Pentaton April 2010

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS:

2 President’s Note

3 Workshop Preview

5 Thank you to Deb Pizzi

6 AOSA Conference info

7 Technology Corner

8 Have You Taken Your Levels?

9 Special Tribute

10 Directions

11 Membership Form

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Vol. 21, Issue 3 Newsletter of AOSA Chapter #5 April 2010

PENTATON

For workshops, bring a bag lunch or $5 for pizza and a drink.

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Upcoming Workshops

This Spring… June 5, 2010

Chapter Sharing Workshop (details—p. 3)

Next Season…

September 11, 2010 Rick Layton

October 23, 2010 Beth Nelson

Winter-‐Spring 2011 Workshops TBA

All workshops are held at the Abington Friends School in Jenkintown, PA.

Visit www.paosa.org

for directions, workshop descriptions, membership and other

information.

PENTATON Volume 21, Issue 3 Page 2

Greetings to PAOSA members and friends— Happy Spring! I hope you are all having a wonderful year. Now that we are about three-fourths through our PAOSA year, I ask that each of you consider how you might contrib-ute to the growth and well-being of our chapter. Every year PAOSA seeks to bring you top-notch presenters and offer a variety of work-shops to meet your needs and satisfy your preferences. Our stellar Program Chair, Mi-chelle Przybylowski, works hard to coordinate dates with presenters and Abington Friends School. Thanks to Michelle’s efforts, we always have a fine roster of clinicians each sea-son. We are also very fortunate to have a host school that has a full instrumentarium and beautiful facility. We need new at-large Board members and folks to help out with hospitality at workshops and assist with some of the officers’ duties. Our officers are very dedicated and would welcome help with registration, yard sales, fund-raising, clean-up and other details. Please feel free to approach any Board member about helping or serving on the Board. Our PENTATON editor, Roxanne Dixon, is stepping down after five years of dedicated serv-ice. Thanks, Roxanne, for all the beautiful newsletters you produced! We are fortunate that a current Board member, Britt Marie Dominick, has stepped up to be the new PENTATON editor. Make sure to view our website, paosa.org, for photos of chapter workshops, officers, up-coming presenters and membership information. Also check out the AOSA website, aosa.org, for information about national membership, scholarships, grants, summer Orff teacher certification levels, master classes and special courses. Also look for informa-tion and online registration for the November 2010 conference in Spokane, WA. There’s lots of great stuff! Wishing you all a very happy and prosperous 2010 Martha Glaze Zook PAOSA President

President’s Note


Presenters: Drue Bullington

Dawn Pratson

Martha Glaze-Zook

Other Chapter Members

Chapter Sharing & Pot-Luck Picnic

June 5, 2010

8:30 coffee & registration, 9:00-1:30 workshop Abington Friends School, Jenkintown, PA

Join PAOSA for comradery and a celebration of the close of the school year at our June 5 Chapter Sharing Workshop! Our chapter members have so much to share with each other, at this fun wrap-up to the season.

- Dawn Pratson will draw on her Orff and Dalcroze expertise to share an elementary-level movement activity.

- Drue Bullington will present an Orff/Keetman piece from the volumes.

- Martha Glaze-Zook will share preschool and other ideas for using “xylofelts”—felt xylo-phone visual aids that will be on sale as part of the chapter fund raiser Yard Sale at the workshop.

- Other PAOSA members will share favorite vocal warm-ups, canons, play parties and more!

Bring a picnic item to contribute to our potluck lunch!

Yard Sale June 5

All chapter members, please bring in any books or resources you are not using to donate to our yard sale on June 5.

Then bring your checkbook— you can get some great new materials for yourself!

All proceeds benefit PAOSA.


