2011-2012 Workshops

New Location

St. Paul's Lutheran School Map
7821 W. Lincoln Avenue
West Allis, WI 53219

Workshops

September 10, 2011: Lynn Kleiner, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
October 8, 2011: Chapter Share, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
March 3, 2012: Chris Judah Lauder, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Please plan to join us for lunch from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Lunch will be available for purchase or feel free to bring your own and enjoy time to chat with fellow colleagues and musicians. During the chapter share, we will break for a snack.

Click here for our downloadable workshop registration form.

Schedule

September 10, 2011 and March 3, 2012
8:30 a.m. Registration, set-up, light snack and gathering
9:00 a.m. Workshop begins
12:00 p.m. Break for lunch
1:00 p.m. Workshop resumes
3:00 p.m. Workshop ends

October 8, 2011
9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Chapter Share
11 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Break for treat

Workshop Descriptions and Clinician Bios

Saturday, September 10, 2011 - 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Presenter: Lynn Kleiner

"Sing, Listen, Move, Play, Create: An Orff Approach for Early Childhood and Elementary Primary Grades"

Lynn Kleiner, an internationally recognized leader in music education, has been teaching since 1978. She is the founder and director of Music Rhapsody, a music school teaching thousands of children, infants through teens, in day cares, preschools and elementary schools as well as Music Rhapsody centers since 1983. Lynn also directs Music Rhapsody’s annual summer music day camp. Lynn’s innovative program is based on the Orff Schulwerk philosophy.

Awarded the prestigious Oppenheim Award, Lynn’s instrument/DVD kits for children have also received the Dove Award and are recommended by the National Parenting Association. Lynn has many books & CDs, winning the Creative Child Award, and her own line of percussion instruments through REMO. Lynn is a popular presenter for state and national AOSA, MENC, and NAEYC. She has taught throughout the USA and Australia, also in Canada, Taiwan, Korea, and Europe.

Lynn has recently announced Lynn Kleiner’s Music Box.com, an exciting online resource for music teachers.

Saturday, October 8, 2011 - 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

GMOD Chapter Share

Area music teachers will share tried and true lessons that are grounded in Orff Schulwerk. You won't want to miss this opportunity to collaborate with and learn from local music teachers!

Saturday, March 3, 2012 - 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Presenter: Chris Judah Lauder

"Time to Play the Orff Way!"

Explore techniques, improvisation and sequenced process for creating successful and
exciting student compositions. Hand drums, congas, barred instruments, and other
surprises will provide the foundation for creation with a strong emphasis on cooperative
learning. Bring a soprano recorder to this fun and creative workshop.

Chris Judah-Lauder, Vice President of the American Orff -Schulwerk Association, Fine
Arts Curriculum Director at Good Shepherd Episcopal School in Dallas, teaches general
music for 5-8. She recently chaired the AOSA Executive Director Committee and
was the National Conference Co-Chair for the 2009 AOSA Professional Development
Conference in Milwaukee. She is an active clinician for in-service staff developments,
Orff Schulwerk chapters and State Music Education Conferences. Chris has fourteen
publications and is published in The Echo, Reverberations, and the MENC journal. She
teaches Orff Levels at Trinity University, San Antonio and at Vander Cook University,
Chicago. Chris has presented at eight National Orff Conferences.

College Credit

Workshop attendees have the opportunity to earn one college credit through Mt. Mary college. In order to receive one credit, you must attend both the September and March workshops. Please contact us for more information.

2011-2012 Membership

$90 GMOD membership (includes 2 workshops and 1 chapter share)
$80 early bird GMOD membership (Must be postmarked by September 1st)
$50 retired GMOD membership
$50 single workshop (chapter share $20)
$45 reciprocating chapter member single workshop ($10 chapter share)--current Orff membership must be shown at registration

FREE undergraduate student--must show current ID at registration

First time participants receive $5 off.