Reverberations: Teachers Teaching Teachers is a weekly, online publication available to members that publishes models of best practice from Orff Schulwerk classrooms in the form of lesson ideas, student-tested teaching strategies, articles related to classroom applications, and more.
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List of Reverberations Articles
OPUS – Urban by Choice
OPUS: Orff Programs in Urban Schools was a column in Reverberations from 2006-2010.
Papagayo: The Mischief Maker
Lesson idea based on a picture book by Gerald McDermott. PDF only
Recorder Corner: Take a Solo! All of You!
Planning opportunities for students to play by themselves. PDF only
Who’s That Tapping at My Window?
Lesson idea to introduce half-notes. PDF only
Kitchen Band Adventure
Lesson idea with exploration of found sound. PDF only
Fuzzy Wuzzy
Lesson idea to facilitate mallet technique on barred instruments. PDF only
Recorder Corner: Kids Can Improvise
Strategies to facilitate recorder improvisation. PDF only
Leading a Middle School Drum Circle
Lesson idea that models drum circle strategies. PDF only
Using Instruments in an “Additive” American Folk Song
Lesson idea based on “Cat Goes Fiddle-i-Fee.” PDF only
The Incredible 6/8 Store
Lesson idea to introduce 6/8 time signature and related notation. PDF only
Exploring a Traditional Poem
Lesson idea based on rhythmic text. PDF only
A Spanish Folk Song in 5/4
Lesson idea based on a Spanish folk song: Baile de Pandero. PDF only