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2008-2009 Workshops! Workshops are
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Area Officers Membership Workshops About TAOC AOSA Links Downloads: Membership Form Chapter Brochure
Officers for 2008-2009 Immediate
Past President: Martha Stanley Treasurer: Shirley Kirwin Corresponding
Secretary: Patti Callendar
Tallahassee Area Orff Chapter was chartered in 1984 following three years of excellent levels instruction by Isabel Carley, Beth Miller, and Donna Poppe at Florida State University. These classes were very process-oriented, very high quality and challenging. The chapter members wish to keep these qualities alive in our classrooms. We believe that:
It is important to inform parents and
communities about this educational philosophy. Orff-Schulwerk uses poems, rhymes, games, songs and dances as examples and basic materials. These may be traditional or original. Spoken or sung, they may be accompanied by clapping and stamping or by drums, sticks and bells. Special Orff melody instruments include wooden xylophones and metal glockenspiels that offer good sound immediately. Played together as a small orchestra, their use helps child become sensitive listeners and considerate participants. - - - Kathy Kaminsky NBCT, and Martha Stanley NBCT, past TAOC presidents ABOUT AOSA AOSA, the American Orff-Schulwerk Association, is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is a professional organization of music and movement educators dedicated to the creative teaching approach developed by Carl Orff and Gunild Keetman. We are joined by our belief that learning about music - learning to sing and play, to hear and understand, to move and create - should be an active and joyful experience. Its mission is to:
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