UNCW Orff Program

Announces

 

The 2025 Orff Institute

 

Levels I and II Orff Courses

June 23 – July 3, 2025

 

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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Registration options coming soon…

 

Course Registration Fees*

Level I

$345 – early bird registration, due April 1

$395 – regular registration, due June 1

Level II

$395 – early bird registration, due April 1

$445 – discounted registration, due June 1

 

*Registration fees do not include required materials.

 

Details on required and recommended materials coming soon…

 

Payments accepted via check or credit card. Note: processing for credit card payments costs an additional 2%

 

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. Details on housing registration coming soon…

 

 

 

 

 

Participant Feedback

 

 

A person in a yellow jacket Description automatically generatedTaking 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 A person wearing glasses and a tie Description automatically generatedOrff 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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 more than a quarter-century, 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.

 

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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, and received a Teacher Creativity Fellowship from the Lilly Endowment in 2016. 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 Murray State University (KY) and 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.

 

·               AOSA-Approved

·               60 Contact Hours

·               Optional Graduate Credit with National Board Certification

·               On-Campus Housing Available

 

 

  

 

For questions and further information, contact Dr. Johnson

johnsond@uncw.edu

910-962-7559