The Orff Echo is the national, peer-reviewed quarterly journal and philosophical voice of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association. Our mission is to demonstrate the value of Orff Schulwerk and promote its widespread use; to support the professional development of our members; and to inspire and advocate for the creative potential of all learners. Non-members may contact the editor for information.
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List of Orff Echo Articles
The Orff Echo, Summer 1991
Articles in this issue include:
- Gunild Keetman: A Biography
- Keetman: Vignettes, Memories, Thoughts
- Teaching From Models: Rhythm
- Guest Editorial: On Sharing Who We Are
- Focus on Research: Asking the Right Questions
- Americana Day: Children Who Learn by Teaching
- Finding a Story to Tell
Here Comes a Bumblebee
Canon from the “Canon Corner” of the contents page in the Summer 1991 issue of The Orff Echo.
The Orff Echo, Spring 1991
Articles in this issue include:
- On Celebrating the Life of Gunild Keetman
- Music Composition with Young Children
- For the Classroom: A Packet of Pleasantly Pungently Proverbs
- Editorial: “Song of Peace”
- Creative Play Acting with Young Children
- Living with Instruments
‘Round and ‘Round the Earth is Turning
3-part canon from the “Canon Corner” section of the contents page of the Spring 1992 issue of The Orff Echo. Shared with permission from Libana.
Don’t Throw Your Trash
A traditional melody in triple meter with text by Tossi Aaron reminds us to recycle. Shared in the “Canon Corner” section of the contents page in the Winter 1991 issue of The Orff Echo.
Three Canons
These canons are shared by Sol Webber in a 1991 Echo article about organizing a group to sing rounds.
The Orff Echo, Winter 1991
Articles in this issue include:
- New York Nights of the Round Table
- Orff Schulwerk: A Continuing Heritage
- Salzburg: Symbol of Unity and Diversity
- Poets and Composers Meet
- Focus on Research: A Description of an Orff Schulwerk Program of Music Education
- Editorial: On Principles
- For the Classroom: “Dobbin, Dobbin”
The Orff Echo, Fall 1990
Articles in this issue include:
- Sam and His Singing Saw: An Interview with Sam Arnold
- Opera and Orff: A Creative Synergy
- Guest Editorial: The Philosophy of Orff Schulwerk
- Classic Inspirations for Movement
- The Copyright Law: Public Domain
- Step it Down Uncle Jesse
- What is the Suzuki Method
- For the Classroom: One Potato, Two Potato
Great Tom is Cast
Canon from the “Canon Corner” on the contents page of the Fall 1990 issue of The Orff Echo.
Sweet the Evening Air of May
Canon from the “Canon Corner” section of the contents page in the Summer 1990 issue of The Orff Echo.
The Orff Echo, Summer 1990
Articles in this issue include:
- Savannah Children SCORE a Success
- Question Upon Question: A Quest for Orff Schulwerk
- Whole Language, Whole Child, Whole Music
- Copyright Corner; Guest Editorial: On Transformations
- Learning to Read: Developing Auditory Discrimination Through Orff Schulwerk Process
- My Friend “Notes”
Little Jack Horner Canon
3-part canon from the “Canon Corner” section of the contents page in the Spring 1990 issue of The Orff Echo.
The Orff Echo, Spring. 1990
Focus on Folk Music – Articles in this issue include:
- A Consideration of Traditional; Parents in the Classroom
- You Can Play Percussion Instruments
- Hesperus and Crossover
- Eceletic is Not a Four-Letter Word
- Orff Schulwerk as an Expression of Freedom
- Picture Books Inspired by Folk Songs
- Simplifying the Documentation
- What is the Alexander Technique?
Star Light, Star Bright
6-part canon from the “Canon Corner” section of the contents page in the Winter 1990 issue of The Orff Echo.
The Orff Echo Winter 1990
Articles in this issue include:
- Children in Museums
- Exploring Recorder Models
- Dance and Imagination: The Creative Arts Process
- Does Schulwerk Work with Junior High Students?
- The American Pocket Theater or How to Make Stone Soup
Die Blumen und des Laub (The Flowers and Leaves)
Canon from the “Canon Corner” on the contents page of the Fall 1989 issue of The Orff Echo