Events
Community Connections
B21BCome celebrate your communities identity through music! Sing, move, create, and empower student voice and choice while weaving literature and community elements into your classroom.
“At Play” and “In Motion”
B21CDiscover the magic of children “at play” and “in motion.” Explore the power of movement elements and other ideas including children’s literature to promote playful learning in the music classroom.
Processing Reader’s Theater Orff Style!
E10ABExplore improvisation, creativity, and arts integration through children’s literature and Reader’s Theatre, culminating in a performance that uses the Orff Schulwerk process to enrich storytelling through music, movement, and expression.
Reveling with the Schulwerk Through the Seasons
E11ABCTara Clayburn is the Lower School Music & Movement Teacher at The Potomac School in McLean, VA. She is a Teacher Educator for AOSA, and presents professional development workshops frequently. […]
Expanding Aural Ranges with Chord Changes
E10CDThis session focuses on activities that promote aural understanding of harmonic chord changes from four perspectives: Eurhythmics, Kodály, Orff Schulwerk, and Music Learning Theory. Teachers who are members of the […]
Advisory Board Meeting
E24ABThis meeting is for elected chapter officers and begins at 2:00 pm. Learn about how AOSA can support your chapter and network with other leaders.
Windows and Mirrors into a Japanese Tale
B21ADive into an old Japanese tale and come out with a new folk song and dance, along with fresh insights for teaching creative movement and sharing stories that aren't your […]
Drumming and Movement for Young and Special Needs Learners
B21BExplore inclusive drumming and movement activities that develop steady beat, cross-lateral coordination, and expressive storytelling through multisensory, brain-based strategies designed for young children and special needs learners.
Teaching Recorder & ‘Ukulele Together as Partners
B15ABCExperience active music making that combines recorder and ‘ukulele pedagogy with other Schulwerk media through a side-by-side curricular approach.
Modern Musical Traditions in New Orleans
E10ABThis session looks to move beyond black-and-white photos of New Orleans music and experience, create, and interact with the vibrant, authentic modern traditions.
Reveling with the Schulwerk Through the Seasons
E11ABCTara Clayburn is the Lower School Music & Movement Teacher at The Potomac School in McLean, VA. She is a Teacher Educator for AOSA, and presents professional development workshops frequently. […]
Welcome Ceremony featuring the Georgetown Day School Fifith Graders
Hall CGeorgetown Day School is located in Washington D.C. and Orff Schulwerk guides the music program. These students have two 45-minute general music classes per week for most of the school […]