Rob Amchin—University of Louisville—“Rocky Mountain“—Teaching Process

My elementary methods class (music majors) are learning their first Orff arrangement today. The lesson included a solfege, echo teaching, basic ostinato accompaniment using the borduns and color parts. Students are learning for the first time how to incorporate Orff instruments into the classroom. We loved playing on the Orff instruments, using Curwin Hand signs (solfege), echo teaching, and accompaniments in this lesson. My students noticed a lot of the elements of teaching in this process (everyone le