2023-2024 workshops are below:
Fees for all workshops are included with an SDAOSA membership.
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Oct 14, 2023 9am – 1pm Aaron Williams
Jan 20, 2024 9am – 1pm Tiffany Barry
Feb 10, 2024 9am – 1pm Judith Chan *
* (joint workshop with San Diego Kodály)
Mar 9, 2024 9am – 1pm Chapter Share
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2023-2024 Workshops are below:
Fees for all workshops are included with an SDAOSA membership.
Click HERE for details and to PAY FEES.
Oct 14, 2023 9am – 1pm Aaron Williams
Jan 20, 2024 9am – 1pm Tiffany Barry
Feb 10, 2024 9am – 1pm Judith Chan *
* (joint workshop with San Diego Kodály)
Mar 9, 2024 9am – 1pm Chapter Share
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Games Galore
Aaron Grooves is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and music educator. His passion for all forms of music-making have led him to become proficient in percussion, piano, tap dancing, singing, ukulele, live-looping, and many other instruments which he utilizes to pursue his mission of spreading joy and elevating humanity.
Aaron achieved internet fame with his viral video, Mario on Marimba, which has received over 100 million views worldwide. He is the composer of “Jazzy Note Blocks,” the music behind Alan Becker’s Note Blocks – Animation vs. Minecraft Shorts Episode 5 which has racked up over 200 million views on YouTube. Aaron is one half of the explosive duo group, Collision of Rhythm, where he performs, teaches, and keynotes all over the world with his “rhythmic soul brother” Bronkar Lee.
In addition to his online and commercial successes, Aaron is a world-class music educator. He holds Level 3 Certification in Orff Schulwerk pedagogy and he has presented teacher training workshops for AOSA (American Orff Schulwerk Association), KIPP Schools, CMEA (California Music Educators Association), and several colleges and universities. He is a recipient of the ACEMM Winter Spotlight Award, which is granted for outstanding work in learning communities utilizing music and movement. Aaron has done extensive work as a Band Director, Private Lessons Instructor, and Music Specialist for humans of all ages.
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Filipino Songs and Games
Tiffany Unarce Barry is a California-based music educator with over 20 years of experience teaching general music, ukulele, choir, orchestra, and band in both public and private school systems. She completed Orff Schulwerk certification through the San Francisco International Orff Course and received her bachelor’s, teaching credential, and master’s degrees from the School of Music at San Jose State University (SJSU). Tiffany is a performer, presenter, and published author. She is an adjunct lecturer in Music Education at both SJSU and Sacramento State University (CSUS), serves as the course director of the Orff Schulwerk Teacher Education Program at SJSU, and is also a Basic Orff Teacher Educator for Level 1.
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How to Build a Kodály Choir from Scratch
A collaboration between San Diego AOSA and San Diego Kodály
Judith Chan is a music educator with over 30 years of experience teaching students of all ages. She has taught in private and public schools in California and in Australia. Originally from Hong Kong, she grew up singing in the Hong Kong Children’s Choir where she received the foundation of musical learning based on the Kodály philosophy. She is the director of the Choraliers ensemble of the South Bay Children’s Choir and has been the Vocal Music Specialist in the Beverly Hills Unified School District in the last 22 years. Besides teaching general music, she has directed a choral program of multiple levels. Her middle school choir was selected to perform as the featured choir at the 2016 OAKE National Conference and the 2017 World Strides Music Festival at Carnegie Hall. In 2019, her choir participated in the Music Celebrations Rome Choral Festival and performed at St. Peter’s Basilica and the Sistine Chapel.
Judith received her Bachelor of Music in Piano Pedagogy from University of Louisiana at Lafayette, the Graduate Diploma in Music Education from Queensland University of Technology in Australia where she was first trained in the Kodály pedagogy and the Master of Music Education with Kodály Emphasis from Holy Names University. In addition, Judith has taught Kodály Summer Institute classes at the Holy Names University and the California State University at Bakersfield. While living in the Bay Area, she sang with the California Bach Society and the San Francisco Symphony Chorus.
Judith is an active member of OAKE. She served on the National Choir Committee for six years and had students selected to perform at the conference regularly. She is currently serving as the past president for the Western Division.
