complete this course will receive an official certificate of completion from the Feierabend Association for Music Education.    

Recommended Text: First Steps in Music for PreSchool and Beyond (revised edition 2020) by John M. Feierabend. GIA Publications: 2006; G-5880  

Music-COMP              First Steps in Music Certification      

Betsy Greene  July 25-29th, 2022  8 am – 4 pm , Monday – Friday     

3 graduate credits or 45 hours          Face to Face    Music-COMP Summer PD     

Champlain Elementary School, 80 Pine Street, Burlington, Vermont 05408

Matt LaRocca  802 373 0730  matt@music-comp.org         

https://music-comp.org/professional-development/