UNCW Orff Program
Announces
The 2027 Orff
Institute
Level
II
June
21 – July 2, 2027
and
Master
Class
June
21 - 25, 2027
Both Weeks:
Monday – Friday
8 AM – 4:45 PM
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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Course Registration Only |
Registration with Projected On-Campus Housing ($225 /
week) |
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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 |
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MasterClass |
$425 – early bird registration, due April 1 $475 – regular
registration, due May 15 |
$650 – early bird registration, due April 1 $700 – regular
registration, due May 15 |
Payments accepted via check or credit card.
Details on required and recommended materials are posted
here. As one vendor option, West
Music offers free shipping on these items.
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Level
II - Required |
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Music for Children I (Murray) |
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Music for Children II (Murray) |
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Music for Children IV (Murray) |
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Rhythmische
Ubung |
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Yamaha 300 series alto recorder |
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Yamaha 300 series soprano recorder |
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Sweet Pipes Recorder Book, Alto, Book I (red cover) |
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Recorder Consort I-Rosenberg |
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Level
II - Recommended |
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Music for Children, Vol 2 (American Ed) |
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Music for Children, Vol 3 (American Ed) |
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Re-Echoes, Book 1 (Carley, ed.) |
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Elementaria (Keetman) |
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Erstes
Spiel am Xylophon (Beginning Exercises for
Xylophone) |
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Creative Dance for All Ages |
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Recorder Improvisation and Technique Book 1 (Carley) |
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. Housing registration is posted here.
On-Campus parking costs $20 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).
Orff Instrument Lending Program
Follow this link to
for our Orff instrument and teaching material lending program. Free for any teacher
who has completed an Orff-Schulwerk certification course at UNCW!
UNCW Classroom Musical Instruments & Teaching
Material Request Form – Fill out form
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. Winner of the AOSA Excellence in Research Award, his
work is published in numerous journals including the Orff Echo and Musicworks: Journal of the Australian National
Council of Orff Schulwerk.
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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