Is it Orff or Choir? Part-Singing with Young Voices and Orff Accompaniments

In this active music making session participants will be offered lessons that teach part singing through arrangements with Orff instrument accompaniments. We will work with three different songs, process the melodic learning through well-sequenced literacy work, then add developmentally appropriate Orff accompaniments, resulting in both solid learning and a performance piece that is perfect for your elementary or middle school choirs or general music classes.

Roger Sams 

Music Is Elementary
Retired from the classroom

Roger Sams retired from the music classroom in 2013 after 31 years of teaching music. He has been an active clinician and Orff instructor for over two decades and has taught in China, India, Indonesia, Scotland, Canada, South Korea, Poland, Spain, and throughout the US. Roger is trained in Gestalt therapy and is interested in the power of choice in the artistic process and in life. He is co-author of "Purposeful Pathways: Possibilities for the Elementary Music Room” and the composer of several choral octavos published in the Crooked River Choral Project series and a book of rounds and partner songs titled, "A Round My Heart." He is currently Director of Publications at Music Is Elementary and Creative Director at TeachingWithOrff.com.

The FMEA Professional Development Conference and All-State Ensembles receive support in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.