But wait........What is an Orffestra?????
Our Orffestra is baesd on the music education philosophy of composer and educator Carl Orff. Off is a lively, child centered approach to music education that incorporates singing, dancing, acting, and playing instruments in every class. Students learn instruments until they can play the complete range of xylophones, metallophones and glockenspiels to accompany themselves while singing and playing the recorder. In our "Orffestra," up to six different instrumental parts come together while the children sing the song we are learning.
Mrs. Kamp has been merging the ideas of "Orffestra" with the concepts we learned last year in Recorder Karate Level I and has been finding Orffestrations (Off Arrangements) of each of the songs we learned int he Recorder Karate Program.
We hope to share our Orffestra with you soon, but until then, have a listen to what our Second and Third Graders have been able to accomplish in September here.