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Fall Workshops 2024 By: Margaret Swain - 8/14/2024
Here is a list of professional development workshops for teachers that will take place starting in August of 2024. Click on each link for more information on these great educational opportunities. We are continuing to add more events to this list, and we will do our best to keep it up to date. However, we highly recommend contacting each organization yourself before making any plans. Date TBA Idaho Orff Chapter featuring Tim Wiegand Location TBA Info. at www.idahoorff.org August 24th, 2024 Portland Orff Schulwerk Association featuring Fauna Woolfe The Art in Play! Portland State University - Portland, OR Info. at www.portlandorff.org September 26th-28th, 2024 Alaska Orff Chapter featuring Natasha Thurmon Let the Music Play! Use Recorders, Creativity, and Inclusion to Engage ALL Learners Info. at www.alaskaorffchapter.org September 28th, 2024 Inland Empire Orff Chapter featuring John Crever Snowdon Elementary School - Cheney, WA Info. at www.inlandempireorff.org October 12th, 2024 Portland Orff Schulwerk Association featuring BethAnn Hepburn Invitation for Creativity Portland State University - Portland, OR Info. at www.portlandorff.org October 16th-18th, 2024 The Montana Music Educators Association Conference Skyview High School - Billings, MT Info. at www.mtmusiced.com October 19th, 2024 Northwest Kodály Educators featuring Coty Raven Morris Ignite! Finding the Spark in Your Choral Experience Inglemoor High School - Kenmore, WA Info. at www.nwkodaly.wordpress.com October 19th, 2024 Inland Empire Orff Chapter Sharing Snowdon Elementary School - Cheney, WA Info. at www.inlandempireorff.org October 26th, 2024 Evergreen Orff Chapter featuring David Thaxton Pacific Lutheran University - Parkland, WA Info. at www.evergreenorffchapter.com November 13th-16th, 2024 2024 American Orff Schulwerk Association Professional Development Conference Together We Grow Des Moines, IA Info. at www.aosa.org


Summer Courses 2024 By: Margaret Swain - 3/14/2024
Here is a list of upcoming teacher training courses being held either remotely or in person during the summer of 2024. We will do our best to keep this list up to date, but we highly recommend contacting each organization yourself before making any plans. June 23rd-3rd, 2024 San Francisco Orff Course featuring Doug Goodkin and Special Guests The Jazz Course: The Orff Approach to Teaching Jazz to All Ages University of New Orleans - New Orleans, LA Info. at www.sforff.org July 1st-13th, 2024 Kodály Levels Program of Seattle Level I, Level II, and Kodály Sampler Seattle Pacific University - Seattle, WA Info. at www.kodalylevelsseattle.com July 8th–10th, 2024 World Music Pedagogy Teaching Music/Teaching Culture Course Online Webinar Course presented via Zoom Info. at www.folkways.si.edu July 14th-19th, 2024 Portland Orff Levels Course Special Post Level III Program Menucha Retreat Center - Corbett, OR Info. at www.portlandorff.org July 15th-19th, 2024 Creative Dance Center In-Person Summer Dance Institute for Teachers 2024 The Creative Dance Center - Seattle, WA Info. at www.creativedance.org July 17th-19th, 2024 San Francisco Orff Course featuring Janet Greene Orff Music and Movement in Early Childhood The San Francisco School - San Francisco, CA Info. at www.sforff.org July 22nd-August 2nd, 2024 Portland Orff Levels Course Levels I, II, and III Certification Program Cascade Middle School - Vancouver, WA Info. at www.portlandorff.org July 22nd-August 2nd, 2024 San Francisco Orff Levels Course Levels I, II & III Certification Program Hidden Valley Music Seminars - Carmel Valley, CA Info. at www.sforff.org

Margaret Swain

I enjoy working to connect teachers to quality books and instruments for music and dance education. I hope you find my blog useful and interesting.

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