UNCW Orff Program
Announces
The 2025 Orff
Institute
Levels
I and II Orff Courses
June
23 – July 3, 2025
Week 1: Monday
– Saturday
Week 2: Monday
- Thursday
Our Newest Program:
Music
Education Graduate Certificate in Orff-Schulwerk
In the news…
profiled
in an article by the Watson College of Education
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Course Fees* |
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Level |
Course Registration Only |
Registration and On-Campus Housing |
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Level I |
$345 – early bird registration, due April 1 $395 – regular registration, due May 15 |
$795 – early bird registration, due April 1 $845 – regular
registration, due May 15 |
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Level II |
$395 – early bird registration, due April 1 $445 – regular
registration, due May 15 |
$845 – early bird registration, due April 1 $895 – regular
registration, due May 15 |
*Fees do not include
required materials.
Details on required and recommended materials are posted here.
Payments accepted via check or credit card.
Course Location
On the campus of UNC-Wilmington
Cultural Arts
Building
601 S. College
Road
Wilmington, NC
On-Campus
housing is available as convenient an
affordable option. Follow this link for housing registration,
due June 1.
On-Campus parking costs $40 for the duration of the course and is
included in the on-campus housing fee.
Participants staying off-campus need to pay this fee by Day 1 of the
course separately (details TBA).
Participant Feedback
Taking this Orff course at UNCW opened my mind to a world of
new opportunities and ways to do more than just teach music. This course
completely changed the way I teach! I now know how to lead students in
activities that will help them experience and create music. I especially
love how much it has pushed me as a teacher to give my students more
opportunities to create and take ownership of the music.
Gabby Dauby
Gene Brown Elementary
Hendersonville, TN
If I had
one regret in my 36-year teaching career, it was not learning about Orff when I
was much younger. The UNCW 
Orff course was an eye and an ear-opener. It gave me a reason
to keep teaching at a time when I was considering retirement. Thanks for the
great memories!
Gus Cothern
Edgewood Elementary School
Whiteville, NC
I was using creativity before, but now I
know how to be more intentional about it. I got to feel the collaboration and
creativity, and now I want my students to get that experience each time when
they come to music class. Writing our own arrangements, creating an original
lesson plan to share, and finally presenting it were all meaningful steps to
put all of the process into practice.
Caroline Kanzler
Belville Elementary
Leland, NC
Faculty
Daniel Johnson
Daniel Johnson
is Professor of Music Education at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
For 30 years, he has taught students throughout the PK - university gamut with
a focus on general music education. Having studied and taught as a Fulbright
Scholar at the Orff-Institut in Salzburg (Austria),
Dr. Johnson is an international authority on Orff Schulwerk and has presented
over 120 teacher-education workshops across the country and abroad for
thousands of teachers. His work is published in numerous journals including the
Orff Echo and Musicworks: Journal of
the Australian National Council of Orff Schulwerk.
Jason Glashauser
Jason Glashauser
teaches pre-K through grade 6 general music for Clinton City Schools in Clinton, Tennessee.
He was named a Music Teacher of Excellence by the Country Music Association
Foundation in 2022 and 2023. In 2016, he received a Teacher Creativity
Fellowship from the Lilly Endowment. A member of the National Association for
Music Education, the Tennessee Music Educators Association, the Eastern
Tennessee General Music Educators Association, and the International Horn
Society, Jason is also the president of the Southern Appalachian AOSA chapter.
Joan Eckroth-Riley
For over 35 years Joan Eckroth-Riley has been sharing her passion for music education with students ranging in age from kindergarten through college. She currently teaches at Murray State University (KY) where she also coordinates the music education program. The author of “Everyday Improvisation; Interactive Lessons for the General Music Classroom” and “Everyday Composition; Interactive Lessons for the General Music Classroom,” Joan is also a clinician for J.W. Pepper & Alfred Music.
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