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2018-2019 Workshops

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WORKSHOP DETAILS
Time: 9am-3pm 
   (lunch break noon-1pm)
Registration begins at 8:30am

Location:
Workshops are held at the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul Campus in the Brady Education Center Auditorium.

Parking:
Parking is FREE in the surface lot in front of Binz (the building next to Brady Educational Center).  This is also known as LOT O and can be accessed via Cretin and Grand Ave.  You may also park in the Anderson ramp off Cretin and Grand for $1.50 an hour.  For a detailed campus map, click here (http://www.stthomas.edu/media/campusmaps/stpaul2Dalpha.pdf) or call 651-962-PARK (7275) for more information.

WORKSHOP COST
Single Workshop
Single Workshop        $40
Retired Members        $10
Undergrad Students    $0 (with id)

WORKSHOP PACKAGE DEAL:
(includes 4 workshops, MNOrff membership, and 1 guest pass)
AOSA Member             $80
Non-AOSA Member     $90

Thom Borden - "Treasures of Literacy:  Using Rhythm and Rhyme to Process Music Concepts"
​September 15, 2018

Description: Children's literature and familiar rhymes and rhythms are the tools used to lead students through the music concepts in our classroom.  Additional teaching suggestions that include folk songs, movement and selections from the volumes allow for improvisation and creativity as teaching suggestions are provided within the lesson

Biography: Thom Borden has a B.S. in Music Education and an M.A. in Education with a concentration in Curriculum and Instruction focused in Reading.  He completed Orff Levels at UNLV and an Orff Master Level at the University of Memphis under Jos Wuytak.  Advanced studies include music and movement in Paris as well as Kodaly training and certification through CSU with Sr. Lorna Zemke.  He is past-president of the Greater Chicago Orff Chapter and has presented at numerous AOSA and OAKE Conferences.  He has presented in Australia, Canada, and China and presents at Orff and Kodaly chapters across the United States each year.  Currently teaching PreK-5, Thom served as the AOSA Diversity Committee Chair and has published Orff arrangements in the McGraw-Hill series, Spotlight on Music and Music Studio.  He has published materials on using manipulatives in the music classroom and using children's literature to address music concepts and skills.

Diana Hawley - "The Innovative Orff Classroom"
October 13, 2018
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Description: As music educators we aspire to facilitate meaningful musical experiences for our students in order to develop their capacity as performers, creators, thinkers, and members of a community. For decades, we have utilized the Orff Schulwerk approach in our classrooms as a basis for these meaningful experiences, incorporating children's inherent curiosity, musicality and love of play into active classroom participation as music-makers.  Now let's consider how the tools of the Schulwerk can be used in the 2018 classroom, inviting reflection on student needs, teaching practice, musicality, and innovation in the music classroom. How can we push beyond the status quo? In our time together, teachers will explore these topics while experiencing models of process for engaging students in meaningful music making..

Bio: Diana Hawley teaches Kindergarten through sixth grade music and supports teachers as an Instructional Strategist in Innovation in the Iowa City Community School District. She holds a BA in Music and Sociology/Anthropology from St. Olaf College and an MA in Education from the University of St. Thomas. Before moving to Iowa, she taught in St. Paul, MN and at International School Bangkok in Thailand. In 2014, Diana received a Barbara Potter Scholarship from the American Orff-Schulwerk Association to attend the International Summer Course at the Orff Institute in Salzburg, Austria. Working closely with Jane Frazee and several contributors, Diana co-edited and authored Artful-Playful-Mindful in Action: Orff-Schulwerk Classroom Projects for a New Generation of Learners. In 2017, Diana taught Orff Schulwerk curriculum courses in St. Louis, Philadelphia and St. Paul.

Chapter Share at MMEA Clinic with KCM - "Sharing together"
February 16, 2019 - 9am-12:00






Paul Weller - "Elemental Music - Doing More with Less"
​April 6, 2019

Description: This workshop will primarily focus on how a well sequenced Orff classroom can achieve music literacy based concepts and foster greater student independence using only the bare minimum of repertoire. Come see how you can sequence a single song or rhyme from Kindergarten through Grade 5 and keep growing musical understanding.  Participants will also experience strategies to create successful improvisation and composition experiences.

Bio: Paul Weller teaches elemental music to grades K-5 at Jefferson Elementary School in Blaine, MN. He earned a B.A from St. Olaf College, M.A. in Education from Saint Mary’s University and Orff-Schulwerk certification from University of St. Thomas. He has taught workshops both locally and nationally, serves on the Minnesota Orff board, and is an Orff Schulwerk Level I & II teacher trainer. Paul enjoys spending time with his family, reading, and cooking. In his free time you can find him at the local tea shop or library.