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Chapter Sharing Workshop
Various chapter members share favorite lessons.
Join us for a morning of music-making, yoga, and muffins!
San Diego AOSA and San Diego Kodály are coming together on Saturday, September 9th to celebrate the beginning of our workshop seasons! Featuring a group sing, ukulele jam, and yoga led by Melissa Trevino Keylock, this event will take place at (Crystal’s home):
6909 Estrella Ave.
San Diego, CA 92120
If you are interested in joining us, please sign up to bring muffins or beverages using this signup genius link: Music and Muffins Sign-Up
Thank you to Melissa Trevino Keylock and San Diego Kodály for the morning yoga session. Please plan on bringing a yoga mat and towel.
Melissa Trevino Keylock serves as Artistic Director and Executive Director of the San Diego North Coast Singers. She taught eleven years at Princeton Girlchoir and previously worked at American Boychoir School, Rider University, and the Indianapolis Children’s Choir. She founded the annual Princeton Girlchoir Children Making a Difference benefit concert, raising over $30,000 for nonprofit organizations. For many years Melissa taught public and private school, including K-12 vocal music and AP Music Theory. Throughout her career, Melissa has served in state and regional leadership positions with the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA). She holds an undergraduate degree from Wheaton College and a Master of Music from Butler University where she directed the collegiate Women’s Glee Club. Melissa completed her Kodály studies at Capital University and is listed in Who’s Who in American Women. Melissa is a regular clinician and presenter at choral conferences and festivals throughout the United States. She is a Yoga Alliance certified yoga and group fitness instructor and enjoys studying fitness and nutrition. Melissa’s arrangements and compositions with co-writer Jill Friedersdorf are regularly performed by festival and honor choirs throughout the country. These include over thirty pieces published with Colla Voce, Hal Leonard, Chorister’s Guild and Galaxy Publishing. Melissa Trevino Keylock has received the honor of directing the Elementary Honor Choir at the upcoming ACDA Midwestern Region Conference in February 2024.
I hope you join us for a relaxing morning of music-making!
Sasha
She/Her
SDAOSA President @msStonemusic
Please see below for a message from our chapter president:
2022-2023 Workshops are below:
Fees for all workshops are included with an SDAOSA membership.
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Sep 17, 2022 9am – 1pm Denise Gagne
Oct 15, 2022 9am – 1pm Josh Southard
Feb 11, 2023 9am – 1pm Chapter Share
Mar 18, 2023 9am – 1pm Aimee Curtis Pfitzner
Fees for all workshops are included with an SDAOSA membership.
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Sep 11, 2021 9am – 1pm Manju Durairaj
Oct 9, 2021 9am – 1pm Paul Cribari
Feb 12, 2022 9am – 1pm Crystal Pridmore
Mar 12, 2022 9am – 1pm Tim WiegandApr 9, 2022 9am – 1pm Virtual Chapter Sharing (more info soon)
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21st Century Orff Schulwerk: Making Responsive Teaching and Collaborative Learning Visible
Teachers and students have been impacted socially, emotionally, and academically over the past 18 months. The pandemic as well as the heightened cultural consciousness may well have brought about a need to rethink and redesign instructional design, curriculum, teaching, and learning.
This workshop addresses the impact of current realities on teaching and learning in general, and in Orff Schulwerk programs in particular. The 21st Century Orff Schulwerk model emphasizes using students’ cultural information, student-generated ideas, and responsive processes to: scaffold learning, emphasize communal orientation, focus on relationships, plan cognitive scaffolding, and develop social awareness in addition to aligning with 21st century educational frameworks. During the workshop participants will engage in activities framed in culturally relevant and responsive teaching, use selected inclusion strategies for collaborative learning, and examine criteria for curating folk songs, chants, dances, stories, and poetry while examining processes for designing and facilitating instruction.
Manju Durairaj was born, raised, and educated in Pune, India. She was also involved in graduate research projects on comparative pedagogical practices of Indian (Carnatic) and Western Music at Middlesex University, London, UK. Furthermore, she graduated with her second master’s degree and K-12 certification from VanderCook College of Music in Chicago.
