West Virginia Orff Schulwerk Association

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The West Virginia Orff Schulwerk Association provides three professional development workshops a school year to West Virginia music educators. We strive to bring in nationally recognized clinicians to help us promote the teaching of the Orff Schulwerk. Workshops are held at Chandler Elementary School in Charleston, WV. If you have any questions about membership, or attending a workshop, please contact Chapter President, Kelley Laseter, at WVOrff@yahoo.com.
 
 
2005-2006 WV-OSA Officers
President: Kelley Laseter
Vice President, Programs: June Buchanan
Vice President, Membership: Brian Vannoy
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Our next workshop will be on April 25, 2009 9:00 am-1:00 pm with Lisa Sullivan.
Lisa Sullivan teaches general music at Mohawk Trails Elementary in Carmel, Indiana.  She teaches private piano in her home studio as well as being active in the adult and children’s music at church.   Lisa holds a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Butler University and a Master’s degree in Elementary Administration from Ball State University.  Lisa currently serves as the Region IV representative for the Indiana Music Educators Association.  Lisa completed three levels in Orff Schulwerk, as well as Orff Curriculum, and Orff Master Class at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota.  Lisa apprenticed Level I with Cindy Hall at the University of Kentucky and has presented at local chapter meetings of the Indiana Orff Schulwerk Association as well as State Conferences of the Indiana Music Educators Association.  Lisa has presented at AOSA conferences and she currently is the course director and teaches Orff Level I at Anderson University in Anderson, Indiana and DePaul University in Chicago .  Lisa has taught Orff Level II basic at Anderson University, Level II Recorder and Movement at IPFW in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Orff Level I at Palm Beach Atlantic College in West Palm Beach, Florida. 
Session Title
Getting It All In!
This workshop will focus on lessons that cover all aspects of the Schulwerk in the short amount of time we are given with students.  Activities will be presented that offer efficient ways to include speech, singing, movement, instruments, improvisation, & composition into our elementary music classrooms!  Recorder materials will be presented so bring a soprano recorder and National Standards will also be addressed
 
The workshop will be at Chandler Elementary in Charleston. Workshop fee is $15.  Please contact Kelley Laseter at wvorff@yahoo.com if you would like to be updated about future workshops.

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Playing boompipes with Chris Judah-Lauder