Taking the Orff Approach to Heart : Essays & Articles from a Pioneer of Orff in America
Language: English
Published by Brasstown Press, 2025
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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Taking the Orff Approach to Heart: Essays & Articles from a Pioneer of Orff in America contains twenty-nine original essays and articles. It is a companion book to Making It Up As You Go, also from Brasstown Press.North American Orff educator Isabel McNeill Carley writes with skill and humor on topics from theory to practice, integrating music, speech, movement, and improvisation.¿Assigned as a text in Orff Levels certification instruction, Taking The Orff Approach to Heart offers insights into teaching, childhood development, pentatonic music theory and applications, and even an illustrated children's story.¿Never-before published gems include:¿Detailed guidance on weaving speech play into the classroom, with great examples from the public domain¿A comprehensive master class for creating Orff arrangements¿How to introduce Orff instruments in the classroom, with stepwise instruction¿Gentle, age-appropriate sequences introducing music and creativity for preschool and for kindergarten¿Key ways to integrate speech, play, movement, singing, and rhythmic and melodic instruments into the music classroomAnd numerous additional essays about the joys of teaching from the heart, engaging children and adults with spontaneity and simplicity.There's even an original children's story which, when read aloud, leads from speech to song.More inside:How to introduce music to pre-schoolersHow to compose and arrange for the Orff instrumentarium and classroomHow to introduce music through speech play - with a bonus chapter of great speech materials in the public domainHow to introduce the ostinato and build the Carpet of SoundHow to teach and use the recorder with the Orff Approach¿Foreword by Karen Stafford PhD¿Editor's Introduction by Anne M Carley¿Biographical Note about the author¿Informative essays on Carl Orff and the Orff Schulwerk, developed by Orff and his colleague Gunild Keetman¿Introductory headnotes from the editor¿The significance of the pentatonic scale in Orff education¿Extensive speech play resources¿Pentatonic scales + modes in C, F, & G¿Glossary and biographical notes¿Published resources and references¿Selected bibliographyThe Table of Contents includes:1. The Case for Creativity2. That Lovely Two-Headed Betsy Higginbottam3. Create or Perform4. Music Plus: Five- and Six-Year-Olds in the Classroom5. Playing With Our Materials: Speech Play6. Speech Play Resources7. At the Foot of the Mountains, Or How Mrs. Dow Made a Song8. Introducing Ostinati with Murray Volume I9. Tips for Teachers of the Recorder10. How To Introduce the Orff Ensemble11. Practicing Some Neglected Ensemble Techniques12. Master Class: Composing and Arranging for the Orff Classroom13. Teaching Music to Preschoolers14. Concerning Rabbits15. The Next Ten Years: A View from the Early Day16. On Patterns in A Music Gestalt17. First Encountering Gunild Keetman18. Improvisation Makes It Happen19. The Inclusive Art of Music20. The Essential Role of the Recorder21. Using the Recorder: The Orff Approach22. On Setting a Program's Goals23. The Schulwerk's Origins and Early Music24. The Orff Approach in Church25. On Being Simple-Minded26. My Theory of Education27. Educating All of the Human Mind28. Little Is Possible Without Healthy Roots29. Imparted Grace: The Central Role of Music in Education.…
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- Title
- Taking the Orff Approach to Heart : Essays & Articles from a Pioneer of Orff in America
- Author
- Isabel McNeill Carley
- Publisher
- Brasstown Press
- Publication year
- 2025
- Condition
- Neu
- Binding
- Taschenbuch
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1931922098
- ISBN 13
- 9781931922098
- Illustrator
- Solomon, Judith Thomas
- Item weight
- 468 grams
- Dimensions
- 229x152x17 mm
Assigned as a text in Orff Levels certification instruction, Taking The Orff Approach to Heart offers insights into teaching, childhood development, pentatonic music theory and applications, and even an illustrated children's story.
- Never-before published gems include:
- Detailed guidance on weaving speech play into the classroom, with great examples from the public domain
- A comprehensive master class for creating Orff arrangements
- How to introduce Orff instruments in the classroom, with stepwise instruction
- Gentle, age-appropriate sequences introducing music and creativity for preschool and for kindergarten
- Key ways to integrate speech, play, movement, singing, and rhythmic and melodic instruments into the music classroom
- Numerous additional essays about the joys of teaching from the heart, engaging children and adults with spontaneity and simplicity.
- An original children's story which, when read aloud, leads from speech to song.
- How to introduce music to pre-schoolers
- How to compose and arrange for the Orff instrumentarium and classroom
- How to introduce music through speech play – with a bonus chapter of great speech materials in the public domain
- How to introduce the ostinato and build the Carpet of Sound
- How to teach and use the recorder with the Orff Approach
- Foreword by Karen Stafford PhD
- Editor's Introduction by Anne M Carley
- Biographical Note about the authorInformative essays on Carl Orff and the Orff Schulwerk, developed by Orff and his colleague Gunild Keetman
- Introductory headnotes from the editor
- The significance of the pentatonic scale in Orff education
- Extensive speech play resources
- Pentatonic scales + modes in C, F, & G
- Glossary and biographical notes
- Published resources and references
- Selected bibliography
Dip into this book for inspiration, or read it cover to cover to immerse in the world of elemental music education for all ages.
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