Librería Samer Atenea
Librería Aciertas (Toledo)
Kálamo Books
Librería Perelló (Valencia)
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Donde los libros
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
Taking the Orff Approach to Heart: Essays & Articles from a Pioneer of Orff in America contains twenty-nine original essays and articles. It is a companion book to Making It Up As You Go, also from Brasstown Press. North American Orff educator Isabel McNeill Carley writes with skill and humor on topics from theory to practice, integrating music, speech, movement, and improvisation.u2028Assigned as a text in Orff Levels certification instruction, Taking The Orff Approach to Heart offers insights into teaching, childhood development, pentatonic music theory and applications, and even an illustrated children’s story.u2028Never-before published gems include:u2028Detailed guidance on weaving speech play into the classroom, with great examples from the public domainu2028A comprehensive master class for creating Orff arrangementsu2028How to introduce Orff instruments in the classroom, with stepwise instructionu2028Gentle, age-appropriate sequences introducing music and creativity for preschool and for kindergartenu2028Key ways to integrate speech, play, movement, singing, and rhythmic and melodic instruments into the music classroomAnd numerous additional essays about the joys of teaching from the heart, engaging children and adults with spontaneity and simplicity.There’s even an original children’s story which, when read aloud, leads from speech to song.More inside:How to introduce music to pre-schoolersHow to compose and arrange for the Orff instrumentarium and classroomHow to introduce music through speech play - with a bonus chapter of great speech materials in the public domainHow to introduce the ostinato and build the Carpet of SoundHow to teach and use the recorder with the Orff Approachu2028Foreword by Karen Stafford PhD u2028Editor’s Introduction by Anne M Carleyu2028Biographical Note about the authoru2028Informative essays on Carl Orff and the Orff Schulwerk, developed by Orff and his colleague Gunild Keetmanu2028Introductory headnotes from the editoru2028The significance of the pentatonic scale in Orff educationu2028Extensive speech play resourcesu2028Pentatonic scales + modes in C, F, & Gu2028Glossary and biographical notesu2028Published resources and referencesu2028Selected bibliographyThe Table of Contents includes:1. The Case for Creativity2. That Lovely Two-Headed Betsy Higginbottam3. Create or Perform4. Music Plus: Five- and Six-Year-Olds in the Classroom5. Playing With Our Materials: Speech Play6. Speech Play Resources7. At the Foot of the Mountains, Or How Mrs. Dow Made a Song8. Introducing Ostinati with Murray Volume I9. Tips for Teachers of the Recorder10. How To Introduce the Orff Ensemble11. Practicing Some Neglected Ensemble Techniques12. Master Class: Composing and Arranging for the Orff Classroom13. Teaching Music to Preschoolers14. Concerning Rabbits15. The Next Ten Years: A View from the Early Day16. On Patterns in A Music Gestalt17. First Encountering Gunild Keetman18. Improvisation Makes It Happen19. The Inclusive Art of Music20. The Essential Role of the Recorder21. Using the Recorder: The Orff Approach22. On Setting a Program’s Goals23. The Schulwerk’s Origins and Early Music24. The Orff Approach in Church25. On Being Simple-Minded26. My Theory of Education27. Educating All of the Human Mind28. Little Is Possible Without Healthy Roots29. Imparted Grace: The Central Role of Music in Education