2009-2010 BOARD

President Martha Glaze Zook 1040 Pine Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-925-8948 [email protected] Vice-President Dawn Pratson 253 N. 3rd Philadelphia, PA 19106 267-971-0926 [email protected] Treasurer Dolores Williams 439 Lawrence Rd. Broomall, PA 19008 (610) 325-3136 [email protected] Program Chair Michelle Fella Przybylowski 399 Cinnamon Drive Huntingdon Valley, PA19006 215-938-7438 [email protected]

Membership Janet Tebbel 431 W. Walnut Lane Philadelphia, PA 19144 215-848-3915 [email protected] Secretary Britt Marie Dominick 133 East Gorgas Lane Philadelphia, PA 19119 267-335-3892 [email protected] Act 48 Administrator John F. Bednar Jr. 27 S. Trooper Rd. Norristown, PA 19403 610-539-6295 [email protected]

PENTATON Editorial Deadlines

Summer Issue: June 15 Spring Issue: March 15

Winter Issue: November 15

Send chapter member highlights, lesson and technology ideas, or other contributions to Britt Marie Dominick:

[email protected]

about the PAOSA Founder’s Library…

The chapter has a collection of Orff materials (mainly

books) available for loan to PAOSA members.

A list of items is available at www.paosa.org.

To borrow an item, contact Michelle Przybylowski [email protected].

Letter from the Editor…

Dear PAOSA friends, Please welcome Britt Marie Dominick as the new editor of the Penta-ton beginning with the summer issue. Thank you to Britt for taking on this new role! And thank you to all who have contributed to the newsletter over the years that I have been editor. I have enjoyed this job, and look forward to continuing to see great things with PAOSA. Happy Spring! Sincerely, Roxanne Dixon


As many of you know, our long-time host at the Abington Friends School, and PAOSA board member and friend Deb Pizzi is leaving her position to pursue a new adventure living overseas… Dear Deb, We are so grateful to you for all you are and all you have done for our chapter. We have nestled into your “home,” believing that it is possible for children to be in the perfect space for their learning and surrounded by all of the instruments and art work they need to be inspired. You have cleaned and baked and prepared and unlocked and organized and troubleshot, providing us with the space famous clinicians want to revisit. You have guided us through your work on the board, and you have left us with a growing Founders’ Library that enables us to learn between work-shops. Through your collaboration with Linda Kuffler, we got to know of Ashley Bryan’s work and to understand the celebration of words, images, and music that transcends difference and hardship. We have watched your boys grow, and we learned so much from each of them. We have watched you grow, too, as you have stretched yourself in new ways each year, keeping the flame of the perennial learner alive. We have built masks and lanterns, and we have created ceremonies. We have danced around your Maypole, and we have explored colors and shapes. We have seen your elegant work with children at the Philadelphia conference. We have witnessed your aesthetic sense that is the hallmark of your work with children and with us. Through it, we, too, have grown. I am so excited for you, Deb. This is just the kind of adventure you love so much. You must come back and tell us about it. We’ll be listening.

-Martha Crowell on behalf of all of us

A thank you to our host and friend, Deb Pizzi


Historian Karen Markey 701 Willowdale Lane Kenneth Square, PA 19348 610-444-2835 [email protected] Newsletter Editor Roxanne Dixon 204 N. 17th St. Camp Hill, PA 17011 717 737-4961 [email protected]

Hospitality Deborah Pizzi 804 Valley Road Melrose Park, PA 19027 215-635-2123 [email protected] Fundraising Marlis Kraft 7846 Montgomery Ave. Elkins Park, PA 19027 215-782-8280 [email protected]

Website Linda Wardell 2601 Newell Drive Wilmington, DE 19808 302-998-7020 [email protected] At Large Member Rose M. Grelis 409 Granite Terrace Springfield, PA 19064 610-328-9784 [email protected]

Grant Opportunities for

Teachers One additional grant resource was recommended since our last edition by Kristen Barone— scholarshipsforteachers.org. Kristen was able to obtain assistance to travel to the AOSA National Conference last year with a grant through this source. Thanks, Kristen!

It’s not too early to start planning to attend AOSA’s 2010

Professional Development Conference in Spokane, WA.

