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CHAPTER SHARE with KASC
~*FREE* workshop~ Saturday, September 6th, 2025 9:00 am - 1:00 pm We will be joined by KASC, the Kodaly Association of Southern California, for a joint Orff/Kodaly Chapter Share! Presenters: Members from LACAOSA & KASC |
*No need to register online to attend the Chapter Share. You can just show up! However, please consider becoming a LACAOSA full member! |
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Saturday, October 11, 2025
9:00 am - 1:00 pm Jennifer Bhooshan Orffing with All Students Have you ever felt like you struggled to meet the needs of your unique students? Come and discover lessons, tricks, and tips specifically designed to easily differentiate Orff with your students with disabilities, students who have high needs, as well as your students who musically excel. |
Jennifer Bhooshan has been sharing her quirky love for music, kids, and education with K-4 students since 2005. She has completed her master’s level Orff Certification and was awarded Teacher of the Year for southwest Illinois in 2020. Jennifer specializes in teaching a wide variety of students including several self-contained classes of non-verbal students with Autism, self-contained classes of functional life skills, and mainstream blended classes with students with disabilities. Her favorite pastime is raising her beautiful and spicy daughter named Nora and she currently serves as the president of the St. Louis Orff Chapter.
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Saturday, January 24, 2026
9:00 am - 1:00 pm Drue Bullington Playful Pedagogy in Elemental Music and Movement Elevate your teaching and power up your pedagogy through the joyful lens of elemental music and movement! In this hands-on workshop, you'll explore the creative potential of mindful movement, rhythm and melody creation, improvisation, storytelling, drawing, and more. With Orff instruments, recorders, and ukuleles in the mix, you’ll experience artistically rich, Monday-ready lessons that are immediately usable in your classroom. Bring your hand drum, soprano recorder, ukulele (if you have one), and your sense of adventure. Come ready to make music, make memories, and leave with a treasure trove of ideas to inspire both you and your students! |
Drue Bullington teaches elemental music and movement at Brownstown Elementary School in Conestoga Valley School District in Lancaster, PA. Bullington is twice a graduate of West Chester University of Pennsylvania where he received a B.S. in Music Education and a M.M. in Music Education with a certification in Orff Schulwerk. Drue holds a second master’s degree from Wilkes University in Online Teaching and Learning with an Online Educator’s Certificate of Endorsement from the State of Pennsylvania.
He is a Teacher Educator in several Orff Schulwerk Levels Certification programs around the U.S.and offers numerous professional development and workshop sessions on elemental music and movement through the Orff Schulwerk Approach, elemental music and movement applications in the classroom, incorporating technology, and integrating the soprano ukulele into the K-12 music classroom. Drue serves as President of the Board of Directors of the American Center for Elemental Music and Movement. He is also an editor on the American Orff Schulwerk Association’s Reverberations Publication Committee.
He is a Teacher Educator in several Orff Schulwerk Levels Certification programs around the U.S.and offers numerous professional development and workshop sessions on elemental music and movement through the Orff Schulwerk Approach, elemental music and movement applications in the classroom, incorporating technology, and integrating the soprano ukulele into the K-12 music classroom. Drue serves as President of the Board of Directors of the American Center for Elemental Music and Movement. He is also an editor on the American Orff Schulwerk Association’s Reverberations Publication Committee.
Saturday, March 14, 2026
9:00 am - 1:00 pm Richard Lawton Developing the B Section: Incorporating Student Compositions One of the hallmarks of the Orff Schulwerk approach is the use of student- composed B sections that can be added to teacher-provided musical ideas. Nothing motivates children like having a creative say in their musicking, and the development of a B section or a sequence of B sections (often presented as a rondo) is a great way to give students a chance to contribute to the final product, as well as opportunities to collaborate in pairs and small groups. This workshop will focus on strategies using all Orff media — movement, singing, playing — to fill up these windows of creative opportunity with student work. |
Richard Lawton is the recorder instructor in the Los Angeles County Orff Course. He also teaches general and choral music for the Los Angeles Unified School District, is an adjunct faculty member at California State University, East Bay, and a curriculum contributor for Quaver Music. Richard is a past-president of the Los Angeles AOSA Chapter Board. He received his M. Mus. and Orff certification at Cal State LA and has done post-level III work at the Arizona State, Villanova, University of St. Thomas, and University of Missouri, St. Louis Orff courses. In his classroom he has made improvisation and the use of popular music learning
techniques a primary focus of instruction.
techniques a primary focus of instruction.
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