Come Together As One As We Move, Create, and Drum!
The Berkshire-Hudson Valley chapter of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association (BHVAOSA) is celebrating 50 years of providing high-quality professional development workshops for music educators. They serve the greater capital region of New York, as well as southern Vermont and western Massachusetts, and celebrate the approach of Carl Orff and Gunild Keetman and their belief that music education should be an active, joyful, and creative experience.
Come explore the world of percussion through frame drums and tubanos! Experience the elements of the earth through movement, drumming, ancient modes and of course, scarves! Learn a rhyme about the chaos that ensues at bedtime! Collaborate, take chances, and create something beautiful together with James Allen and fellow workshop participants!
If you have a favorite drum, feel free to bring it with you.
James Allen, a K-5 level 3 Orff certified music specialist, was a featured presenter at the AOSA National conference in 2021, and has been selected to present again this November in DesMoines, Iowa. He was the elementary headliner for the 2023 NYSSMA conference in Albany this past summer. James presents workshops to Orff chapters, school districts, universities and state conferences, created a frame drum unit and presented a webinar for Musicplay.com and wrote an article for "Reverberations" on frame drums. James will be teaching a course in elementary methods at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut this summer. He also regularly freelances as a percussionist in musical theater, jazz, bluegrass, orchestral and numerous other settings. James obtained a BFA from SUNY Purchase, a Masters in music performance from Yale, and a teaching certificate from CCSU.
FORMAT: In-person learning opportunity
DATE: Saturday, 10/26/24
TIME: 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Skano Elementary School, Shenendehowa CSD
FACILITATOR: James Allen
CONTACT: BHVAOSA
FEE: This workshop is free for BHVAOSA 2024-2025 members. The non-member educator fee is $45.00. The college student fee is $10.00.
CTLE HOURS: 4
REGISTRATION: https://tinyurl.com/ye2abkn7