BC Orff Chapter

Like sands through the hourglass... ONLY 2 days left to purchase our "Dumela, Drum, Dance with Garth Prince" resource! This interactive video resource comes w...ith lesson ideas, videos, audio tracks and literature connections in an easy to use Google Slides format. You will also receive a recording via email of our panel discussion "Black Experience: Best Practice Approaches to Including African Music in the Music Classroom". (Will be sent after March 1) https://www.albertaorff.ca/workshops.html Brought to you by the Alberta Orff Chapter and BC Orff Chapter of #carlorffcanada

Workshop alert!! Hosted by Carl Orff Canada!! Date: Saturday, March 20, 2021 Time: 12:00-3:00pm EST Cost: FREE for members of Carl Orff Canada... NOTE: This workshop will NOT be recorded. Plan to attend on March 20! This workshop is open only to current members of Carl Orff Canada Please RSVP to [email protected] If you would like to take part in a francophone breakout room during the workshop, please indicate within your RSVP

What a rich conversation. Thank you to everyone who joined us from so many places across the world. Garth Prince , Dawn Pemberton , Dr. Kofi Gbolonyo and Dr. Kathy Robinson... your thoughts and words have made a lasting impression on all of us to open our minds and practice as music educators.

Join the Alberta Orff Chapter and BC Orff Chapter as we host a live panel discussion through Zoom called "Black Experience: Best Practice Approaches to Including African Music in the Music Classroom" with panelists Garth Prince, Dawn Pemberton, Dr. Kathy Robinson and Dr. Kofi Gbolonyo. Saturday, February 20 12 PM PST/1 PM MST... The Zoom link for the panel discussion is located IN the Google Slides of our Dumela, Drum, Dance with Garth Prince resource. This panel will also be recorded and emailed to all purchasers of the resource. This is an important conversation and we look forward to hearing the words and wisdom of our panel guests. Please join us

Happy Thursday! Say hello to the final member for Saturday’s LIVE panel discussion: Dr. Kathy Robinson! Kathy M. Robinson is Associate Professor of Music Education at the University of Alberta. Dr. Robinson has studied Ghanaian drumming and dance in Legon, Ghana, children’s songs and choral music in South Africa, Balkan choral music in New York, Chinese traditional music at Liaocheng University in Shandong province, China and, holds Orff Schulwerk certification ...from the University of St. Thomas, MN. She has presented and published research focusing on world music pedagogy, Ghanaian and South African musics, culturally responsive pedagogy and urban music education. Dr. Robinson has also given more than 100 workshops and clinics on 5 continents focusing on teaching world musics for elementary classroom and general music teachers, and choral directors and on culturally-responsive pedagogy. Dumela, Drum, Dance with Garth Prince is available on our Alberta Orff Chapter website NOW! Purchase of this resource gives you a Zoom link to the live panel discussion happening this Saturday, February 20 at as PM PST/1 PM MST https://www.albertaorff.ca/workshops.html This resource is a collaboration between the Alberta Orff Chapter and BC Orff Chapter of #carlorffcanada