Episode #163: Creativity in the Orff Classroom with David Row

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Main Theme: Creativity in the Orff Classroom

We were thrilled to welcome David Row to the podcast to talk about improvisation ideas for the elementary music room. 

David Row is a Nebraska native and Midwesterner at heart currently living and teaching in the Kansas City Metro area. He holds a Master’s Degree from the University of Missouri – Kansas City Conservatory, is an Orff Schulwerk Level I teacher educator, and has extensive experience with critical thinking in the arts. He is an AOSA-approved Orff Schulwerk teacher educator and teaches Level I Pedagogy each summer in Orlando and St. Louis. On his blog, MakeMomentsMatter.org, and through his podcast David shares ideas about classroom content, management, lesson plans, critical thinking, and more. Catch up with David every week on his “Musical Mondays” LIVE videos on Facebook and Instagram.

David shares so many wonderful ideas and strategies in this episode. Here are some specific songs he mentions.



Know Better, Do Better


David shares some tips and ideas for celebrating Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month using picture books. He reminds us that we can use picture books that are song books for specific folk songs or biographies of specific musicians, but we can also center a culture by sharing a book where the main character is of that culture.

Work Smarter, Not Harder

David gave us a great tip to check out Flippity.net. This is a great resource where you can group students, use a random student selector, create flashcards and games, and loads more!

Coda

Tanya is enjoying candy corn and popcorn for a fun fall treat.

David is enjoying the New Music Friday playlist on Spotify.

Carrie is enjoying A Study in Scarlet and other Sherlock Holmes novels by Arthur Conan Doyle

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