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Review
Reviewed Work(s): Discovering Orff: A Curriculum for Music Teachers by Jane Frazee and
Kent Kreuter
Review by: Patricia Shehan Campbell
Source: Music Educators Journal, Vol. 77, No. 1 (Sep., 1990), pp. 59-61
Published by: Sage Publications, Inc. on behalf of MENC: The National Association for
Music Education
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 m
THINKING OF
MUSIC AWARDS?
Books

U.iiilili
Discovering Orff-A Curriculum in and experience with
for Orifs peda- Military-style ribbon award decora-
Music Teachers. By Jane Frazee tions spark up uniforms and reward
gogy, the Schulwerk might appear
students for accomplishments and
with Kent Kreuter. Schott Music to be a maze of unassociated activi- honors. Over 175 different Band-
(distributed by European American ties. To prevent teachers from hav- ribbons carried in stock ready for
Music Distributors, PO Box 850, ing to proceed helter-skelter instant mailing. Class, Service,
Valley Forge, PA 19482 but avail- through this maze, the authors of Officers, Organizations, Instru-
ments, Position, and Honor Ratings
able only through music dealers); Discovering Orff lay a course for are broad categories. Special indi-
ISBN# 0-930448-99-5), 1987. 224 developing both performance com- vidualized awards tailored to direc-
pp. Black-and-white photographs, petencies and musical understand- tor's own specific needs are quick
music examples, appendixes. Pa- ing. The four-stage learning proc- and easy. School prices with liberal
perback, $25.00. ess of the Schulwerk, including im- discounts are available. Eye-
catching Bandribbons are for
itation, exploration, literacy, andorganized groups and may be
The vision that Carl Orff held for improvisation, provides the means ordered only by music directors,
inspiring more musically expres- by which rhythmic phrases, melo- school or organization officials.
sive children-and their teachers-dies, accompaniment patterns, mu-
evolved through his collaborativesical forms, and the expressive ele-
work with dance pedagogue Dor- ments of dynamics, tempo, and
othee Ginther and protegee- tone color can be presented to chil-
turned-colleague Gunild Keetman. dren.
Over the past three decades, Orf's The book is organized in two
theories have been carefully pre-parts and nine chapters. Part 1,
served yet sensibly adapted to which provides the historical con- These tastefully designed awards
American classrooms by numerous text of Orff and his Schulwerk, is should add a new dimension to your
music programs. Especially created
proponents of the media he es- followed by a careful description of for us by a well-known artist who
poused. As one of the leading ad- the media, the musical compo- specializes in calligraphy, these cer-
vocates of the Orff-Schulwerk in nents, and the pedagogical tech- tificates are printed on high quality
the United States, Jane Frazee hasniques required. It is here that the parchment-like paper suitable for
framing. They are priced low to invite
for many years articulated the es- reader is introduced, through an their use whenever appropriate.
sential Schulwerk for a K-5 class- extensive array of examples, to the
room curriculum, and in Discover- musical potential of speech, to the
ing Orff, she provides a process by relationship of movement to Quality Bands
which the fundamental principles rhythm and musical form, and to Deserve
of music can be transmitted to chil- the value of developing children's
dren. The Carl Orff legacy is unde- capacities for vocal and instrumen- Quality Symbols
niably alive in her teaching, as it is tal improvisation. The chapter on
in the practical techniques and ma- pedagogy samples various levels of
terials that fill her book. Jl BANDRIBONS1
imitation (simultaneous, remem-
While the Orff-Schulwerk may bered, and overlapping) and de- Reg. U.S. Patent Office
be best viewed as the "pedagogy of scribes the path to creative im-
suggestion," in that the provision provisation as a collection of trial- BANDRIBBONS, Inc.
of too many classroom prescrip- and-error experiences in variation, Monmouth, Oregon 97361
tions might endanger the Schul- repetition, and contrast. The com- (503) 838-1752
Please send full information
werk aim of free and creative musi- ponents of the Orff "elemental [ Bandribbons [ ] Certificates
cal expression, Frazee recognizes style," as first presented in Orff/
date no. in group
that teachers of music for children Keetman's Music for Children name
often seek a framework that ad- (1950-54), are addressed in the
school
dresses the questions of which mu- chapter on Orff theory, in which
address
sic should be worked on, when, numerous illustrations for ostinato
and by what means. To a person (movement, spoken, sung, and in- city state _ zip
who has not had adequate training strumental), melody, pedal and
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 the folk music and ensemble ar-
ATTENTION rangements that children perform
GENERAL MUSIC! Books and the art music through which
they are capable of learning by
listening is perhaps the most pleas-
12 years ago WE began with one
ant surprise in the book. This per-
product, MUSIC 'N' STUFF Today, it's
formance and listening combina-
still popular. However, this year bordun accompaniment, moving tion is the stuff of good teaching; it
MUSIC 'N' STUFF is DIFFERENT!
