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ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS:
Newsletter of AOSA Chapter #5
April 2011
Spring 2011 Workshops April 30, 2011 Kris Olson Movin’ On Up
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Presidents’ Notes
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Member Spotlight
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Workshop Preview
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Workshop Review
September 24, 2011 Julie Scott Carpé Diem Improvisation
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Technology Corner
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Lesson Plan Ideas
October 29, 2011 Michael Chandler Back to Basics Using Keetman’s Elemantaria and the Volumes
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Directions to workshops
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Membership Form
June 2011 Chapter Sharing Polly Murray and Dawn Pratson will be sharing
Fall 2011 Workshops
For workshops, bring a bag lunch or $5 for pizza and a drink.
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President’s Notes Greetings to all— Happy Spring! I hope this newsletter finds you all in good health and having a wonderful year. Now that we are about three-fourths through our PAOSA year, I ask that each of you consider how you might contribute to the growth and well-being of our chapter. Every year PAOSA seeks to bring you top-notch presenters and offer a variety of workshops to suit your needs and preferences. It takes careful planning and perseverance to coordinate dates with presenters and Abington Friends School. We are very fortunate to have Program Chair, Michelle Przybylowski's skills to secure the best clinician for our chapter and a gracious host school that has a full instrumentarium and beautiful facility. We can always use help at workshops with hospitality set-up, lunch and workshop clean up. Our officers are very dedicated and would welcome assistance at registration, with fund-raising and yard sales. Please feel free to approach any Board member about helping or serving on the Board. All members are welcome to attend PAOSA Board meetings. At our April 30 workshop, PAOSA members will vote to approve Board recommended changes and updates to our chapter Constitution and Bylaws. We will also elect officers for Vice-President and Treasurer who will assume their duties for the 2011-2012 season beginning July 1. Dawn Pratson, our current VP, will be the new PAOSA President as of July 1 and I will take on the advisory role of Past-President. It has indeed been a privilege for me to serve our chapter and work with terrific friends and colleagues. I have great appreciation for those who give their time to benefit PAOSA. Make sure to view our website, paosa.org, for photos of chapter workshops, upcoming presenters and membership information. Also check out the AOSA website, aosa.org, for information about national membership, scholarships, grants, summer Orff teacher certification levels, master classes and special courses. There is information about the November 2011 conference in Pittsburgh and upcoming online registration and much, much more. Wishing you all a very enjoyable and productive 2011, Martha Glaze Zook PAOSA President
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John Bednar John F. Bednar Jr. is known to regular workshop attendees as the Act 48 Administrator/NJ Professional Development, and pizza fundraiser, but many of our members are unaware of the many other facets of his life. This past June, John retired from the Norristown School District after serving as an elementary vocal music teacher at Marshall Street School for 33 years. Prior to that, the Mansfield University graduate taught in several other districts for almost 3 years. Many current teachers observed and worked under John Bednar during their college years. In addition to teaching private piano lessons in his home studio, John, until recently, also accompanied the Norristown Chorale. John has given many years of service to PAOSA and AOSA. He served two 6-year cycles of the presidency (vice-president, president and past-president: 1989 to 1995 and 2001-2007. During this first cycle, John was also local co-chair for the 1994 AOSA National Conference in Philadelphia. He also served as founding librarian our the PAOSA library from 1995 to 2003. At board meetings, he has served as secretary whenever needed. He was also co-editor of the Pentaton for 16 years, from 1989 to 2005. John also presented at several PMEA Conferences and received the Citation of Excellence Award given to elementary music teachers in 1996. John is organist/choir director at Our Mother of Sorrows, Bridgeport, PA and St. Mary Manor Nursing Home, Lansdale. He continues his career as a piano major by playing with a four pianist ensemble, which he calls the Piano Club. Once or twice a year, they perform two piano, eight hand works at venues in the area. Free-will offerings are donated to relieve world hunger. And what are John’s plans for the future? ―Continue what I have been doing—teach privately; work with the church and St. Mary Manor as choir director/organist; play in Piano Club Rehearsals and Concerts; visit family and friends; go to operas, musicals; work as accompanist when I have the time.‖ John is a caring and friendly colleague and is precise and conscientious in all that he does and. We look forward to many more years with him as our friend and colleague at PAOSA.
