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The Orff Site Show

by Jerry Bradley

A music teacher sharing the joy of teaching elementary music using the Orff-Schulwerk approach. Practical applications elementary music teachers can use.

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  1. Bluesy Body Percussion

    Using the body percussion patterns as taught by both Jim Solomon and Jo Ella Hug, we add a little bit of 12 bar blues. Students as young as second grade can learn and be successful with this pattern. Next, you can move this pattern to drums and barred instruments. Mix it any way you want. Use…

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  2. Ostinati or Nice

    This podcast contains excerpts from a 3rd grade class lesson. In the lesson, I start with a poem, the have the students help create ostinati by using word chains. They practice the rhythms using body percussion and then move the body percussion to actual non-pitched percussion instruments. The…

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  3. This and That on Groundhog Day

    This podcast deals with story selection for Orff based lessons, mentions where to find teaching visuals and some lesson ideas on the Orffsite.com website, and offers an Orff Approach teacher planning process outline to listeners. www.orffsite.com

  4. Playing with Poetry

    In this episode I illustrate ways to take a simple poem and do many different musical activities with the poem or rhyme. This episode refers to a poem and lesson that is posted on my website. You can find the "Black Bat" lesson and PowerPoint at my site, http://www.orffsite.com Find the lesson...

  5. Dr. Julie Scott, President of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association

    Julie Scott is Assistant Professor in Music Education at Southern Methodist University. She recently completed a Ph.D. at the Eastman School of Music, where she was Assistant Professor of Music Education for one year. Prior to teaching at the collegiate level, Dr. Scott taught elementary music in...

  6. Workshops and Continuing Education

    This episode concerns the importance of workshops and continuing ed. Workshops are my favorite sources of teaching procedures and lesson ideas. They are highly motivational and put me in contact with great fellow teachers. This podcast refers to a NTAOSA workshop led by Paul Cribari in Dallas, TX...

  7. Presenting Programs

    The subject of today's podcast is programs. In today's show, I share one of the ways I present a program to parents. I believe in using the music I already am teaching, and do not use commercial kids musicals. The type of program discussed here is a demonstration program. "One, Two Three" is a…

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  8. Holiday Music

    This is episode 3 of the Orffsite Show Podcast, for December 12, 2009. This podcast is designed to show how I'm implementing the Orff Approach in my elementary music classes. This show's topic is Holiday music. See how I use the Orff Approach in singing, moving and playing instruments. Thanks to...

  9. Speech to Music Part Two

    The Orff approach in today's show is, again, moving from speech to music. The episode includes audio of a classroom activity for older students. This activity shows how you can move a group from speech to playing music. In this audio, I use rhythms from Jim Solomon's book, The Body Rondo Book,...

  10. Speech to Music

    The Orff approach in today's show is moving from speech to music. The episode includes audio of a classroom activity. This activity shows how you can move a group from speech to playing music.

  11. About the Orff Site Show

    The Orff Site Show is a podcast about using the Orff-Schulwerk approach in your elementary music class. This is the introductory episode which tells the listener what the show is about and what to expect in the future episodes. It is a podcast that should interest elementary music teachers who…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

A music teacher sharing the joy of teaching elementary music using the Orff-Schulwerk approach. Practical applications elementary music teachers can use.

HOSTED BY

Jerry Bradley

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What is The Orff Site Show about?

A music teacher sharing the joy of teaching elementary music using the Orff-Schulwerk approach. Practical applications elementary music teachers can use.

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Who hosts The Orff Site Show?

The Orff Site Show is created and hosted by Jerry Bradley.
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