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Erin Clevenger
Orff Level I – Day 6 This weekend I realized that I have not spent much time, if any, talking about my recorder class and I really want to share some of the things I’ve been learning from Brian Burnett. Almost immediately I learned that he likes to use big words and has very…
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Orff Level I – Day 5 In college when asked the difference between the Dalcroze, Kodaly, and Orff methods of elementary music teaching, I always went to a very concise definition: Dalcroze is movement based, Kodaly is singing based, and Orff is instrument based. Now that I am learning more about Orff-Schulwerk, I know what…
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Orff Level I – Day 4 Time and time again this week, I keep being reminded of just how engaging and active an elementary music lesson should be. I know that my students have been sitting and listening to me talk too much this year because they were off-task very frequently which was overwhelming and…
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Orff Level I – Day 3 When I found out I was going to be blogging about my experience in the Orff Level I class, I asked some of my friends that teach elementary school what questions they had about Orff-Schulwerk. The question I heard time and time again was: How much does it cost…
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Orff Level I – Day 2 As Day 2 comes to a close, I find that I am slowly gaining a better understanding of what Orff Schulwerk is and, even more importantly, how to implement it on my own after the class is over. I especially enjoy the repetition of the Orff process while also…
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Orff Level I – Day 1 What I Expected To Happen Today I was thinking today would start like most classes of my higher education career: the professor hands you a syllabus, reads the syllabus to you as if you are illiterate and somehow managed to get into the class anyway, and then talks about…
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