Events
Building Community and Confidence in Musicians
Experience simple games and activities that strengthen student relationships and encourage students to take risks as leaders and improvisers. Download session notes
¡Vamos a jugar!
Learn songs and games from Latin America. Explore with limited instruments, playful experiences, and modern twists! Download session notes
Cracking the Extended Egg – No Repeat
Explore extended recorder techniques (SATB) creating bird calls, songs and sonate inspired by field recordings and Andean art. Download session notes
The Creative Choir
Explore ways to use Orff process teaching in the intermediate choral setting to create with choir students. Strategies for developing independent partwork and using melodic ostinato parts to create student-arranged pieces. Download session notes
Engaging Young Musicians Through the Seasons
Experience fall, winter and spring activities through singing, moving, instrument playing, dramatic play, and story books for your littlest musicians. Download session notes
Inspiring Student Creativity through Folk Dance
Build dance vocabulary through a purposeful sequence of folk dance experiences, culminating in the creation of an original folk-style dance. Download session notes
Unlocking Student Creativity Through Popular Music – No Repeat
Learn how to use popular music repertoire and structures to create engaging creative musical experiences for elementary-aged students. Download session notes
Orff Process in the Band Room – No Repeat
Explore practical strategies for incorporating the recorder with band instruments, student choice, and improvisation into band rehearsals. Download session notes
Time for Remembrance – No Repeat
Reflect and honor servant leaders of AOSA that have passed since the last conference.
The Treble Makers Orff Ensemble of Tully and Farmer Elementary School
The Treble Makers are a group of 4th and 5th grade musicians who practice before school to create, improvise, and perform music on percussion instruments. We are students from Tully and Farmer Elementary in Jefferson County Public Schools. we perform for our schools and community throughout the year. Download program
R.U. Ready for Change! – No Repeat
Experience some creative possibilities of the Rhythmische Ubung. Then make a new piece using R.U. excerpts for your students. Download session notes
Rainbows of Rounds, Songs of Science
Explore and create science-based music and movement from layered harmonies, melodies, rhythms, and textures of original, composed rounds. Download session notes