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Orff Education

Orff Schulwerk is a system for teaching music to young students through dance, drama, movement and speech – in other words – a way that’s accessible to all students! This e-book by Samuel Wright shows teachers and students how to incorporate the Orff style into compositions and performances. Happy Orffing!

Instruments of the Orchestra

 

The next unit for stage 4 music classes will be Instruments of the Orchestra. The topic will focus on identifying instrument families, and analysing pieces from composers that have had a major influence on the course of orchestral music. As a companion to the topic, students will be working on this booklet. The booklet will available on from the resources page of this website.

Assessment Task Notifications

At last! An update!

Yes, it has been a while, but we’ve got some fresh stuff ready for the website.

As promised, a section of the website is being devoted to storing the paperwork – you know, blue sheets, homework and the like. Click here to browse through the resources.

Music Education Websites

On the  Helpful Websites section of this website, I will start posting up websites that you will find helpful, especially for understanding music theory (you shouldn’t be intimidated at all, it’s actually quite fun). Enjoy!

Links, links links!

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So... what was that assignment again?

Lost that assessment task sheet? What did I have to do for homework? Maybe I could even do some extra work. Don't panic - it's right here.

Student masterpieces. Only one click away.

This is the good stuff. Found out all about the great work that the students are doing. You'll be impressed.