UNCW Orff Program
Announces
The 2026 Orff
Institute
Levels
I and III Orff Courses
June
15 – 26, 2026
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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Level |
Course Registration Only |
Registration with Projected On-Campus Housing ($450) |
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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 III |
$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 |
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. Follow this purchase link for details.
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Level I - Required |
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Music for Children I (Murray) |
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Rhythmische Ubung |
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Elemental Style, Part 1 |
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Sweet Pipes Recorder Book, Soprano Book 1 (blue
cover) |
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Descants in Consort |
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Yamaha YRS-302B Soprano Recorder (any 300 series) |
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Level I - Recommended |
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Creative Dance for All Ages (Gilbert) |
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Elementaria (Keetman) |
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Music for Children, Vol 2 (American Ed) |
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Play, Sing, Dance |
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Erstes Spiel am Xylophon (Beginning
Exercises for Xylophone) |
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Recorder Improvisation and Technique Book 1 (Carley) |
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Lessons Learned: A Dozen Plans for Orff Process and
Improvisation |
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Level III - 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 III (Murray) |
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Music for Children IV (Murray) |
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Music for Children V (Murray) |
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Rhythmische Ubung |
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Lessons Learned: A Dozen Plans for Orff Process and
Improvisation |
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Yamaha 300 series alto recorder |
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Yamaha 300 series soprano recorder |
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Recorder Improvisation and Technique Book 2 (Carley,
3rd ed.) |
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Recorder Consort I-Rosenberg |
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Creative Dance for All Ages (Gilbert) |
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Level III - 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 2 (Carley, ed.) |
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Orff-Schulwerk: Reflections and Directions (Wang,
ed.) |
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Stücke for Flőte & TrommelI
(Keetman) |
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Sopranino Recorder (e.g. Yamaha YRN-302B) |
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).
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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