Orff Schulwerk Certification Program
Levels I, II & III
LEVEL I IS NOW FULL, if you wish to be put on a waiting list please contact Pam Hetrick
August 9-20, 2010
At Vancouver Community College
Downtown Campus Vancouver BC
With Joe Berarducci, Susie Green, Pam Hetrick and Catherine West
Contact Pam Hetrick
Based on the ideas of Carl Orff and Gunild Keetman, Orff Schulwerk has taken root around the world, inspiring teachers globally. This child-centred approach to music and movement education encourages creativity and play, where the enjoyment of group music making, improvisation, and composition are the focus. Using speech, movement, singing, and child-accessible instruments Orff Schulwerk inspires teaching that relies on the creativity, imagination and musicianship of the teacher.
Orff training is available through workshops, Introductory Courses and Level Courses.
Introductory Courses are offered either as a one week program, or a series of after-school sessions adding up to 30 hours. The course introduces the basic ideas and terminology of the Schulwerk, providing hands on activities in music, drama and movement.
Certified Levels Courses are the primary way to receive in-depth training in Orff Schulwerk in Canada, following the guidelines of Carl Orff Canada. They are offered in two-week sessions during the summer, usually running from 8:30 – 5, Monday through Friday. Each Level includes 3 hours of Basic Orff instruction, 11/2 hours of Movement, 1 hour of Recorder and 1 hour of Special Topics daily. Please see the descriptions below for content specific to each Level.
It is expected that students will take at least a year between each Level in order to begin to absorb and implement training through their teaching during the year. After successful completion of Levels I, II, and III teachers are awarded Orff Schulwerk Certification.
These Courses have been endorsed by Carl Orff Canada.
ORFF LEVEL TRAINING AT VANCOUVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Orff Level Training is available every summer at Vancouver Community College Downtown Campus 250 West Pender, Vancouver, at the corner of Hamilton and Dunsmuir across from the Vancouver Playhouse (Stadium Skytrain).
Each Level is 4 upper division credits and is accepted by the Teacher Qualification Service.
Please see below for Registration form and information.
LEVEL I
This two-week course is designed to immerse educators in the learning process of Orff Schulwerk, developing an understanding of this approach to teaching. It includes hands-on training in rhythm, melody, Orff instruments, elemental movement, soprano recorder, Orff theory (pentatonic scales, bordun, ostinati, orchestration for Orff barred instruments), as well as Special Topics sessions. Special Topics sessions may include choral techniques, folk dance, world music traditions, yoga, staging and other topics.
Prerequisites
A degree in music or strong musicianship, including the ability to read music is required. Practical teaching experience is also recommended.
Required Materials
- Margaret Murray, ed. Music For Children, Volume I
- Doug Goodkin, Play, Sing & Dance: An Introduction to Orff Schulwerk
- Keetman, Gunild, Elementaria, Schott
- soprano recorder (preferably Aulos or Dometsch)
- Sweet Pipes Recorder Book One, Gerald Burakoff and William Hettrick
- Windsongs Series Books 2 & 3, Joe Berarducci and Birthe Kulich.
- course packet (available for purchase first day of class)
- manuscript paper and/or computer notation program such as Finale or SibeliusSuggested Materials (optional)
- Children’s poetry or nursery rhyme book
- Music for Children, American Edition, Vols. 1 – 3. (Schott)
*Enrollment limited to 25
Successful completion of an approved Level I course with a grade of at least 80% provides participants with the opportunity to continue training in Level II.
LEVEL II
In this two-week course students consolidate the learning that occurred in Level I as well as explore compound meters, hybrid meters and diatonic melodies and accompaniments
as well as extended forms, through playing, improvising and composing. Students will demonstrate fluency with the transfer process in teaching a lesson to their peers. Recorder will include continuation of soprano recorder as well as introduction of the alto recorder. Students will join Level I and Level III for Special Topics each day.
Prerequisites
Successful completion of an approved Level I course with a mark of at least 80%. Please send a copy of your Level I grade to Pam Hetrick.
Required Materials
- Orff Schulwerk, Music for Children Volumes II and III (Murray Edition)
- A good collection of Orff materials from a variety of authors including:
- Margaret Murray/Doreen Hall, Jane Frazee, Arvida Steen, Judith Thomas and the Canadian authors represented in A Canadian Mosaic
- course packet (available for purchase first day of course)
- soprano, and alto recorders (preferably Aulos or Dometsch)
- Hugh Orr. Basic Recorder Technique: Soprano, Volume II. Toronto: Berandol Music, 1961
- Mario Duschenes, Method For the Recorder, Alto Book One (Toronto: Berandol).
- Joe Berarducci and Birthe Kulich. Windsongs Series Books 4, 5 & 6 (I’s the B’y, A la claire fontaine, Alto Odyssey), (Vancouver: Empire, 1998).
LEVEL III
In this two-week course students review what they have learned from the previous 2 Levels, and explore hybrid meters, major, minor and modal melodies and accompaniments through playing, improvising and composing. Students will demonstrate mastery of the Orff process in two lessons presented to their peers.
Prerequisites
Successful completion of an approved Level II course with a mark of at least 80%. Please send a copy of your Level II grade to Pam Hetrick.
Required Materials
- Jane Frazee. Discovering Orff. New York: Schott, 1987.
