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Orff for Adults: Swing-En II
Swing-En* II (The official title of our class, as listed in the OASIS catalog, is “Swing Ensemble for Pitched Percussion.” My abbreviation for us is Swing-En – a good name for these episodes.) D-Day arrived! A demonstration class for the residents of the retirement community where our sessions are held. What we hoped to show…
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Swing-En: Today was the second-last rehearsal before the spring program. It began for me, as it does for countless Orff specialists everywhere, with setting up instruments, distributing mallets, selecting needed non-pitched percussion instruments . . . and a sense of excitement! Class members arrived. Conversations reached forte and even became a bit staccato. Rehearsal began…
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