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Summer Courses 2023 By: Margaret Swain - 3/7/2023
Here is a list of upcoming teacher training courses being held either remotely or in person during the summer of 2023. We will do our best to keep this list up to date, but we highly recommend contacting each organization yourself before making any plans. Photo credit: Bronwen Houck June 19th-30th, 2023 Alaska Orff Chapter Levels Course Level I Certification Program Lutheran Church of Hope - Anchorage, AK Info. at www.alaskaorffchapter.org June 19th-30th, 2023 San Francisco Orff Course: Orff-Afrique Masterclass Nunya Music Academy - Dzodze, Ghana Info. at www.sforff.org June 26th-28th, 2023 World Music Pedagogy Teaching Music/Teaching Culture Course Online Webinar Course presented via Zoom Info. at www.folkways.si.edu June 29th-July 22nd, 2023 Creative Dance Center Online Summer Dance Institute for Teachers 2023 Presented via Zoom Info. at www.creativedance.org July 3rd-15th, 2023 Kodály Levels Program of Seattle Level I, Level II, Level III, and Kodály Sampler Info. at www.kodalylevelsseattle.com July 9th-15th, 2023 The Port Townsend Early Music Workshop University of Puget Sound - Tacoma, WA Info. at www.seattle-recorder.org July 17th-21st, 2023 Creative Dance Center In-Person Summer Dance Institute for Teachers 2023 The Creative Dance Center - Seattle, WA Info. at www.creativedance.org July 17th-21st, 2023 San Francisco Orff Course featuring Doug Goodkin The Jazz Course: The Orff Approach to Teaching Jazz to All Ages San Francisco, CA Info. at www.sforff.org July 19th-21st, 2023 San Francisco Orff Course featuring Janet Greene Orff Music & Movement in Early Childhood The San Francisco School - San Francisco, CA Info. at www.sforff.org July 24th-August 4th, 2023 San Francisco Orff Levels Course Levels I, II & III Certification Program Hidden Valley Music Seminars - Carmel Valley, CA Info. at www.sforff.org July 24th-August 4th, 2023 Portland Orff Levels Course Levels I, II, and III Certification Program Cascade Middle School - Vancouver, WA Info. at www.portlandorff.org


Spring Workshops 2023 By: Margaret Swain - 12/7/2022
Here is a list of professional development workshops for teachers that will take place starting in January of 2023. 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. January 14th, 2023 Northwest Kodály Educators featuring Karen Bruno Comprehensive Musicianship through Performance North Seattle Church - Seattle, WA Info. at www.nwkodaly.org January 28th, 2023 Evergreen Orff Chapter Sharing Fairwood Elementary School - Renton, WA Info. at www.evergreenorffchapter.com January 28th, 2023 Idaho Orff Chapter Sharing 2022 National Conference Chapter Share Real Life Community Church - Nampa, ID Info. at www.idahoorff.org February 4th, 2023 Portland Orff Schulwerk Association featuring Judith Thompson-Barthwell Scaffolding Movement in Your Music Classroom/Curriculum Columbia Valley Elementary School - Vancouver, WA Info. at www.portlandorff.org February 16th-19th, 2023 The 48th NAfME Northwest Division 2023 Professional Development Conference Hyatt Regency - Bellevue, WA Info. at www.wmea.org February 25th, 2023 Idaho Orff Chapter featuring David Row Info. at www.idahoorff.org March 4th, 2023 Northwest Kodály Educators featuring Minami Cohen Japanese Songs and Singing Games in the Kodály Classroom: Reframing Kodály-Inspired Practices Towards Culturally Responsive Teaching Info. at www.nwkodaly.org March 4th, 2023 Inland Empire Orff Chapter featuring Walt Hampton African Marimbas in the Orff Classroom McDonald Elementary School - Spokane Valley, WA Info. at www.inlandempireorff.org March 4th, 2023 Northern California Orff-Schulwerk Association featuring Lorelei Batislaong Moving Past the Unit: Ukulele in the Music Classroom Cal State East Bay - Hayward, CA Info. at www.ncaosa.org March 12th, 2023 Creative Dance Center featuring Anne Green Gilbert BrainDance Foundations The Creative Dance Center - Seattle, WA Info. at www.creativedance.org March 16th-19th, 2023 2023 Organization of American Kodály Educators Conference "Kodály for a Bold New World" Jacksonville, FL Info. at www.oake.org March 30th-April 1st, 2023 Alaska Orff Chapter featuring Manju Durairaj Orff Schulwerk 2023: Making Collaborative Learning and Responsive Teaching Visible Lutheran Church of Hope - Anchorage, AK Info. at www.alaskaorffchapter.org April 15th, 2023 Inland Empire Orff Chapter Sharing Classroom Games McDonald Elementary School - Spokane Valley, WA Info. at www.inlandempireorff.org April 16th, 2023 Creative Dance Center featuring Anna Mansbridge BrainDance Adaptations & Variations The Creative Dance Center - Seattle, WA Info. at www.creativedance.org April 22nd, 2023 Northern California Orff-Schulwerk Association featuring Antwan Davis Stepping & Body Music with Antwan Oak Knoll School - Menlo Park, CA Info. at www.ncaosa.org April 29th, 2023 Evergreen Orff Chapter featuring James Allen Pacific Lutheran University - Tacoma, WA Info. at www.evergreenorffchapter.com May 21th, 2023 Creative Dance Center featuring Mary Ann Brehm Feeling to Form: Mettler-based Dance Improvisation The Creative Dance Center - Seattle, WA Info. at www.creativedance.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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