Fun with Beth Ann Hepburn!

Highlights from a great workshop provided by BethAnn!

Today's workshop was GREAT!!!!

Thanks so much to BethAnn Hepburn and to all the officers and attendees! It was awesome! Hopefully, we'll post some pictures soon!

Upcoming BethAnn Hepburn workshop 4/17/10

Come to Mountainview Elementary School on April 17, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for a workshop with BethAnn Hepburn! Driving directions, click here.

Schulwerk "Spring"boards!

Explore the multiple springboards used to dive into a Schulwerk lesson. We will explore multiple starting points for a Schulwerk based lesson, starting with movement to process pieces,or objects as inspiration. Volumes material to folk songs, tools for students’ improvisations and more! We will sing, speak, move and play our way,through an exciting workshop day! Lessons are geared for students in grades K-5.

BethAnn teaches children in grades 4-6 in Streetsboro, Ohio. She is the former General Music chair for OMEA, and a past member of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association's National Board of Trustees. She teaches Orff Schulwerk courses at Villanova University, Trinity University, and music training courses in Suzhou, and Jinin, China.

Workshop Costs
Regular Members: $20
Student Members: $5
Non-Members: $30

Membership
Regular: $15
Student: $5

For more information, comment on this post or email jconnoley@gmail.com

Workshop with BethAnn Hepburn 4/17/10

Mark your calendars. BethAnn Hepburn will be coming to Morgantown to present a workshop with us on April 17, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Mountainview Elementary. More details to follow! Hope to see you there!

2010 Spring Share: RESCHEDULED!

Our Spring Share has been rescheduled for March 20! Please feel free to download the flyer below and spread the word!

Spring Share Flyer

Spring Sharing Session Canceled

We are canceling our Spring Sharing Session for February 27, 2010 due to the weather advisory in effect tonight through tomorrow. We are sorry for the inconvenience and are disappointed to have to cancel. We hope to reschedule for March. Thanks for your understanding!

Spring Share Driving Directions

Click here for driving directions to Mountainview.

http://mountainlaurelaosa.blogspot.com/2008/02/driving-directions.html

Hope to see lots of folks at this workshop!

Spring Share ~ February 27th 9am-1pm

Join us in getting many tried-and-true lesson ideas for use in the general music classroom! Several of our chapter members have agreed to share some of their favorite real-world lesson plans with us involving singing, speaking, playing instruments, and dancing. You will leave with a packet of ideas ready for use in the kindergarten through middle school general music classroom!

Saturday, February 27, 2010
9:00am- 1:00pm

Mountainview Elementary School
Morgantown, WV

Workshop Costs
Regular Members: $20
Student Members: $5
Non-Members: $30

Membership
Regular: $15
Student: $5

For more information, email jconnoley@gmail.com or hdunkle1@verizon.net

*Please check the website and your personal email account on the morning of the workshop. In the event of cancellation due inclement weather, we will make every effort to post the information as soon as possible.

If you would like to present a lesson at our next Chapter Sharing Session, please contact a member of the MLAOSA Executive Board.

Michael Beyl Workshop Cancelled

Tomorrow's workshop with Michael Beyl has been cancelled. Michael called from the airport to let us know that his flight from Memphis has been cancelled and no other flights are available until tomorrow which would be too late. This workshop will be rescheduled in the near future. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Sing-A-Book; Play-A-Book

Michael Beyl will be presenting our Fall 2009 workshop on October 10! Please join us from 9-1 at Mountainview Elementary as we learn Michael's strategies for incorporating children's literature into the general music classroom!

Michael will share his ideas for the following books:

Orange Pear Apple Bear – Emily Gravett
Mittens – Lola M. Schaeffer
Elmer – David McKee
Freckle Juice – Judy Blume
H is for Home Run: A Baseball Alphabet – Brad Herzog
The Snowy Day – Ezra Jack Keats
What Makes a Rainbow – Betty Schwartz
Drummer Hoff – Barbara Emberley
When Winter Comes – Nancy Van Laan

Michael Beyl is in his 23rd year as a music teacher. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education from Southeastern Louisiana University and a Masters of Music from the University of Memphis. He has taught at all levels of music from K-12 at various schools in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Tennessee. Currently he is an Orff music specialist at John P. Freeman Optional School with the Memphis City Schools. He has published one book, entitled Four in a Boat and 10 other songs girls and boys will love. You can find the book online at www.sistersquared.com. He has completed Orff-Schulwerk Levels I, II and III as well as master class from the University of Memphis. He has presented sessions at the AOSA Conferences in Las Vegas and Birmingham, as well as at local chapters in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.