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Kris Olson Movin' On Up April 30, 2011 8:30 coffee & registration, 9:00-1:30 workshop
Abington Friends School, Jenkintown, PA
Starting with babies and toddlers in the parent/child music class setting, we’ll move on up through preschool, kindergarten, and elementary aged children, discovering ways to use movement to strengthen musical skills, increase musicality and create avenues for creativity and growth. Kris Olson earned a master’s degree in music education with an Orff emphasis from the University of St. Thomas. She has taught music and movement in public, private, rural and urban settings for the past 20 years. Kris presents workshops for Orff chapters, AOSA National Conferences and has taught summer movement classes at George Mason and St. Thomas Universities. Kris currently teaches early childhood classes, raises her two boys and dances as much as possible!
Chapter Sharing
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June 4, 2011 8:30 coffee & registration, 9:00-1:30 workshop
Abington Friends School, Jenkintown, PA
Our annual chapter sharing is an opportunity for members of PAOSA to share teaching tips, processing and other orff ideas with each other. A wonderful community of gifted and talented teachers sharing ideas and providing inspiration—please plan to join us for this very special close to our 2010-2011 workshop season!
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2010 - 2011 BOARD President Martha Glaze Zook 1040 Pine Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-925-8948 mglazezook@verizon.net Vice President Dawn Pratson 253 N. 3rd Philadelphia, PA 19106 267-971-0926 dpratson@aol.com Treasurer Dolores Williams 439 Lawrence Rd. Broomall, PA 19008 (610) 325-3136 BnDWilliams@verizon.net Program Chair Michelle Fella Przybylowski 399 Cinnamon Drive Huntingdon Valley, PA19006 215-938-7438 Musarch@aol.com Membership Co-Chairs Rose M. Grelis 409 Granite Terrace Springfield, PA 19064 610-328-9784 rgrelis@cavtel.net Helene Furlong 610 Gilbert Road Ridley Park, PA 19078 610-521-7668 helefur@comcast.net
Mark Seaman World Drumming January 29, 2011 Reviewed by Corrine Packel Student participant from Cheltenham Elementary School My favorite part of the Drumming Program was the performance. It was a lot of fun! We played the drums, played other hand instruments, and danced. The dance was an African Dance. We stepped and did arm movements. The drumming was fun and sounded really cool, because of the different varieties of drums. There were rainbow drums, and little drums. The whole experience was a lot of fun! JoElla Hug In the End, It’s All About Process! March 12, 2011 Reviewed by Martha Glaze-Zook Jo Ella took us through several lessons that clearly showed the effectiveness of process. We began with a welcome song composed by Jo Ella that eventually became a canon sung and danced in 2, 3 or 4 parts. Another lesson began with reading Listen to the Rain, by Bill Martin, after which we learned a melody from Vol. I of Music for Children by Margaret Murray, set to words mostly taken from the book. Then we divided into four groups, each with a portion of the book's text. The texts contained sound words and dynamics with which each group improvised non-metered movement, vocal and instrumental sound effects. Then we all came together to perform a big rondo with the basic melody sung and played on barred instruments as the ―A‖ section, the four sound and movement sections that expressed the crescendo and diminuendo qualities of the book interspersed between succeeding ―A‖ sections. The end result was fun, dramatic and beautiful collaboration. ―Rum Tum Tugger,‖ inspired by poetry of T.S. Eliot, began with rhythmic speech and body percussion, leading to rhythmic improvisation and eventually to melodic interpretation. Jo Ella's nice touch of using stuffed toy animals representing rhythms helped make the process fun and very clear; adding body percussion effortlessly led to learning melody, and a series of ―rhythm boxes‖ that transferred improvisation into composition. The speech, body percussion piece, and subsequent melody, was done in canon. A final piece ―Hold On,‖ an old folk song from Kentucky, in mixed meter was sung and moved. We learned the term ―tetratonic‖ for the four-note minor tonality of the melody—also a good solfege lesson. Jo Ella gave us body percussion and movement to help process the mixed meter. When sung as a four part canon, it was hauntingly beautiful. Thanks for a wonderful workshop, Jo Ella!
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Secretary Lori A. Arner 15 Plumly Way Holland, PA 18966 540-742-2704 iuplori@yahoo.com
Act 48 Administrator John F. Bednar Jr. 27 S. Trooper Rd. Norristown, PA 19403 610-539-6295 jbednar1@verizon.net
Newsletter Editor Britt Marie Brown Dominick 133 East Gorgas Lane Philadelphia, PA 19119 brittmarie@comcast.net
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www.musicedtech.net A resource for music teachers to share their Smart Notebook files or download other teacher’s creations for use with their interactive whiteboards. www.zamzar.com A free online file conversion site for changing file types. You can paste a link from a YouTube video and Zamzar will convert it into a movie or .mp3 you can save on your hard drive so you never have to worry about what ads or other suggested videos will appear in front of your students.
