AOSA 2009 Professional Development Conference
Conference Presenters

Sams, Roger (# 170 + 191)
Expanding Awareness through Schulwerk Process
Explore ways to use Orff process to support personal spiritual growth with adults. Learn the Gestalt concept of experiment, creating an experiment with sound and movement. LIMIT 30
*Register for both sessions.

Fusing Orff Schulwerk, storytelling, experiential spirituality and Gestalt therapeutic process, Roger Sams holds sacred space for adults as they use the arts to gain greater command of their lives. He is the founder of Dancing Paradox: Transformation through the Arts and is Spiritual Director of the Sacred Arts Holistic Center.

Savage, Roybeth (# 171)
Captivating Students for Concepts
Sponsored by Ability Plus Puppets
This presentation addresses the use of puppets and other teaching aids in the “making conscious” and reinforcement of musical concepts. Connect to children’s literature.

Roybeth Savage, a graduate of the University of North Texas and Southern Methodist University, has training in both Orff and Kodály. A retired music teacher, she maintains an active piano studio and is employed as a church musician. She and her husband Ed own Ability Plus Puppets.

Schmid, Will/ Paul Corbière,/ Margaret Jerz (I - # 192, 252; II - # 270, 313 )
I. World Music Drumming in the African and Caribbean Traditions
Hands-on drumming/singing/movement/xylophone/recorder session exploring root traditions that are the foundation of the World Music Drumming curriculum

II. World Music Drumming: Cultures and Styles Beyond Africa
Hands-on drumming/singing/movement/xylophone/recorder session.
Explore the traditions of the Middle East, Europe, the Americas, and Popular Music that have expanded the scope of World Music Drumming.

Will Schmid, past-president of MENC, is a program author for Silver Burdett Making Music series, principal author of the world’s #1 selling Hal Leonard Guitar Method and seventy other books/CDs/DVDs. Dr. Schmid launched the World Music Drumming curriculum in 1996.

Paul Corbière received his M.M. in Percussion Performance from the Ohio State University. He lives in Coralville, Iowa, teaching K-5 Music in Columbus Junction. Paul is the cofounder of the Beat For Peace program and a member of the World Music Drumming staff.

Margaret Jerz teaches Kindergarten through fifth grade students in Schofield, WI. She completed all three levels of teacher training. She is a member of the World Music Drumming teaching staff and is an active clinician at national, regional and local conferences and workshops.

Schrader, Jacque (# 266 + 289, 321)
See Layton, Rick for session description.
See Advisory Board II for session description.

Silber, Nancy (# 111, 172)
Ring it In! A Seasonal Tapestry Ring in the New Year and more!
Sing, play, move, dance through the seasons with exciting, creative pieces and activities that kids love. K-4

Nancy Silber is a music teacher and choral director at the Green Vale School in NY, where she was the second-ever recipient of Green Vale’s prize/accolade “Master Teacher.” She's a recorded composer, arranger, published writer, past Editor of CMN journal Pass It On! and co-founder, with Danai Gagne, of NYC’s Orff Chapter.

Solomon, Jim (I – # 112, 233; II -152)
I. Rotating Circle
Participate in “The Rotating Circle,” an excellent percussion skill building approach appropriate for any age—Kindergarten-Adult—and with multiple variations.

II. DEMO: Children's Drumming
Observe a group of sixth-grade students learn a given drumming piece, then create and develop an original drumming piece.

Jim Solomon Author, National Clinician, National Board Certified Teacher; Music Instructor, K-5: General Music, Chorus, Recorder Club, D.R.U.M.; Teaches Orff Level I, Teaches K-High School, Eagle Arts Camp; Former Teacher of Year, St. Johns County; Among his seven books: Hands On and D.R.U.M.

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