Manju is the Lower School Music Teacher at the Latin School of Chicago. She is AOSA’s Vice President Elect of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, she is past president of the Greater Chicago Orff Chapter, and she is a certified Orff-Schulwerk Levels Instructor as well as a certified Arts Integration specialist. Manju is on the Elementary General Music Council of the Illinois Music Education Association. She is an adjunct professor at VanderCook College of Music, Chicago where she teaches curriculum design and both graduate and undergraduate elementary music methods courses. Manju’s continuing-teacher-education courses, both on-campus and online, include: Culturally Responsive Music Education, Technology, Arts Integration, Curriculum Development, Responsive Classroom, and Redesigning Teaching & Learning for the 21st Century.
Manju is a frequent clinician at various state, national, and international education conferences. She has been published in the Orff Echo, Reverberations, Illinois Music Educators Journal, General Music Today, and The Journal of the Council for Research in Music Education. In addition, her Hal Leonard publications include: “InterAct with Music Assessment Levels 1 and 2,” “InterAct Levels 1&2 Student Activities for Devices and Print,” “Technology in Today’s Music Classroom,” and (Music Express Magazine) “Dancing Around the World.”
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Rebuilding and Reconnecting Through Music
Learn how to incorporate student ideas to create musical experiences that are unique to the class as we rebuild and reconnect after a disrupted school year. These musical experiences will reflect the specific character of the individual and the classroom community. Through these activities, students will take greater ownership in the process and see themselves as central to the musical experience that reflects their racial, cultural, and communal identities.
Dr. Cribari is a Colorado native who has been teaching music to children for 20 years. He has worked to educate preschool to high school students and has conducted a variety of ensembles including Renaissance consorts, choirs, jazz bands, and symphony orchestras. Dr. Cribari received a Bachelors degree in Piano and Vocal education from the University of Northern Colorado, a Master of Arts with an emphasis in Orff Schulwerk from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, and his doctorate in music education from Boston University.
In addition to teaching children at Coyote Hills School, Dr. Cribari has taught graduate students at Southern Methodist University, Mills College, Central Michigan University, the University of St. Thomas, George Mason University, Anderson University, and the University of Central Arkansas. Dr. Cribari is on the board of trustees for the Hidden Valley Music Seminars in Carmel Valley, California, and is a frequent clinician at music education conferences throughout the country.
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Look Up! SEL-Based Orff-Schulwerk Lessons for Dreamers
A Message from SDAOSA Vice-President, Sasha Stone: Happy New Year! I hope everyone is staying healthy and settling back in your classroom after a much-needed break. I wanted to update you about our February 12th workshop. Unfortunately our originally-scheduled presenter (Aimee Curtis Pfitzner) will not be able to join us due to a school performance that needed to be rescheduled. Aimee will instead be joining us in March of 2023! The workshop on February 12th will instead be led by our very own Crystal Pridmore! We look forward to seeing you at E.B. Scripps Elementary School on February 12th!
In this workshop, Crystal invites you to explore and create with your students by using the imagery of the moon and stars. Participants will receive music and movement lesson materials for grades K-6, slides to use in the classroom, and reflection materials for their own teaching practice. Join us in a restorative, joyful workshop.
Crystal Pridmore has been teaching music for 15 years as a private voice instructor, secondary choir director, early childhood music specialist, and PreK-8 general music teacher. She currently runs the general music, choral, and strings program for PreK-6th grade students at Finney Elementary School. She holds a BA in Music Education and MA in Teaching from Point Loma Nazarene University and California Single Subject Teaching Credential in Music. She actively serves throughout the community as a singer and choir member and frequently collaborates with other musicians in various capacities. She is the creator and co-host of the Chaotic Harmony podcast, chronicling the reestablishment of music programs in Chula Vista Elementary School District after a 30-year absence of arts education. In addition, Crystal has completed 3 levels of certification in Orff-Schulwerk and serves as the San Diego American Orff-Schulwerk Association chapter president. She is a current member of CMEA (California Music Educators Association), NAfME (National Association for Music Education), and AOSA (American Orff Schulwerk Association). She is the recipient of the 2020 CMEA Southern Border Section Elementary Music Specialist Fortissimo Award and was a Semifinalist for the 2020 GRAMMY Music Educator Award.
