Creating With Recorders

Day: Friday, January 12, 2024
Time: 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Venue: Tampa Convention Center
Room: 114
Format: Movement/Hands-On
Topics: Elementary Composition/Arranging
Grade Levels: Elementary
Sponsored By: FEMEA

Handout(s):
Creating with Recorders notes
Creating with Recorders slideshow

Using recorders as the composition tool, students can create complex recorder pieces suitable for classroom or performances. Using Orff Schulwerk primary source materials, ostinato and canon, participants will discover how to facilitate your classroom so students become their own composers.

Jennifer Donovan

USD 232 De Soto Public Schools
Elementary Music Teacher

Jennifer Donovan teaches at Clear Creek Elementary School in Shawnee, Kansas. A past president of the Kansas Orff Chapter, she has served AOSA as a Region Representative, Treasurer, and National Conference Chair for the 2016 and 2022 AOSA Professional Development Conferences. Jennifer served on the 2009 and 2018 Kansas Teacher of the Year teams. She teaches Orff Level 1 Pedagogy at Baker University and University of Nevada Las Vegas.

Session Coordinator:
Jacob Reedy

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.