


| BHAOSA is a professional organization of music and movement educators dedicated to the creative teaching approach developed by Carl Orff and Gunild Keetman, located in Western South Dakota. |
| 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 experience |
| Tell me, I forget. Show me, I remember. Involve me, I understand. ---Ancient Chinese Proverb |
| Black Hills Chapter American Orff-Schulwerk Association |
| October 25, 2008 Dr. Artie Almeida – Altamonte Springs, FL 9:00 – 3:00 "Fun With FUNdamentals" Enjoy an action-packed day of ideas to energize your teaching. Sessions will include Mallet Madness, Can You Hear Me Now? and Recorder Express. During Mallet Madness, participants will experience fun and accessible activities for barred instruments and drums that emphasize learnings in the areas of rhythm, melody, form, expressive qualities and mallet technique. The unique rotation process through the instruments will make this a very enjoyable and educational experience for your young students. Many of these activities began as drum or non-pitched percussion lessons, and can be easily adapted for rooms without a full Orff instrumentarium. Can You Hear Me Now? includes a collection of exciting experiences to activate children's listening via movement, flashlight painting, parachute play, ribbon dance, super stretchy and more! Concepts addressed include steady beat, rhythm, form, expressive qualities and style. Music includes the William Tell Overture, Kabalevsky's Galop, The Syncopated Clock and more. Recorder Express will offer innovative techniques for leading your students to music literacy via the recorder. Bring your soprano recorder and be ready for some surprises! Dr. Alie Almeida has taught for 29 years and is the music specialist at Bear Lake Elementary school in Orlando, FL, where she teaches 1200 K-5 students. Her dynamic performing groups have performed for MENC, AOSA, and on the NBC Today Show. Artie was chosen as Florida Music Educator of the Year, and was also selected as an International Educator 2006 by the Cambridge England Biographical Society. She was Runner-Up for Florida Teacher of the Year at the school level 6 times. Artie was just chosen as a University of Central Florida Alumni of the Decade. She served seven years on the Board of Directors of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, and worked as an early childhood music consultant for Walt Disney World. She is the author of 21 published resources for music classrooms. In addition to her public school teaching duties, Artie teaches saxophone lessons and performs on historical winds with the renaissance ensemble Ars Antiqua. |
| NEW!!!! BHAOSA Wiki Page....come here for an exchange of ideas and support from group members! If you don't know what a WIKI page is, now is your chance to learn! Click here!!!!! |
September 13, 2008 Local Presenters 8:00 – 12:00 (Registration at 8:00) |
| ******NEW WEBSITE TO CHECK OUT****** Orff Webliography available for teachers and researchers. |