Website Linda Wardell 2601 Newell Drive Wilmington, DE 19808 302-998-7020 lwardell@comcast.net
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At-Large Members Terri Cocci 4723 Alisan Road Reading, PA 610-582-7448 terrypiano@dejazzd.com Sharon Steward, Hospitality Chair 4927 Central Avenue Trevose, PA 19053 215-355-0934 svsteward@verizon.net
Summer/Fall Issue: July 16, 2011 Winter Issue: December 15, 2011 Spring Issue: March 15, 2012
Please send submissions to Britt Marie Dominick at brittmarieflicka#@me.com
Chapter Member Highlights Workshop Reviews Lesson Plan Ideas Five-Minute Fillers Technology Tips
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WELCOME SPRING by Michelle Fella Przybylowski
presented at PMEA 2011 Conference Plant a Seed in Your Garden: simple diatonic melody that explores the various stages of planting a seed through the blooming of flowers. Use unpitched percussion, creative movement and singing to create this beautiful garden performance.
PROCESS: 1. T: sing the song for the students. 2. T: “What is my song about?” T: chart the various parts of the song (visual) 3. T: “Sing and move with me.” 4. T & S sing and move. 5. T: add movement props: Handing out the various props for each group. If time allows, rotate the movement experience. Seeds: basket with imaginary seeds Rain: Plastic cut: wrapping cellophane Sun: Gold cloak and/or sun mask Wind: Blue/white chiffon scarves Flowers: Silk flowers or large cut outs on rulers.
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Continued from Page 7 6. T: Move a large selection of unpitched percussion and a few glockenspiels set to do pentatonic on “C”, to the middle of the floor. Maracas, rain sticks, finger cymbals, triangles, sand blocks, guiro, hand drum, wind tube, rhythm sticks, alto and/or soprano glockenspiels. 7. T: GUIDED DISCOVERY. Invite the students to think about what instruments would match each verse of the song: SEEDS, RAIN, SUN, WIND, FLOWERS. 8. Once the students have decided on the choice of instruments for each section, perform. Be
sure to allow for ALL students to participate using the instruments, even if you have to rotate. 9. Give some students’ movement props and others an instrument and perform. 10. A more structured process: Assign a group of students for each verse: SEEDS, RAIN, SUN, WIND, FLOWERS. 11. EXTENSION: Explore other things that would happen in the spring.
Singing Game: Alabama Gal, simple pentatonic folk song; explore singing and dancing adding instruments for the accompaniment.
Dance directions in italics. Explore other dance movements for an extension. This is an easy recorder piece to teach 3 rd grade and up.
1. Sing the song inviting the students to patsch the beat. 2. Invite the students to walk to the beat: micro and macro.
Teacher: accompany the beat on a hand drum.
3. Invite the students to find a partner. T: sing the song again inviting the students to walk with their partner to verse 1. Practice right hand and left hand turn for verse 2. Walk awa from your partner for verse 3. Walk holding hands side-by-side for verse 4. 4. Have the students make a longways set. Sing the song and follow the dance movements as written. By now the students will probably be singing. 5. Add the Bass Xylophone part, first through speech, Teacher singing the song as the students dance. 6. Send a student to the instrument, 7. Teach each accompaniment part through speech. 8. Remember: Get the students singing and dancing before you add the instruments. 9. Add the instruments one-by-one, class-by-class! Sing each part, except for the guiro; speak the ostinato. You will have a great choral piece and won't need the instruments.
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Dance formation: Two equal lines 1. Head couple down the center:sashay 2. I don’t know how, how, (Right hand turn)
I don’t know how, how, I don’t know how, how, (left hand turn) Alabama Gal 3. I’ll show you how, how, (cast off) I’ll show you how, how, I’ll show you how, how, Alabama Gal 4. Ain’t I rock candy, (come through the arch) Ain’t I rock candy, Ain’t I rock candy, Alabama Gal
Alto Xylophone
Bass Xylophone
Guiro
Soprano Xylophone
What else can you do? There are no limitations! Remember to involve the students in the creative process. Use the rhythm of the song and have the students improvise on the barred instruments or recorder in do pentatonic on C.