November 3-6, 2010 Visit www.aosa.org for more information

And mark your calendars for 2011—Pittsburg, PA!


Technology

Corner Have you tried these interactive music tools on the PBS website

from the Music Instinct ? http://www.pbs.org/wnet/musicinstinct/

Click on the educators subpage.

Also enjoy the great interview clips, and

much more.

Did you know… Members of other AOSA chapters and national members may attend our chapter workshops for a discounted rate of $25. Let your friends know—bring a guest!


Have you taken your “levels”?

If you are new to Orff Schulwerk, you might hear terms like “levels”, “the Volumes,” and “AOSA” floated around and feel like you could use a primer.

• AOSA is the American Orff Schulwerk Association. According to their website, “The

American Orff-Schulwerk Association is a professional organization dedicated to the creative teaching approach developed by Carl Orff and Gunild Keetman. We are united by our belief that music and movement – to speak, sing and play; to listen and understand; to move and create – should be an active and joyful ex-perience.”

• “The Volumes” refers to the five volumes of “Music for Children” – examples, exer-

cises and pieces written by Carl Orff his partner in creating the Schulwerk, and Gunild Keetman. People usually are referring to the Margaret Murray English edition. Each volume includes speech and rhythm pieces and instrumental pieces and examples grouped by tonal set.

• “Levels” refers to the teacher training courses approved by AOSA. There are three

levels (though more and more post-three courses are being created). These training courses, offered by 47 AOSA approved institutions, are typically two week summer courses. During your level one course you will be introduced more methodically and thoroughly to the elements and practices of Orff Schulwerk that, if you have been to PAOSA workshops, you have seen in snippets. Levels two and three build in depth and musical (and movement) sophistication, with modes, mixed meter, and more advanced recorder playing.

Summer courses in our area include West Chester University, (July 5-16) Villanova University (July 12-23), and George Mason University (July 19-30). Alternatively, many people choose to travel to take their levels courses, which can be a good retreat-like experience. Taking your “levels” will immeasurably enrich your teaching and nourish your own artistic wellspring. Visit http://aosa.org/approvedcourses.php for information on all of the available courses.


Mom sang all her life. When my twin sister and I were in elementary school, Pat Brown was our music teacher, church choir director, and recorder consort leader. The recorder consort became a demonstration group, helping Pat to coax are music teachers to try this new way of teaching called Orff Schulwerk in the late sixties and early seventies. Mom and Dad were in a madrigal group with Pat that met at our house. We listened through the open door at bedtime. Pat chose Mom as her sabbatical replacement while she went to Sal-zburg when I was 12, and Mom kept teaching music for another 11 years. Mom took courses with Pat Brown, Brigitte Warner, and myriad workshops in the New England Orff Chapter and AOSA conferences. I tagged along from age 12, and I am forever grateful for all of the knowledge she made possible. Whenever a spring vacation took her to Washing-ton DC, Mom hung out at the Library of Congress Archive of Folk Song. She served on the NEAOSA board. She subscribed to Sing Out! Magazine, attended folk music concerts, Cam-bridge Revels, and took us to Early Music Week at Pinewoods. She and her students were filmed during production of American Odyssey, AOSA’s first film. Later, Bessie Jones came to her school as part of a Falmouth Public Schools grant. From Mom, I learned about teaching music and, especially, about teaching children. Since she died, former students of hers have written to say how much they loved her music classes and how patient she was with them. One former selectman wrote a gratitude list editorial to the local newspaper, in which he thanked Mom for sticking up for him and encouraging him to keep singing even though his voice had not changed yet. When Mom’s mind faded about other things, the word “Orff “still got Mom’s attention, and what is best for children was once more at the front of her mind. I loved bringing her news of chapters and conferences and Distin-guished Service Awards. I have taught music to children for 29 years, and I have taught adults in levels courses for more than 20 of those years. Every time someone new is excited by musical possibilities, I have Mom and Pat to thank. What we do with and for children is extraordinary work, and each of us has someone that made it possible. In this season of life and new growth, I celebrate my remarkable mother, and I marvel at the many lives she continues to touch.

