2009-2010 Workshops

• September 26--Sue Mueller, "Planting the Schulwerk"--FREE WORKSHOP
• October 10--Sheran Fiedler, and Final Conference Prep., "Tried and True: Orff for Grades K-4 That Works"
• November 11-14--National Conference, Milwaukee, WI
• February 6--Jo Ella Hug, "In the End, It's all about PROCESS"
• March 6--Bethann Hepburn, "Schulwerk Springboards "

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Time and place
Membership

September 26--Sue Mueller, "Planting the Schulwerk"
FREE WORKSHOP

Carl Orff’s visionary teaching philosophy is rooted in the belief that through active participation in speech, song, play, movement and improvisation the child becomes the active music maker, the composer. A Schulwerk forest is always changing and never the same. Bring a recorder, a playful attitude and the spirit of community.

Sue Mueller, BM, MM, OS Level I-III, master class certification, taught K-5 music for the Clark County School District, Las Vegas, Nevada, for 25 years until her 2005 appointment as Assistant Professor of Music Education for the University of Nevada Las Vegas. She is an active presenter for local chapters, state and national AOSA and MENC conferences. Sue teaches level courses at different locations in the Western United States. She has served on the National Board of Trustees for the American Orff-Schulwerk Association as Region II Representative (1996-1999), National Conference Chairperson (2002 conference), Vice President (2003-2005), President (2005-2007) and currently is the National Conference Chairperson for the AOSA Professional Development Conference in Spokane, WA in 2010.

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October 10--Sheran Fiedler, "Tried and True: Orff for Grades K-4 That Works"
9:00-11:00, Final Conference Prep. 11:00-1:00

With thirty-three years of public school music teaching experience (K-8) and teaching experience at the college level, Sheran Fiedler brings a wealth of ideas and Orff Schulwerk teaching strategies to the general music teacher. She holds a B.A. in music from Western Washington State College (WWU), Bellingham, WA and a Masters and a Ph. D. in Music Education from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. Sheran has completed three levels of Orff Schulwerk Certification and has taken Master Classes at both Memphis State University and St. Thomas University. In addition, she has completed several post certificate classes in Orff Schulwerk arranging and improvisation and has had some Dalcroze training.
Dr. Fiedler teaches has taught both Levels I and II of Orff Schulwerk certification at various colleges and universities in the U. S. and is an active workshop clinician in the Midwest. Sheran has presented sessions at four AOSA National Conferences and several state music educators conferences. In addition, she has written teaching guidelines for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Youth Concerts Programs, has given in-service workshops for the Ravinia Festival Association’s Education Outreach Program, and has been a master teacher for the Chicago Youth Symphony Organizations education outreach program. Currently Sheran is doing a long term music substitute position in the Glencoe Public Schools.

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February 6--Jo Ella Hug, "In the End, It's all about PROCESS"

Activities focus on lessons for grades 4-7 using original source materials (Keetman & Orff), and include singing, moving, barred instruments, untuned percussion and recorder. Participants should bring all available voices of recorders. When students are engaged with hands-on learning that is developmentally appropriate and carefully guided, sophisticated musical results can be achieved starting with the simplest materials. Clear teaching process in combination with elemental music-making allows the learner to engage from introduction to culmination.

Jo Ella Hug teaches in a large Middle School in Missoula, Montana. Although her current specialty is using Orff Schulwerk in grades 6, 7 & 8, she has taught all ages of learners from Kindergarten through adult. In the summer, she teaches Orff Schulwerk Teacher Education at various Universities including the University of St Thomas in St. Paul, MN. Jo Ella has been included in 4 tannual publication of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers. She has presented workshops in the USA and Canada and many AOSA National Conference Sessions. Jo Ella has been a headliner at the National Conference of Carl Orff Canada, MENC All-Northwest and the MENC 2008 National Conference in Milwaukee. She has a video presentation available from the AOSA library and has just completed her service as AOSA President.

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March 6--Bethann Hepburn, "Schulwerk Springboards"

Explore the multiple springboards used to dive into a Schulwerk lesson. We will explore multiple starting points for a Schulwerk based lesson, starting with movement or objects as inspiration, Volumes material to folk songs, tools for students’ improvisations and more! We will sing, speak, move and play our way through an exciting workshop day!

BethAnn teaches music to 4-6 graders at Henry Defer Intermediate in Streetsboro, Ohio where she was awarded the 2003 Teacher of the Year. BethAnn is a member of the AOSA National Board of Trustees, and General Music Professional Development Chair for the Ohio Music Education Association. BethAnn is the Past-President of The Greater Cleveland Chapter, and served on the AOSA Leadership Manual writing committee, and the AOSA History Committee. BethAnn has presented workshops for Orff chapters across the country, the AOSA National Conference, local colleges, Northern Ohio Chapter of the Organization of Kodaly Educators, and OMEA. She is on faculty for several Orff Training courses, and recently provided Orff Schulwerk training to teachers in Suzhou and Shantong, China.

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Time and place

8:30 a.m. registration, treat & rummage set-up
9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. workshop sessions