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
It’s Not Long
Lesson idea using a piece for hand drums. PDF only
The Syncopated Clock
Active listening lesson idea based on music by Leroy Anderson. PDF only
Who’s That Tapping at the Window?
Lesson idea using rhythmic improvisation. PDF only
Recorder Corner: An Eclectic Beginning
Ideas for beginning recorder students. PDF only
Joggin’ Along
Lesson idea based on a folk song; encourages hearing and responding to simple harmonic and rhythmic changes. PDF only
Sharing Traditions: A Beginning and an End
Lesson idea sharing an idea for creating a student composed song to begin and end school performances. PDF only
Traveling
Lesson idea based on compound meter. PDF only
The Cuckoo and the Eggs
Lesson idea to encourage vocal improvisation. PDF only
A Great Hullabaloo
Lesson idea based on a poem. PDF only
Canons from Tossi Aaron
Two canons shared by Tossi Aaron: “Laugh Ha, Ha” and “We Welcome.” PDF only
Conference Closing Session Songs
Three songs from the Closing Session for the 2001 AOSA Professional Development Conference in Cincinnati, OH: “Dance for the Nations,” “Sing and Dance,” and “Dona Nobis Pacem.” PDF only
Starting the Year
Songs for the start of the school year. PDF only