{"product_id":"taking-the-orff-approach-to-heart-essays-articles-from-a-pioneer-of-orff-in-america-9781931922098","title":"Taking the Orff Approach to Heart: Essays \u0026 Articles from a Pioneer of Orff in America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTaking the Orff Approach to Heart: Essays \u0026amp; Articles from a Pioneer of Orff in America\u003c\/strong\u003e contains twenty-nine original essays and articles. It is a companion book to \u003cem\u003eMaking It Up As You Go\u003c\/em\u003e, also from Brasstown Press. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorth American Orff educator Isabel McNeill Carley writes with skill and humor on topics from theory to practice, integrating music, speech, movement, and improvisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u2028Assigned as a text in \u003cstrong\u003eOrff Levels certification\u003c\/strong\u003e instruction, \u003cem\u003eTaking The Orff Approach to Heart\u003c\/em\u003e offers insights into teaching, childhood development, pentatonic music theory and applications, and even an illustrated children's story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u2028Never-before published gems include: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u2028Detailed guidance on weaving speech play into the classroom, with great examples from the public domain\u2028\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA comprehensive master class for creating Orff arrangements\u2028\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to introduce Orff instruments in the classroom, with stepwise instruction\u2028\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGentle, age-appropriate sequences introducing music and creativity for preschool and for kindergarten\u2028\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKey ways to integrate speech, play, movement, singing, and rhythmic and melodic instruments into the music classroom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd numerous additional essays about the joys of teaching from the heart, engaging children and adults with spontaneity and simplicity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThere's even an original children's story which, when read aloud, leads from speech to song.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMore inside: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to introduce music to pre-schoolers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to compose and arrange for the Orff instrumentarium and classroom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to introduce music through speech play - with a bonus chapter of great speech materials in the public domain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to introduce the ostinato and build the Carpet of Sound\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to teach and use the recorder with the Orff Approach\u2028\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword by Karen Stafford PhD \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u2028Editor's Introduction by Anne M Carley\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u2028Biographical Note about the author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u2028Informative essays on Carl Orff and the Orff Schulwerk, developed by Orff and his colleague Gunild Keetman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u2028Introductory headnotes from the editor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u2028The significance of the pentatonic scale in Orff education\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u2028Extensive speech play resources\u2028\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePentatonic scales + modes in C, F, \u0026amp; G\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u2028Glossary and biographical notes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u2028Published resources and references\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u2028Selected bibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Table of Contents includes: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. The Case for Creativity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. That Lovely Two-Headed Betsy Higginbottam\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Create or Perform\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Music Plus: Five- and Six-Year-Olds in the Classroom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Playing With Our Materials: Speech Play\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Speech Play Resources\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. At the Foot of the Mountains, Or How Mrs. Dow Made a Song\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Introducing Ostinati with Murray Volume I\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Tips for Teachers of the Recorder\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. How To Introduce the Orff Ensemble\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Practicing Some Neglected Ensemble Techniques\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. Master Class: Composing and Arranging for the Orff Classroom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. Teaching Music to Preschoolers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14. Concerning Rabbits\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15. The Next Ten Years: A View from the Early Day\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16. On Patterns in A Music Gestalt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17. First Encountering Gunild Keetman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18. Improvisation Makes It Happen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19. The Inclusive Art of Music\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20. The Essential Role of the Recorder\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e21. Using the Recorder: The Orff Approach\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e22. On Setting a Program's Goals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e23. The Schulwerk's Origins and Early Music\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e24. The Orff Approach in Church\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e25. On Being Simple-Minded\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e26. My Theory of Education\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e27. Educating All of the Human Mind\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e28. Little Is Possible Without Healthy Roots\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e29. 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