bordun, and functional harmonic reaches beyond the lessons of less
We've revised every unit, plus in- accompaniments are furnished. thoughtful practitioners of the ped-
cluded listening guides. Meet cur- While Part 1 is a necessary pref- agogy. Earlier performance experi-
riculum needs with these 11 ace, it is in the second part that the ences are seen partially as prepara-
mini-units which help students learn book fulfills its promise of provid- tion for the active engagement of
by doing. It supplements any textbook ing a workable curriculum for the children capable of listening with
series and is ready for duplication. application of the Schulwerk to understanding to a Purcell canon, a
Saves hours of planning time. Grades
American elementary music pro- chaconne by Handel, or a Haydn
grams. Before embarking on a menuetto. These lessons conclude
5-9. Each unit $4.95.
translation of Orffs vision to the the set of experiences for each
D MS4110 Baroque O MS4116 Careers "real-ness" of the classroom, the grade level; they lead to the kind of
D MiS4111 Classical ] MS4117 Seasonal teacher is warned of the need for culmination activities that should
] MS4112 Romantic l MS4118 Note Readmaintaining the fresh, flexible, and be incorporated in any kind of solid
D MS4113 Jazz I MS4119 Elements inventive character of the pedago- music instruction for every class.
] MS4114 Rock D MS4121 Orch. Inst. gy. Frazee offers several recom- The chants, songs, and instru-
D MS4115 Contemporary mendations so that her curricular mental samples depict musical con-
suggestions are not interpreted too cepts and pedagogical techniques
D1 MS4144 11 units only $53.95
rigidly: (1) provision of many addi- quite clearly, and they are logically
add 10% postage-S2.50 minimum
tional experiences to supplement ordered so that there is a progres-
WE EDUCATIONAL MUSIC PUBL., INC. those in the book; (2) occasional sion from simple to more complex
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"note" material so that children at Caribbean and Brazilian pieces for
every level can be newly chal- fifth graders. Occasionally, familiar
lenged by music they are not yet folk songs are altered rhythmically
able to notate; and (4) adjustment or melodically; the characteristic
of the suggested instructional pace swing of "Ezekiel Saw the Wheel"
I_ to suit class size and available mu- and "Good News" are absent, and
sic instruction time. the opening melodic phrases of
Some of the soundest advice can "Music Shall Live" are quite dif-
ferent from the version that one
be found in Part 2. The metaphor of
an elementary music class as a usually hears. To what extent
community of musicians is well should pedagogical aims be al-
taken: the Schulwerk intends that lowed to drive musical variants?
each child make a personal yet This is frequently a dilemma for
*Q socially valid contribution to the teachers faced with adapting tradi-
musical whole. The interaction of tional music for use with children,
A COMPLETE HOME the teacher with the learners, the but for the most part, Frazee re-
music, and the instructional tech- mains sensitive to both musical and
STUDY COURSE niques is an ever-present theme, pedagogical
as considerations.
IN PIANO TUNING is the ultimate goal of making theDiscovering Orff is a welcome
teacher superfluous in the music- textbook for the music specialist
AND REPAIR
making of the young musician. Fra- working in primary and intermedi-
TRAIN IN THE PRIVACY zee's twenty years of teaching via ate grades and for all those who are
the Orff process have fully uncertain about how to use the
OF YOUR OWN HOME
Write for free brochure equipped her with the techniques process of Orff-Schulwerk to en-
for developing musical talent in courage the development of chil-
"PIANO TUNING PAYS" dren's musicianship. Those who
children, and it is this practical
"Approved since 1958" experience that flows logically into view the pedagogy as a string of
Diploma Granted- the curricular design that she rec- claps, pats, chants, and xylo-
ommends. phones-an impression that comes
AMERICAN SCHOOL
While the characteristic speech from short-term workshops-will
of PIANO TUNING chants and ensemble pieces of thebe enriched by the book; its neatly
17050 Telfer Dr., Dept 11 Schulwerk are scattered generous-laid sequence for teaching music
Morgan Hill, CA 95037 ly throughout the lessons, the at-through speech, song, movement,
tention to the connection between and instrumental performance dis-

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