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Rates and Registration
Students: One free workshop!
SUMMER COURSES
Levels Courses
please visit website at http://bcorff.ca
WORKSHOPS
The BC Orff Chapter invites post-secondary
students to come and experience the world of
Orff. Spend a fun-filled day making music and
connecting with professionals in your field.
To register please contact
vicepresident@bcorff.ca
at least one week in advance of the workshop.
BC Orff Chapter
2014-2015
Workshops
Individual workshops:
Member $60; Non-Member $85
Student (full-time) or Retired Member $25
Membership in Carl Orff Canada
Membership
$60
Retired membership $40
Student membership $30
(must be full-time)
January workshop:
Bring a friend for free!
The BC Orff Chapter invites members to bring a
friend who has never attended a BC Orff
Workshop to our January workshop for free.
If you have never attended one of our
workshops and you do not know a current
BC Orff Chapter member, please contact
vicepresident@bcorff.ca at least
January 24, 2015
Sing
Please visit our website at
bcorff.ca
for more information
The BC Orff Chapter is a professional
organization of movement and
music educators dedicated to the
growth of Carl Orff’s and Gunild
Keetman’s creative teaching approach.
We support the professional
development of our members and
provide a forum for the life-long
learning of Orff Schulwerk.
Me a
Story-Play Me a Tale
with Thom Borden
April 18, 2015
A
Recorder Potpourri
with Karen Epp
bcorff.ca
Sing Me a Story — Play Me a Tale
with Thom Borden
January 24, 2015 9:30-3:00 at Lochdale
Elementary School, 6990 Aubrey St, Burnaby
AGM and FREE LUNCH
Thom will use children’s stories, poems
and nursery rhymes in exciting ways
with hands on materials to address music
concepts. The activities will be connected
to the Orff Volumes and to movement
and folk dance. Thom will show us how
to integrate children’s literature into our
music curriculum. (This will be a continuation of the ideas that
Thom presented at
BCMEA using new
material).
Thom Borden has a B.S. in
Music Education and an M.A.
in Education. He completed
Orff Levels at UNLV and an Orff Master Level at
the University of Memphis under Jos Wytac. He
studied music and movement in Europe. Further
studies include Kodàly training from Colorado State
University and completing his certification at Silver
Lake College with Sr. Lorna Zemke. Thom currently teaches PreK-5 in Las Vegas. He has published
Orff arrangements in the McGraw-Hill series, Spotlight on Music™ and has published several
books on using manipulatives in the music classroom
and using children's literature to address music concepts and skills.
A Recorder Potpourri!
with Karen Epp
April 18, 9:30-3:00 at Lochdale Elementary School
6990 Aubrey St, Burnaby
Come and enjoy a day of play with one of the
world’s most beautiful melody instruments.
Whatever your level, improve your own
playing, develop new teaching strategies,
and explore techniques and material from
the Renaissance to the 21st century. The
pleasures of piping will be found by all while
having fun with recorders.
Summer Courses
Orff Schulwerk Certification
Levels I, II and III
August 10 to 21, 2015
at Vancouver Community College
Downtown Campus
Certified Levels Courses in Orff Schulwerk are recognized internationally. Orff Levels courses for teachers
enhance and challenge personal musicianship as well as
teaching skills. Courses at VCC run Monday through
Friday, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm. Each Level includes, daily,
3 hours of Basic Orff instruction, 1.5 hours of movement, 1 hour of recorder and 1 hour of special topics.
Intro to Orff Schulwerk is a pre-requisite for Level 1 at
the discretion of the instructor.
Intro to Orff with Cathey Bayley
Don’t forget to bring your recorder!
Karen Epp holds a B.Mus. in recorder performance and a
B.Ed. (UBC). As a performer she has been heard in concert with Early Music Vancouver, the CBC orchestra, the
Vancouver Bach Choir, and the Vancouver Cantata singers. As a teacher she is in demand as a specialist in early
music, recorder, and Orff, and has conducted workshops
across Canada. At present she teaches for the Surrey
School District.
August 24 to 28, 2015 - Location TBA
This course is designed to give music specialists and
those who can read and write music an introduction to
the many elements which comprise the Orff philosophy
of music education. The course will familiarize participants with Orff terminology and review basic music
theory. Explore a creative approach that integrates
speech, singing, movement, improvisation and instrument technique on pitched and non-pitched percussion
instruments as well as recorder. Discover the Orff music
process and enhance your music program through 30
hours of hands on music, movement and drama activities.
Post Level III Course
with James Harding
August 24 to 28, 2015 - Location TBA
Join Internationally renowned master teacher
James Harding, from San Francisco, for a one
week intensive class! Details will soon be on our
website.