Teaching With Orff

We loved meeting so many of you at Passages 2026 in Halifax! Thank you for sharing your joy, your stories, and your passion for teaching with us.
Until we meet again - sending much love from all of us at Teaching With Orff / Studio 49! 💜🎶

Do you ever feel unsure about how to turn Orff Schulwerk primary sources into engaging, student-centered lessons? You’re definitely not alone - and we’re here to help!

Join us on Zoom Wednesday, May 6th at 7 PM CT for our next webinar led by Brent Geyer and Scott Roether.

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In this session, we’ll dig into the Rhythmische Übung and uncover the creative potential inside these foundational materials. You’ll discover how even the simplest rhythmic ideas can spark complex and joyful learning experiences your students will love.

✨ Ready-to-use lesson materials from the RU, created for and used with Brent and Scott’s students

✨ Inspiration for turning primary sources into your own engaging material for your students

✨ Creative ways to weave together literature, body percussion, and instruments to deepen student understanding

✨ Strategies to nurture both musical skills and creativity through improvisation and composition

You’ll leave feeling empowered, inspired, and ready to use primary sources as a springboard for meaningful music-making in your classroom!

Need a burst of creativity before spring break? Join us for our next webinar on March 10th! Fractured Fairy Tales delivers playful, story-based Orff Schulwerk lessons that reimagine classic tales through movement, mallets, and song.

🏰 Gain ready-to-teach Orff Schulwerk lessons centered on fractured fairy tales

🏰 Receive detailed lesson notes and teaching sequences

🏰 Explore creative mallet, movement, speech, and vocal activities

🏰 Learn strategies for storytelling as a framework for elemental music-making

🏰 Develop ideas for scaffolding and adapting lessons for multiple grade levels

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❄️ In this engaging 90-minute session, Drue will share how a beloved children’s story, playful movement, and simple sound ideas can blossom into joyful, student-created elemental music and movement experiences. You’ll leave with practical inspiration you can use right away with your students.
❄️ Jeaneau will explore how movement, found sounds, artwork, and imagination can come together to build meaningful connections, impactful lessons, and the kind of core memories students carry with them long after they leave your classroom.
❄️ You’ll get all of the downloadable materials and a recording to watch as your schedule allows.
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Are you feeling daunted by December and looking for ready-to-go lessons to keep your class engaged until winter break?

Join us Tuesday December 9th for a session designed to reignite joy and imagination in your elementary music classroom!

We know it's a busy season, so if you can't attend live, your registration also includes the recording to watch as your schedule allows.

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We loved meeting so many of you at the AOSA national conference! Thank you for playing with us and for all the hugs, smiles, and great ideas to help us continue supporting you and your important work. Until we meet again – sending much love from all of us in the Teaching With Orff / Studio 49 booth!
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Harvest some musical goodness for your students!

This week's Reverberations article features a reprint from The Orff Echo, Fall 1988, and includes a collection of harvest themed resources. Included are selections from Music for Children, folk songs, speech play about apples, nursery rhymes, and Japanese haiku. There is something for all ages; harvest the materials that best serve the needs of your students.

Log in to read! https://aosa.org/resource/music-for-the-harvest-season/

TWO has pledged to pay for a local workshop for any first time local chapter attendee who attends this webinar!!

Get Excited, AOSA! We are teaming up with our friends at Teaching With Orff to offer a webinar that will dive into the magical world of Orff Schulwerk, where music education becomes a playground of creativity and discovery!

Whether you're a music specialist, classroom teacher, or arts educator, this webinar will equip you with practical strategies to enhance student engagement and learn about the incredible Orff Schulwerk community. Get ready to explore, create, and play as we unlock the foundations of this internationally celebrated approach to music and movement education.

Tell all your friends! Get them to sign up and attend! Introductions to the Schulwerk like this can make the difference to bring new members into our workshops and communities!! TWO has pledged to pay for a local workshop for any first time local chapter attendee who attends this webinar.

https://teachingwithorff.mykajabi.com/jump-into-joy