Special Tribute

Marilyn Crowell: A Celebration

by Martha Crowell


Using Pennsylvania Turnpike - From the East: Get off the PA Turnpike at the Willow Grove Exit, Rt. 611 (exit #343), go South on 611 (Old York Rd.) about 4 or 5 miles until you get into the Jenkintown shopping district (small shops right along sidewalk). The first light is Greenwood - turn left. The first light on Greenwood is Washington Lane – turn left, second driveway, turn right into Abington Friends School.

- From the West: Exit the PA Turnpike at PA-309 (exit #339), South. Follow 309S for 5.4 miles. Take a slight left onto W. Cheltenham Ave. Turn left onto Washington Lane. School is 2 miles up the road. From the north - take the Northeast Extension of the PA Turnpike South to Rt. I-276 east. Follow directions above.

From the State of Delaware and Delaware County, PA Take I-95 North to Chester and exit at Rt. I-476 Plymouth Meeting (Blue Route). Stay on I-476 and go onto the PA Turnpike East. Follow PA Turnpike directions above.

From Chester County, PA Take Rt. 202 to the PA Turnpike East. Follow PA Turnpike directions above.

From New Jersey - From Central Jersey - Take the New Jersey Turnpike to the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Follow PA

Turnpike directions above.

- From Tacony Palmyra Bridge - Cross the Bridge and follow Rt. 73 north through Philadelphia (becomes Cottman Ave.) and into Montgomery County where it is called Township Line Road. Turn right onto Jenkintown Road, which becomes Greenwood Ave. Turn right onto Washington Lane. Abington Friends is on the right.

- From Ben Franklin and Walt Whitman Bridges - Take Schuylkill Expressway I-76 West and bear right at Roosevelt Boulevard Extension. Exit at Broad Street Rt. 611 North and follow directions below.

Directions to Workshops

From Philadelphia

Take Broad Street North (Rt. 611) and bear right onto Old York Road. Turn right at the end of “The Pavilion” shopping center onto Washington Lane. Abington Friends is 1 1/2 blocks on the right.


Membership in AOSA & PAOSA American Orff Schulwerk (AOSA) National Membership Benefits: The Orff Echo - Quarterly journal that contains articles, reviews and materials of interest to Orff Schulwerk practitioners. Reverberations - This quarterly newsletter includes information and news about AOSA's members, projects, conferences and activities of the National Board of Trustees. Scholarships and Research Grants- (see www.aosa.com for more information) The AOSA Video Library - Members may borrow recordings of master teachers. The Isabel McNeill Carley Library Collection -The definitive collection of materials related to Orff Schulwerk in the United States. Orff Schulwerk Professional Development Information & Employment Information The Annual National Conference Philadelphia Area Orff Schulwerk Association (PAOSA) Membership Benefits: The Pentaton: Local newsletter issued 3 times a year PASOA workshops: Free admission to all 6 workshops Chapter Directory: Provides contact with other PAOSA members Complimentary admission to workshops for your administrator

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2010-2011 PAOSA Membership Form

Option Two: Local dues only. This option is for teachers who are either already national members or are not going to join national AOSA. ___ First Time Member Teacher $55 ($60 after Aug. 1, 2010) ___ Teacher $65 ($70 after Aug. 1)

� I am a national member � I am not a national member but wish to join only

PAOSA ___ Retired Teacher $35 (before Aug. 1, $40 after Aug. 1) Note: Because workshops are free to students,

they need not become local members. Spread the word!

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Option One: National and Local dues. One year of AOSA national membership, one year local mem-bership. (Available through October 17, 2010) ___First Time Member Teacher

$120 ($125 after Aug. 1) ___ Teacher $130 ($135 after Aug. 1, 2009) ___ Full-time Student $30 ($35

after Aug. 1, 2010) ___ Retired Teacher $85 ($90 after

Aug. 1, 2010)


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