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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

Kris Olson - "Musicality Through Movement" 
​September 14, 2019

Description: This workshop will focus on integration of movement into our music teaching in order to reinforce musical skills and provide opportunities for creativity.  For early childhood and primary students, we’ll experience ways to harness their physical energy through simple and fun dances and improvisations.  For older students, we’ll explore processes that insure success as they create original movement.  A special focus will be placed on using the body to process rhythm so that the aural/kinesthetic can build a strong base for the visual/decoding portion of our curriculum.  We’ll end the day with a Border Morris dance a percussive folk dance that uses sticks!

Biography: .Kris has taught music and movement for 30 years in private, public, rural and urban settings.  She teaches workshops across the country and has offered classes in movement at various universities.  Kris has her master’s degree in Orff Schulwerk from the University of St. Thomas.  She studied dance at Zenon Dance Company while living in Minneapolis and now lives in Lubbock, TX where she is a member of Flatlands Dance Theatre and leads the Border Morris Sides “Brother’s Grimm” and the newly formed “Sister’s Grimm”.  While in Lubbock, Kris taught dance as an adjunct professor at Texas Tech University and currently teaches early childhood family classes and Musicality through Movement classes for ages 5-12.

Laura Bercaw-Peterson- "Visual Arts as Inspiration"
October 26, 2019
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Description: Using rich visuals as inspiration, workshop participants will sing, say, dance, and play their way through the morning. Stunning works of art will help spawn ideas for movement, improvisation, speech and song. Come find new ideas to re-energize your music classroom while making important co-curricular connections! 

Bio: teaches general and choral music at St. Patrick's Episcopal Day school in Washington, D.C.  Laura earned her Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Gettysburg College and completed her Master of Music in Music Education at George Mason University. She hold Level II and Master Level IV certifications from George Mason University and has studied at the Orff Institut in Salzburg, Austria. Laura teaches movement in AOSA-approved summer teacher education courses and is an invited presenter both locally and nationally. She recently completed her term as Region IV representative on the National Board of Trustees of the American Orff-Schuwerk Association.

Chapter Share at MMEA Clinic with KCM - "Sharing together"
February 15, 2020 - 9am-12:00






Cyndee Giebler - Mining The Volumes
​March 28, 2020

Description: The Music for Children Volumes contain many hidden gems. Unearth these musical treasures with a variety of experiences that are child centered and artistic. Sing, dance and play your way through this gold mine!

Bio: CYNDEE GIEBLER lives and teaches in northeast Wisconsin. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and completed
her master’s degree at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn. She has presented workshops for American Orff-Schulwerk Association chapters around the country as well as state, regional, and national conventions. In her spare time, Cyndee enjoys composing and arranging music for classroom use, children’s chorus, and elementary strings.