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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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
ALL WORKSHOPS WILL BE VIRTUAL (VIA ZOOM).
Fees for all workshops are included with an SDAOSA membership *
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* 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.
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
Below is NEW INFO! Summer 2020 Orff Level courses! Save the date and please check the Summer Levels Training page for more details coming soon!
Click HERE for the PDF (larger) version of this flyer!
We hope to see you at levels training this summer!
Hi Everyone! Our presenter, Brian Burnett, has asked that these be made available prior to his workshop:
Hope to see you all at our next workshop with Brian Burnett. February 1st (9:00am-3:00pm)!