- Catherine West. The Royal Conservatory of Music Orff Teacher Training Course Handbook (2010 edition). Available from course instructor at cost
- Margaret Murray, ed. Music For Children, Volumes IV, V (Please bring Volumes I, II and III as well.)
- A good collection of Orff materials from a variety of authors including: Margaret Murray/Doreen Hall, Jane Frazee, Arvida Steen, Judith Thomas and the Canadian authors represented in A Canadian Mosaic
- Course packet (available for purchase first day of class)
- Soprano, alto and tenor recorders. (preferably Aulos or Dometsch) If possible, bring extra recorders including sopranino and bass for ensemble work.
The Faculty
Pam Hetrick – Course Director, Level I
Joe Berarducci – Level II
Catherine West – Level III
Susie Green – Movement I. II and III
*Guest Instructors to be announced.
Joe Berarducci resides in sunny Kelowna B.C. where he teaches piano and co-directs the children’s choir at the Community Music School. He has been involved with Carl Orff Canada for over twenty years having served as president of the B.C. Chapter as well as Carl Orff Canada. He presents workshops throughout Canada and the U. S. as well as sessions at National Orff Conferences in both countries. He has taught Level courses for many years in the U.S. and Canada. He has worked for the University of B.C., Simon Fraser University, Seattle Pacific University, Chapman University, University of Victoria, University of Lethbridge, Capilano College, Douglas College, Vancouver Community College, and School District #44 in North Vancouver B.C. In 2006, Joe received the award of Honorary Life Member to Music for Children, Carl Orff Canada, musique pour enfants.
Susie Green is an internationally recognized choreographer and master teacher in Dance and Movement Education. She has taught Orff Schulwerk movement Levels I – III at UBC, Seattle Pacific University and Vancouver Community College. She teaches Orff music and movement as an artist in residence at schools in BC, Washington, Finland, Lapland, Moscow, Spain, and Australia. Susie has given workshops at Carl Orff Canada National Conferences, and has been the keynote presenter for AOSA. Susie is the 2nd of 5 recipients (and the only Canadian) to receive the Global Arts Award for Outstanding Contributions to Global Arts Performance and Arts Education. Susie and her international company of young artists, Visions Dance Co, have performed around the world, touring BC with Artstarts in schools.
Pam Hetrick has taught music for over 25 years and is currently an Orff music specialist in Burnaby. She presents Orff Schulwerk workshops frequently in the U.S. and Canada, including National Conferences in both countries. She is Past Co-President of the BC Orff Chapter and serves on the American Orff Schulwerk Editorial Board. Pam has studied music in Bali, Indonesia, music and dance in Madras, India and was a recipient of the American Gunild Keetman Grant for research on Balinese Tingklik. Performing experience includes steel drum bands, Gamelan Sekar Jaya with whom she toured Indonesia twice, Keith Terry Body Music Ensemble, and an African drumming ensemble. She taught Level 1 at Western Oregon University for two summers and is currently Course Director and Level I Instructor for the Orff Teacher Training Program at Vancouver Community College.
Catherine West is the director of the Orff Teacher Training Program at the Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto, Canada), a Basic Orff instructor for all Teacher Training Levels, and the co-conductor of the RCM Orff Ensemble. She is also an Instructional Leader in music with the Toronto District School Board, editor of Ostinato, the national journal of Carl Orff Canada, and a senior associate with Connexionarts (an arts-in-education consulting company). She is well known as an author, workshop clinician, and course instructor, and has worked with clients such as the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Tafelmusik, the GRAMMY’s Leonard Bernstein Foundation, Opera Lyra (Ottawa), many school districts, and the Ontario Ministry of Education. Her most recent book is When I First Came to this Land published by Mayfair Books.
Student comments from past Level Training Courses at VCC:
- This course has literally blown me away; I have had a whole paradigm shift in how to approach my teaching.
- This course has come nothing short of revolutionizing my approach to music and children.
- The goals I set were exceeded by day two in this course!
- There is NOTHING like divine revelation, and it wouldn’t be an overstatement to suggest that this experience has been a revelation for me.
- For the past 2 weeks I have been in the trenches of learning the most amazing musical process I could have ever imagined.
To Apply:
- Go to http://bannerweb.vcc.ca/prod/bwskalog.p_disploginnew
Leave ‘Create a Login ID’ blank. (One will be automatically generated for you.) Create a PIN and enter it again to verify. Click Login. A generated temporary ID will be displayed. Click Continue.
- Select Continuing Studies New Student for application type. Click Continue.
- Select Continuing Studies Apr-Aug2010 for Admission Term. Enter first and last name. Click Fill Out Application.
Fill in all sections. Choose Music ORFF Part-Time Community Courses for Program. Click Application is Complete.
Follow directions on Signature Page. Note your VCC student ID. You will be prompted to change your PIN and to enter a Security Question/Answer.
To Register:
- Click Student Services.
- Click Register For Courses.
Login with your Student ID and PIN (Password) that you created.
- Click Add/Drop Classes.
- Select Continuing Studies Apr-Aug2010 for term. Click Submit.
- Enter CRN under Add Classes.
Orff Teacher Training Level 1 – CRN 20551
Orff Teacher Training Level 2 – CRN 20552
Orff Teacher Training Level 3 – CRN 20553
Click Submit Changes.
- To complete your registration, click Fee Payment.
