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Grants & Scholarships >> Shields-Gillespie

The following guidelines have been established to assist applicants who are seeking a Shields-Gillespie Scholarship.

• The funds may be used for training, instruments and other special creative projects that are associated with Orff Schulwerk and that will benefit the music education of children.

• The applicant must be actively involved in teaching preschool and/or kindergarten students of low-income populations.

• The applicant must demonstrate strong motivation to study and use music, particularly the Orff Schulwerk approach, in early childhood education.

• Applicant must demonstrate personal financial need, if the funds are to be used for training.

• Applicant must present evidence that the proposed training, instruments, or project will benefit a low-income population.

• The applicant must be a current member of AOSA and must have been an AOSA member in good standing for one year prior to making application for the grant.

• The funds may be used for training, instruments, or other special creative projects that The applicant MUST be a citizen of the United States of America OR must have resided in the United States of America for the past five years.

Shields-Gillespie Scholarship application (MS Word document)  (PDF)

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The American Orff-Schulwerk Association is a professional organization dedicated to the creative teaching approach developed by Carl Orff and Gunild Keetman. We are united by our belief that music and movement – to speak, sing and play; to listen and understand; to move and create – should be an active and joyful experience.