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A Mix of Folk and Fun!
Come experience traditional folk lessons, each with a creative fun twist! Getting students engaged to build basic musical motor skills can be a challenge. Join Tim as he shares lessons and games that will motivate students to make the repetitions necessary to achieve mastery in a variety of topics.
Tim Wiegand graduated from Syracuse University with a BA in Music Education and received his masters degree with an emphasis in Orff-Schulwerk from UNLV (University of Nevada Las Vegas). Tim has been teaching elementary general music in the Clark County School District for over 21 years and is a regular presenter for school district staff development sessions. Tim directed students in various children’s performances at the 2002 AOSA National Conference in Las Vegas. In the 2004, 2005, 2010, 2013 and 2015 National AOSA Conferences (various locations) Tim was a conference session presenter. Tim has been a clinician at Orff workshops all over the country and Canada since 2004. Being a percussionist, Tim has found Orff-Schulwerk to be a natural fit for him.
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SDAOSA Chapter Sharing
Various chapter members share favorite lessons.
If you are interested in sharing, please be sure to sign up using the google form linked at the bottom of this post!
Sing, say, dance, and play with SDAOSA’s brilliant educators!
Our next workshop is coming up on Saturday, March 13th at 9:30-11:30am. It will be a virtual chapter share and we want to learn from you! You will have between 10 and 15 minutes to share your ideas, lessons, and activities! If you are interested in sharing, please sign up on this google form: SDAOSA Chapter Share Sign-Up.
If you have any questions please email: sdaosapres@gmail.com or sashanstone@gmail.com
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ALL WORKSHOPS WILL BE VIRTUAL (VIA ZOOM).
Fees for all workshops are included with an SDAOSA membership.
Click HERE to PAY FEES (if paying for just one workshop).
ALL WORKSHOPS WILL BE VIRTUAL (VIA ZOOM).
Fees for all workshops are included with an SDAOSA membership *
Click HERE for details and to PAY FEES.
* NOT included in SDAOSA membership fee but highly recommended
SDAOSA Community Hours are for checking in with one another, celebrating teaching successes from this very unique school year, sharing and processing our emotions, and simply enjoying one another’s company.
Tending To Teacher (Roger Sams) and Reconnecting With Joy (David Thaxton)
Roger Sams will lead us in activities to center ourselves and go into the next school year caring for our artistic, teacher souls. As we begin a school year unlike any other, meet with SDAOSA to learn some tried and true (and fun!) distance learning lessons from David Thaxton.
Let’s face it, these are very demanding days on planet earth. The whole world is in crisis and transition. Some days just getting out of bed and showing up for life feels like an accomplishment. There’s a lot to manage in our lives, in our jobs, and within our hearts and minds. In this workshop, Roger Sams, a trained Gestalt therapist as well as music educator, shares artful processes for nurturing yourself – body, mind, and spirit – through your artistry as you serve your students and your community with your teaching and with your presence. Self-care is no longer optional. It is a requirement if we’re going to be our best selves in the world. Let’s come together for an hour and learn a little bit about how to tend to ourselves while we tending to the well-being and the education of our students. Everybody wins when we learn to be attentive to self-care.
Come experience the joy of unfolding creativity through Orff Schulwerk approaches in a variety of settings both digitally and in-person. We will explore ways to refocus on student-centered music making with student choice and improvisation. Discover elemental approaches to voice, percussion, ukulele, recorder and composition that have foundations in face-to-face instruction, but that are modified to work in a digital or blended learning environment.
Move it and Bon Appetit! Orff Schulwerk Process to Performance
Using children’s literature as a point of inspiration, Casey will lead participants as they sing, say, dance, and play their way through a series of activities that can be used for any elementary class. Each activity will include an opportunity for participants to explore the concepts through movement, song, and playing instruments. All activities can be modified to fit a virtual or in-person lesson. Crystal will lead participants through a series of movement-focused lessons inspired by SEL literature to help students explore and process their feelings and emotions. All activities will be appropriate for both in-person and virtual teaching.This digital conference requires addtional NATIONAL AOSA membership and is NOT INCLUDED with just SDAOSA membership. We highly recommend it though!
