15th International Summer Course of Orff-Schulwerk

"Orff meets Kodály"
Hungarian Choral Castle, Pomáz, Hungary
Sunday, July 8th till Friday, July 13th 2012

THEME:

Integration of music – movement – dance as a process of intercultural understanding

This international masterclass in Pomáz, Hungary is the continuation of a successful cross-cultural collaboration of various Central and Eastern European countries, which began in 1996 in Slavonice, Czech Republic. This time the masterclass will be hosted under extraordinarily conditions, both for the wonderful environment of the Castle and set up of rooms, as well as for the organizational and administrative support.

LECTURERS AND PROGRAMMES

1. LENKA POSPISILOVA

(Prague, Czech-Republic)

Graduated in music education and Czech language at the pedagogical faculty of the Charles University in Prague. Music teacher in a high school and elementary school in Prague. Educator of didactic approaches to music on the Pedagogical faculty of the Charles University in Prague. Lecturer of international courses in the Czech Republic and abroad (Switzerland, Germany, Portugal, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Turkey, Italy, Australia and the Orff Institute in Salzburg).

Themes of curriculum:

Music education as a holistic creative process by including the basic principles of Orff-Schulwerk, various forms of singing, playing Orff-and classical instruments, movement, listening, improvisation, drama etc.

2. ANGELIKA VÖGELE-WOLF
(Innsbruck, Austria)

Teachers degree for primary schools, graduated at the Department of Music and Dance Education - "Orff Institute," University of Mozarteum in Salzburg, Master's degree in "Music and Movement Education".

Choirmaster's course, continuing education and training in the dance pedagogy of Rudolf Laban. Teacher at the Pedagogical Academy of Feldkirch, at the Institute for Social Education in Stams, and at the University of Mozarteum / Dept. Music Education in Innsbruck (rhythm, music, movement and dance). Teacher trainer in the field of music and movement with international experience.

Themes of Curriculum:

„Dance your socks off - dream your dance alive!"

1. Warming up - done easily

Principle: Body - Rhythm - Space - Contact

2. „Step-Tap and Co"

• Movement patterns - step patterns - step combinations

• Imitating, Varying, Composing

3. „Things of everyday life - a creative movement"

• Things of everyday life as inspiration for movement, image, sound, dance

• „Everyday-Rhythm-Happening"

4. „Go hop!" - Community dances

• from meditative to groovy

• Mixers, Rounds, Square Dances (folkloristic - historic - modern)

• On creative paths to the choreography of a dance - starting ideas for dance joy

5. ... and at last: „Cooling down - letting go - sensing":

• Exercises for relaxation - body sensation

• Elements from Yoga, Imaginative Movement Pedagogy, Rhythmic

3. ANDREA SANGIORGIO
(Rome, Italy)

Graduated in Music and Movement Education at the Orff-Institute, University "Mozarteum", Salzburg, Austria. Co-Director of CDM Centro Didattico Musicale, Rome. National and international activity as a music educator, mainly on the themes: elemental music and dance education, voice training for children, ensemble music for percussion instruments, group improvisation and musical creativity, cognitive aspects of music learning.

Themes of curriculum:

The "whole voice"

voice as rhythm: rhythm patterns, rhymes, and vocal percussion

voice as sound: sound textures, imagery, and contemporary music

voice as melody/harmony: tonal patterns, singing games and songs

voice (and movement) as a means for developing music thinking

SPECIAL STUDIOS AND ATELIERS IN THE AFTERNOON

4. WORKSHOP "ORFF MEETS KODÁLY"

Singing – playing – dancing, Hungarian folk dances, choral singing by Kodály method

Teachers:

Judit Hasznosi
(Budapest, Hungary)

music teacher and choral conductor

Graduated as grammar school singing teacher and choral conductor at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in 1977 and currently teaching at a primary and secondary school in Budapest. By the solfa technic of the Kodály method, the huge number of Hungarian folk songs, the simple instrumental games supporting the learning process, the unity of dance and movements might be a new kind of way to make music lovable. We shall combine in this workshop the music pedagogy heritage of Carl Orff with the world wide known method of Zoltán Kodály.