Tips for sound exploration… 1. BUBBLES: As you blow bubbles, invite the students to sing a specific note, or one of their choice until the bubbles pop, then have them choose a bubble and sing a note until their bubble pops. You can do the same with movement, and instruments. 2. SCARVES: Use scarves of various colors to conduct the various unpitched and/or pitched percussion. Have the students decide the color and the instruments. 3. PAINTINGS: extract the colors of the painting and/or the objects. Have the students decide what instruments to use for each of these extracted parts of the painting. Have someone conduct the piece by pointing to the various objects in the painting. 4.FLASHLIGHT: Turn the lights down and use a flashlight or laser pointer on the wall to guide the students in moving their mallets on the barred instruments. Explore tremolo, glissando, and bouncing mallet technique. 5. ROLLER COASTERS: Draw simple waveform line shapes on the board and invite the students to trace the shape with their voices. Develop it into movement exploration with body level exploration.
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Directions to Workshops Using Pennsylvania Turnpike - From the East: Get off the PA Turnpike at the Willow Grove Exit, Rt. 611 (exit #343), go South on 611 (Old York Rd.) about 4 or 5 miles until you get into the Jenkintown shopping district (small shops right along sidewalk). The first light is Greenwood - turn left. The first light on Greenwood is Washington Lane – turn left, second driveway, turn right into Abington Friends School. - From the West: Exit the PA Turnpike at PA-309 (exit #339), South. Follow 309S for 5.4 miles. Take a slight left onto W. Cheltenham Ave. Turn left onto Washington Lane. School is 2 miles up the road. From the north - take the Northeast Extension of the PA Turnpike South to Rt. I-276 east. Follow directions above. From the State of Delaware and Delaware County, PA Take I-95 North to Chester and exit at Rt. I-476 Plymouth Meeting (Blue Route). Stay on I476 and go onto the PA Turnpike East. Follow PA Turnpike directions above. From Chester County, PA Take Rt. 202 to the PA Turnpike East. Follow PA Turnpike directions above. From New Jersey - From Central Jersey - Take the New Jersey Turnpike to the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Follow PA Turnpike directions above. - From Tacony Palmyra Bridge - Cross the Bridge and follow Rt. 73 north through Philadelphia (becomes Cottman Ave.) and into Montgomery County where it is called Township Line Road. Turn right onto Jenkintown Road, which becomes Greenwood Ave. Turn right onto Washington Lane. Abington Friends is on the right. - From Ben Franklin and Walt Whitman Bridges - Take Schuylkill Expressway I-76 West and bear right at Roosevelt Boulevard Extension. Exit at Broad Street Rt. 611 North and follow directions below. From Philadelphia Take Broad Street North (Rt. 611) and bear right onto Old York Road. Turn right at the end of ―The Pavilion‖ shopping center onto Washington Lane. Abington Friends is 1 1/2 blocks on the right.
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2010-2011 AOSA and PAOSA Membership Information American Orff Schulwerk (AOSA) National Membership Benefits:
The Orff Echo - Quarterly journal that contains articles, reviews and materials of interest to Orff Schulwerk practitioners. Reverberations - This quarterly newsletter includes information and news about AOSA's members, projects, conferences and activities of the National Board of Trustees. Scholarships and Research Grants- (see www.aosa.com for more information) The AOSA Video Library - Members may borrow recordings of master teachers. The Isabel McNeill Carley Library Collection -The definitive collection of materials related to Orff Schulwerk in the United States. Orff Schulwerk Professional Development Information & Employment Information The Annual National Conference
Philadelphia Area Orff Schulwerk Association (PAOSA) Membership Benefits:
The Pentaton: Local newsletter issued 3 times a year PASOA workshops: Free admission to all 6 workshops Chapter Directory: Provides contact with other PAOSA members Complimentary admission to workshops for your administrator
Option One: National and Local dues. One year of AOSA national membership and one-year local membership (Beginning July 1, 2011 through October 22, 2011).
Option Two: Local dues only. This option is for teachers who are either already national members or are not going to join national AOSA.
___ First Time Member Teacher $125 ___ Teacher $135 ____Full-time Student $35
___ First Time Member Teacher $60 ___ Teacher $70 ___ I am a national member ___ I am not a national member ___ Retired Teacher $40
___ Retired Teacher $90 Note: Because workshops are free to students they need not become local members. Name: ________________________________________
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2011 AOSA National Conference Pittsburgh, PA November 9-12, 2011
**Did you know that the National conference location changes on an East, Central, and West coast rotation? This is the closest the AOSA National Conference will be to us for quite some time!**