SDAOSA Community Hours are for checking in with one another, celebrating teaching successes from this very unique school year, sharing and processing our emotions, and simply enjoying one another’s company.
Playful Possibilities
This adventure will have us exploring what playful possibilities elemental music and movement offers us (teacher/facilitators and our student learners) to be innovative, creative, and collaborative artists. The activities will be transferable to in-person, hybrid, or fully online learning models.
Please bring along your Orff Schulwerk Volume I, a hand drum, a smile, and a playful spirit! We will spend time together after Drue’s presentation to check in with each other.
Finding Balance in a Virtual World
Teaching during times of COVID-19 can be challenging: is learning in person, online, or hybrid? Do you teach from home, at school, or even on a cart? How do you create lessons that will add value to your students’ lives without overwhelming anyone? On top of it all, how do you maintain your own personal health and happiness (as well as your family’s) and maintain balance? This workshop will provide teachers with tips and tricks to use in various teaching settings, while centering the mental and emotional health of both teachers and children.
Sing, say, dance, and play with SDAOSA’s brilliant educators!
SDAOSA Community Hours are for checking in with one another, celebrating teaching successes from this very unique school year, sharing and processing our emotions, and simply enjoying one another’s company.
Turning a D.R.E.A.M. Into Reality
We welcome Kanisha Howard as she shares her perspective of how to promote and include D.R.E.A.M.- Diversity, Resources, Equity, and Anti-Racism in Music Education.
SDAOSA Community Hours are for checking in with one another, celebrating teaching successes from this very unique school year, sharing and processing our emotions, and simply enjoying one another’s company.
• Saturday, May 9th, 10:00 am.
• Join us Saturday, May 9th to learn tips and tricks for navigating Digital Learning from ASOSA’s own!
• If you would like to share please email Crystal at: me@crystalpridmore.com
• This online workshop is pay what you can/want.
• To RSVP please email Sasha at: sashanstone@gmail.com
From executive board member Sharon Evans (April 6, 2020):
Dear SDAOSA Members,
We hope you are all doing well during this difficult season. Crystal Pridmore, incoming SDAOSA President, wanted to recognize the amazing Margie Orem for all of her faithful years of service to the chapter in many roles (some repeated) and particularly for her leadership the past two years as president. We had hoped to celebrate her at the March workshop with a parting gift, cards of love, and our gratitude. Feel free to send her an email anytime thanking her for a job well done since it may be a while before we are able to meet again.
The SDAOSA Executive Board also wanted to convey our deepest thanks to other board members who are stepping down: Debbie Burton (Past President) and Zoe Kumagai (Secretary). Your work and talent was so appreciated!!! Big thanks also to Tom, Crystal, Sasha, Sharon M, Tiffany, Sandra, Ondrya, Dorothy, Bethany, Maya, Kevin, Marc, Kathy, Angelina, Jonathan and all the rest who gave of their time to help (forgive any omissions).
Marc Keehmer, the San Diego Area Orff Levels Course Director wanted to tell you that ALL LEVELS TRAINING for our San Diego area has been CANCELED this summer (many throughout the US as well). We are deeply disappointed about this development but hope San Diego Area Levels will return in 2021.
The votes are in and the membership has APPROVED the appointment of the new board. Thanks to all who voted and to the dedicated folks below who are giving their time and talent to support the important work of the chapter.
SDAOSA 2020-2021 elected board members:
Here is the planned workshop schedule for 2020-2021:
So our amazing Margie Orem says, “Adieu.” And we joyfully welcome our new President, Crystal and the fabulous team that will support her. On a personal note, it has been an honor to serve SDAOSA in the roles of treasurer and membership coordinator and I am thankful for Ondrya and Amber’s willingness to step into these positions in the years ahead.
We wish you health and strength as you face these upcoming months. We look forward to coming together in the next school year and will keep you posted regarding any changes or developments.
All the Best,
Sharon Evans for the Executive Board
