An Orff-Schulwerk LEVEL ONE Accreditation Course 

 Introduction

In Singapore’s levels, we aim to stay true to Carl Orff’s philosophy:

“Music begins in the individual….”.   

 

Wolfgang Hartmann goes on to write that

“The awareness that individuals possess a fundamental musicality and creative potential that must be accessed and developed, means that they can be guided to their personal creativity.”

 

With this in mind, SingOrff believe in a levels’ training that will hopefully lead practitioners to follow the above quote.

 

There are 3 main areas in our training course which the participants have to undergo, in alignment with the unity of speech movement and music.  They are namely: -

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    1. Speech

• Learning through chants, games and rhymes

• Learning rhythm and meter through speech

• Applications in the Classroom

• Improvising with the voice and words

 

    2. Movement

• Learning the parameters of movement

• The Role of Movement and Dance in Orff-Schulwerk

• Summary of Laban’s Analysis of Movement

• Folk Dance in the Classroom

 

    3. Music

• Role of Singing;

  • Improvising

  • Exploration

  • Technique

  • Repertoire

  • Solfège in the Contemporary Orff-Schulwerk Classroom

• Descant and Alto Recorders;

  • Improvisation,

  • Exploration,

  • Technique,

  • Repertoire

• Orchestration

  • Introduction to Orff Instrumentalism

  • Improvisation

  • Exploration

  • Borduns

  • Ostinati

  • Notation

  • Concepts of Elemental Arrangement

 

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Knowledge & Understanding (Theory Component)

By the end of each level, the participant should be able to:

 

• Employ rhythmic speech, solfege system, with moveable do, to teach simple melodies and folk songs.

 

• Develop ability to teach sequential processes for performance skills and use instructional frameworks to help students to create, perform (using notation, improvising, etc) and respond to music using hand-held non-pitched percussion instruments and pitched instruments (Soprano recorders and Orff mallet percussion).

 

• Dramatize movement activities appropriate for wide-ranging experiences from keeping a steady beat to folk dancing, developing movement technique and acquire dance termilogy.

 

• Improvise, sing and perform songs and pieces in

  • Ionian, Dorian and Aeolian modes (Level Two)

  • Pentatonic scales, in Doh and Lah modes

 

• Employ, analyse, arrange, and execute elemental Orff-Schulwerk accompaniments for simple melodies including proper use of Bordun, ostinato and other harmonic-based textures.

 

• Perform in unison, parts or canon through singing, movement and playing of both pitched and unpitched instruments, including recorder.

 

• Analyse and understand elemental forms; call and response, antecedent and consequent, binary, ternary, rondo, aaba, abab, abca, aaab etc.

• Utilize notation, both graphic and formal notation.

 

On completing each level, skills, knowledge, technique, and pedagogical processes will be incrementally augmented.

 

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Knowledge & Understanding (Pedagogical Component)

• Employ the following strategies/processes in instructional frameworks in all aspects of the Orff-Schulwerk, namely speech, music and movement: -

  • Exploration

  • Improvisation

  • Creation

  • Layering

  • Mirroring

  • Echo

 

• Develop confident non-verbal cueing in a classroom setting

 

• Foster process analysis in both teaching and musical skills

 

• Demonstrate clear, succinct instructions in class

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