Ildikó Giegler

(Budapest, Hungary)

schoolmistress, folk dances and dance teacher

I was graduated in 1984 at the Pedagogical College of Budapest and in 1999 at the Hungarian College of Dance Arts. Currently I'm working at the Arts' School of the Vasas Arts Ensemble and at the Lajos Bárdos Elementary and Grammar School, mostly with 6-10 year old children.

Based on my experience folk dance education is a sector of arts' education where you can have a vast opportunity of young people's physical, spiritual and mental development. The kind of artistic activity contributes in a natural and multi-sided way to the enrichment of thepupils' culture..

During the course we shall learn children's folk games, etuds, short choreographies going from land to land within Hungary and the surrounding countries and this way I would like to provide the participants such tools that one can use during the everyday work back home.

Gábor Eötvös
(Budapest, Hungary)

jazz percussionist, piano player, singer and music teacher

I graduated first as professional percussionist, piano and singer performer in 1966 and later studied jazz percussion at the Béla Bartók Conservatory of Budapest (1978). I received my music teacher diploma at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in 1997. Currently I'm teaching at the Antal Molnár Music School in Budapest.

Still in the 90s I participated at an Orss course and later I started to adapt the Orff Schulwerk to Hungarian conditions (Kodály's children's sayingsm songs and folk songs) and I implement this method during my essions with kindergarten children's groups.

5. DOWN THE VISTULA RIVER

Using Polish songs, games and traditions in the Orff-Schulwerk

Malina Sarnowska

(Warsaw)

Malina Sarnowska - Polish violinist, music teacher and concert animator. Graduated from The Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw (speciality: violin, diploma with a distinction), in 2007 completed the Postgraduate University Course (so called Special Course) - Advanced Studies in Music and Dance Education - Orff Schulwerk - in the Orff Institut at the University Mozarteum in Salzburg. Member of the board of the Polish Carl Orff Association.

Description of the atelier: The goal is to show the unique elements of the Polish culture (folk songs and traditions, children games, well-known pieces of Polish music) in a more universal context, using Orff-Schulwerk principles. The collection of the examples will be gathered during a virtual journey down the Vistula river, starting from the mountain area, passing big cities - Cracow, Warsaw - and finishing by the Baltic Sea. Using elementary and elemental ways of accessing the music allows everybody - no matter what age - to become familiar with the foreign language and tunes. This repertory can be therefore used in a teaching work with children as „a cultural atraction" from the near-situated country.

ADDITIONAL EVENTS

An evening concert with a Hungarian vocal ensemble.

Excursions: Optional city tour to Budapest and Szentendre (artists' village) or to the picturesque Danube Bend.

SUPPORT AND LOCATION

This international training course is supported by the Carl Orff Foundation in Germany and by the International Visegrad Fund of the countries of Hungary, Poland the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The international Orff Schulwerk seminar takes place in the well adapted Hungarian Choral Castle in Pomáz with conference rooms, catering and accommodation (only 20km distance from downtown Budapest).

BOOKING AND RESERVATION

Course fees:

including accommodation with breakfast (buffet)

- for participant group I. (Germany, Austria, Turkey and other Western European countries): € 350

- for participant group II. (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia): € 190

- for participant group III. (Bulgaria, Russia and other Eastern European countries): € 180

Course fees:

without accommodation and meals for participants from Hungary: € 75

Costs for other meals in the Castle: lunch € 7, - € and dinner 7, -

Please register by sending the completed registration form (see below).

ACCOMMODATION:

2-4 bedrooms are reserved in the choir-castle and in a nearby Hotel in Pomáz (prices included in the course fee, see above). Single rooms are available for an extra cost of € 15 per night.

REGISTRATION

By sending by E-mail the completed registration form (click here to download)

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Website: www.choralcastle.hu

PAYMENT

To register to the International Summer Course, an advance of € 50 has to be paid at the following project account, parallelly with sending the registration sheet OR the whole sum can be paid at once by the registration:

Account holder: Pomázi Zenekastély Nonprofit Ltd.

IBAN: HU20 1040 3057 5051 4957 5057 1026

BIC: OKHB HU HB

Info: Your name + Orff Course 2012

After the advance payment applicants shall receive a confirmation and a program with detailed information about accommodation, meals and events.

CANCELLATION

In case of cancellation € 50 shall be charged to cover administrative costs.

GENERAL REGISTRATION DEADLINE

May 15th 2012