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, May 1972
Articles in this issue include:
- Getting Started
- Creative Approach to Notation
- Orff and the Classroom Teacher
- Poetry and Movement
- Experiments with Movement, Sound, and Notation
The Orff Echo, February 1972
Articles in this issue include:
- Gestalt and the String Quartet
- Orff with the Retarded
- The Arts Center-Phase II
The Orff Echo, November 1971
Articles in this issue include:
- Orff, Laban, and Montessori Combined in Early Childhood Project
- Orff Goes to School or “Why Didn’t Somebody Tell Us Music Could Be Like This?”
- Orff-Schulwerk and Church Music
- “Music is so much Fun This Way”
- How the Orff Xylophone Was Born
- Movement as a Form of Expression;
- Daniel Hellden at Memphis
- Reviews (including Elementaria, Rhythmische Übung, and the Julliard Repertory Library)
The Orff Echo, June 1971
Articles in this issue include:
- Orff With an English Accent
- On Being Simple Minded
- A Psychologist Looks at Orff
The Orff Echo, February 1971
Articles in this issue include:
- Movement, Rhythm, and Dance
- General Remarks (From Wilhelm Keller’s Introduction to Music for Children)
The Orff Echo, November 1970
Articles in this issue include:
- Why does Orff Work?
- Yes-But… A Parable
- Apologia for Orff-Schulwerk
- The Bookshelf
The Orff Echo, June 1970
Articles in this issue include:
- Orff with the Perceptually Handicapped Child
- The Preschooler Discovers Music
- Instituting Movement with Children
- Let Us Sing and Play with Joy!
The Orff Echo, February 1970
Articles in this issue include:
- Gunild Keetman’s Contribution to the Schulwerk
- Improvisation: Key to Orff Schulwerk
- Let Children Move
- Recorder Improvisation and Technique
The Orff Echo, November 1969
Articles in this issue include:
- President’s message: On Adaptation of Orff-Schulwerk
- Orff With Adults; Editorial-Creativity
- A Comparative Study of the Orff and Regular Methods of Music Instruction in Jefferson County, Colorado
- On the care of Orff Instruments:
The Orff Echo, June 1969
Articles in this issue include:
- Creative Play-Acting with Children
- Orff in the Inner City
- Music with a Difference
- Extending Musical Activities in the Classroom Through the Use of Orff Concepts
- Reading and Rhythm: Metric Language
- Orff and Junior High Percussion
- Supplementary Instruments/Strings;
The Orff Echo, February 1969
Articles in this issue include:
- Adapting Orff to the Music Series
- Editorial: Creativity and Performance
- An Action Song
- Reminders from Margaret Murray
- Suggestions from Joe Matthesius (Using instruments)
- Concerning Mallets
The Orff Echo, November 1968
Volume 1, Number 1 issue of The Orff Echo. In addition to news about the new American Orff Schulwerk Association, there is a short article by Margaret Murray about working with pentatonic scales.