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
Ostinato: It’s Worth Repeating
Part of the “Lessons from our Luminaries” series, this article shares what some AOSA pioneers have to say about “ostinato.” It covers general classroom applications as well as speech, movement, ostinati in jazz, rock and other genres, and the use of pattern in music around the world.
Everybody’s Welcome! Starting the Year with Little Ones
An experienced Orff Schulwerk teacher shares a model for how to structure early childhood music classes at the start of a school year. This model will work all year long as the teacher expands upon this foundation to set children up for success using the Orff process with a focus on the needs of these young children.
Game Masters: Let Students Shape Performances
Learn how one teacher uses student input, children’s literature, and the Orff Schulwerk Volumes to create student performances and meet teaching objectives.
Music with a Difference
It is not pressure but release in creative work that our children desperately need…A good rule is to teach nothing that deserves less than life long remembering. These are the wise words of AOSA founder Isabel McNeill Carley. Her advice from years ago is very fitting for the start of any new school year. (Reprint of an article from the Summer 1969 issue of The Orff Echo)
Places, People!
Starting Music Class From a Movement Teacher’s Perspective
Two movement teachers share student-tested teaching strategies for beginning a music class. Their examples of classroom management from the moment the children start a class offer a model for all music classrooms.
Building a Classroom Instrumentarium
This article shares how a teacher built a classroom instrumentarium from practically nothing in less than a year and at very low cost.
Orff Schulwerk is for Grown-ups Too!
What happens when OS teachers dive into composing and creating for their own performances? This article shares ideas to inspire other teachers to do what the kids do…but with adult skills.
Becoming…An Orff Schulwerk Teacher in Process
Making the transition from a band teacher to a classroom music teacher was a challenge. Ten years after attending her first AOSA Professional Development Conference, the author shares how she has continued to grow professionally by attending the conference year after year.
Conference Videos: Looking Back at 2023 in Albuquerque
Annotated set of videos from the 2023 AOSA Professional Development
Conference in Albuquerque, NM. Most videos also include session notes.
Together We Grow! 2024 Professional Development Conference
Plan now to attend the 2024 AOSA Professional Development Conference, November 13-16, in Des Moines, IA. This article shares exciting program details plus information on hotels, travel, and more.
Puppetry and the Orff Process
An article from a 1978 issue of the Orff Echo models how puppets and Orff process combine for creative play and performance. Includes links for making and using simple puppets.