Sail Away Ladies: Call and Response

One Accord

Are you struggling with leading your school-age musicians to sing in multiple parts? Georgia Newlin shares her techniques for guiding call and response form in this lesson from her new book, One Accord: Developing Part-Singing Skills in School-Age Musicians.

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Orff in Pop Culture: Popular Music, Traditional Approach

The second edition of our Orff in Pop Culture series once again features the musical talents of Jimmy Fallon and crew. A video circulating social media shows Jimmy with Kevin Spacey and a barbershop quartet…singing a rendition of the popular song “Talk Dirty.” What does this have to do with Orff, you ask? To me,…

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Exploring Our Roots, Expanding Our Future: Lesson 3

Exploring Our Roots, Expanding Our Future, Lesson 3 Speech will provide the rhythmic material for the compositions of unpitched percussion that will accompany the barred instrument piece learned in Lesson 2. Download the lesson here: Roots Lesson 3 Video Demonstration:  

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