Levels Courses 2022

The following fundamental areas of the Orff approach will be covered:

• Orff Pedagogy: The cornerstone of the Orff approach. This strand deals with the sequence of activities (the Orff process) and the use of specific teaching techniques.

• Orchestration, Analysis & Literature: In the Orff approach, the emphasis on learning lies within the process of learning. Analysis of works therefore, usually occurs after participants have learnt to play, improvise, move, sing and/or speak to a particular piece of music that exemplifies Orff theory.            
• Technique & Improvisation: In this strand, creative skills and playing techniques on melodic and non-melodic instruments are experienced. Improvisation is explored on all media, including the voice and body. The care and use of the Orff ensemble is also covered.       
• Vocal Development: In the Orff approach, the voice plays an important role through vocables, speech and singing.  This is also incorporated in most of the other strands.                   
• Movement & Dance: The Orff approach recognises a close connection between music and movement and that involvement in one enhances understanding of the other. In this strand, movement vocabulary is learned for creative expressions, as well as for set dance forms.              
• Recorder: The recorder plays a useful role in the Orff Schulwerk approach.  This strand will look at the history, playing technique, and various ways of using the instrument in the classroom. In Level 1 we start with a descant recorder, and by Level 4 we have explored the treble, tenor and bass recorders.