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Workshops 16-17

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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

Rene Boyer - "Let's Rock it! An Urban Twist on the Schulwerk"
September 24th, 2016
Description:
This session is designed to provide Orff teachers with lessons and materials that have a more contemporary feel. Speech activities, movement ideas, songs, recorder, and instrumental pieces will be designed using rap, hip-hop, and the blues. 

Bio: 
Rene is a Professor Emeritus of Music Education at the University of Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music.  She is known nationally and internationally for her work in multicultural and urban music education. Her publications include: Share the Music, Spotlight on Music and Music Studio published by Macmillan McGraw-Hill. “Expressions of Freedom:  An Anthology of African American Spirituals” in three volumes and “Walking in the Light of Freedom”, also in three volumes, published by Hal Leonard. “Songs and Rhythms of a Nation:  A Journey of American Heritage through Rhyme, Rhythm and Song,” published by Hal Leonard.  “The Ballad of the Underground Railroad,” and “United We Stand”, are two popular choral works also published by Hal Leonard.  Her “Music Fundamentals, Methods and Materials for the Elementary Classroom Teacher published by Addison Wesley Longman Pearson is one our nation’s best selling music textbooks for classroom teachers.
Rene received her B.M. and M.M. from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville Illinois and her Doctorate from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.  She possesses all Levels of Orff Certification as well as Kodaly Certification from Hungary and has traveled extensively throughout the world sharing her teaching talents.

In addition to Rene’s prolific background as a music educator and author, she has held on to one dream throughout her life.  That dream involves sharing her love and appreciation of jazz with students and teachers in schools throughout our nation and the world.
Rene lives in Goldens Bridge, New York and Panama City, Panama.

Erika Bridge - "Leaping into Literature: Bringing Music and Literacy Alive in the Classroom"
October 15, 2016
Description: 
Using a variety of children's literacy and poetry as inspiration, participants will explore incorporating it into the media of the Schulwerk. We will also discuss incorporating authentic assessments into the musical process. We will be singing, dancing, moving, and playing, so come ready to bring literature to life!

Bio:
Erika Bridge teaches K-4 in Okemos, MI and has been teaching elementary students for 10 years. She has her Masters in Choral Conducting from central Michigan University, and has completed Level I, II, III, and Masterclass in Orff Schulwerk. She is a regular local, state, and national presenter for AOSA, and will be publishing an article in the MME state journal on Authentic Assessments in the Orff Process later in 2017. She recently completed her teacher training through AOSA and will be teaching Level I pedagogy in the summer of 2017

Chapter Share at MMEA Clinic with KCM - "Sharing together"
February 18, 2017 - 9am-12:00

Description: 
Featuring local presenters from the MNOrff CHapter and Kodaly Chapter of MN. Come sing, say, dance, and play with Tried and true lesson plans and more! THis workshop is held in downtown Minneapolis in partnership with the MMEA mid-winter Clinic and the Kodaly CHapter of MInnesota. If you would like to share a favorite lesson, contact MNOrff President Shana Wagner at mnorff@gmail.com 



 Matt McCoy - "From Beginning Steps to Leaps and Bounds: Recorder Pedagogy in the Orff Schulwerk Classroom"
March 11, 2017
Description:
Come bring your energy and enthusiasm as we explore many possibilities for integrating recorder with an Orff Schulwerk approach to general music instruction. Participants will experience process-based lessons emphasizing the development of recorder technique, improvisation, composition, and ensemble playing combined with a variety of elemental media (e.g., speech, singing, percussion instruments) and movement. Participants should bring a soprano recorder to this workshop and other voices (alto, tenor, bass) are welcome.

Bio:
Matt McCoy teaches elementary music and choir at the Emerson School in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Prior to his time at Emerson, Matt worked in various educational contexts including public and independent schools, children’s choir organizations, and universities in both the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions of the United States. As a clinician specializing in process-based teaching, he is a frequent clinician at AOSA National Conferences and at local chapter meetings around the United States. Matt also teaches on the faculties of the Orff teacher certification programs at George Mason University, Metropolitan State University of Denver, and the Los Angeles course.​