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Mary Lou Richardson
Orff for Adults: Swing-En* V *The official title of our class, as listed in the OASIS catalog, is “Swing Ensemble for Pitched Percussion.” My abbreviation for us is Swing-En – a good name for these episodes. A New Beginning The cancellation of classes in the fall of 2000 proved a blessing. Time was needed to REsuscitate,…
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Swing-En* IV *(The official title of our class, as listed in the OASIS catalog, is “Swing Ensemble for Pitched Percussion.” My abbreviation for us is Swing-En – a good name for these episodes.) September, 1999 . . . the very first Orff class with senior adults. Armed with a terrific set of goals and objectives…
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Swing-En* III *(The official title of our class, as listed in the OASIS catalog, is “Swing Ensemble for Pitched Percussion.” My abbreviation for us is Swing-En – a good name for these episodes.) In the fall of 1999, I was hired to teach Orff for Adults. My new employer was not a school district, but…
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Swing-En* II (The official title of our class, as listed in the OASIS catalog, is “Swing Ensemble for Pitched Percussion.” My abbreviation for us is Swing-En – a good name for these episodes.) D-Day arrived! A demonstration class for the residents of the retirement community where our sessions are held. What we hoped to show…
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Swing-En: Today was the second-last rehearsal before the spring program. It began for me, as it does for countless Orff specialists everywhere, with setting up instruments, distributing mallets, selecting needed non-pitched percussion instruments . . . and a sense of excitement! Class members arrived. Conversations reached forte and even became a bit staccato. Rehearsal began…
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