MMED 741 Elemental Ensemble: Exploring Repertoire of Orff Schulwerk

College of Performing Arts School of Music

3 credits 45.0 hours
700 level graduate course

Through this supplemental course, students will be offered an enhanced understanding of Elemental Music through the Orff Schulwerk repertoire. The course will explore many pieces in the Music for Children Volumes and supplemental material through traditional and non-traditional instrumentation. This experience will enhance your already broad understanding of Orff by adding significant new repertoire to your knowledge base. The pieces will be explored and performed to offer the elemental music educator an opportunity to develop and grow to a more advanced level of Elemental Music. It is an opportunity to deepen and expand upon the skills and understanding of elemental ensemble music. This supplemental course is offered for students who have completed Orff-Schulwerk Levels I and II, and does not lead to Level III certification.

This course is not repeatable for credit.