Orff-Schulwerk Pedagogy: A Proven Medthodology.
The students in Ms. Marth's elementary music program participate in a Orff Schulwerk music program. This is a comprehensive developmental approach to music making. Carl Orff and Gunild Keetman developed this approach to learning music. In this pedagogy, active music making (singing, playing instruments, using speech patterns and movement) is at the core of the curriculum. The pedagogy embraces the social, emotional, academic and aesthetic properties of music and music making. The Orff Schulwerk curriculum focuses around the natural and instinctive ways that children play, imitate, experiment and express themselves .