Resources for Equity:

  • Decolonizing the Music Room - a site that supports music teachers in their efforts to create a class where all children are treated equitably.
  • Songs with a Questionable Past - a resource by Lauren McDougle of AKI that catalogues songs that have a history of racism, adult themes, questionable authenticity, or questionable meaning that have been used in American music education.

My Resources:

  • Elemental Musical Adventures: Music making without notation - let your students explore, create, and perform!
  • I Love Modes: A currently under-construction collection of modal pieces Kate has either created or found on the internet!
  • This link will take you to a Google folder. This has icons for body percussion, rhythms, interactive solfa ladders, and an ever-growing library of Google Slides worksheets you can use for your students! If you want to use something in a workshop, need something fixed, or have a request, contact me and I will be happy to do my best!​

Links

Resources from Past Workshops

  • June 22, 2022 at the West Chester University Orff Levels, "Moving Through the Pentatonic Modes." Click here for slides.
  • May 31, 2022 on the Afternoon Ti podcast with Jessica Grant, discussing Elemental Music. Find it anywhere you listen to podcasts, or click here!
  • May 25, 2022 at the Orff PLC (Canada) presenting with Jeaneau Julian "The End Is Just the Beginning." Click here for slides. Click here for notes.
  • April 23, 2022 at the Low Country Chapter of AOSA, presenting "Elemental Musical Adventures." Click here for notes.
  • ​March 26, 2022 at the Greater Baltimore Area Orff Schulwerk Association's Chapter Share.
  • April 12, 2022 via Zoom Webinar with Liban Gomez & Jeaneau Julian, presenting "Growing Through the Magic of Children’s Literature." Click here to purchase the recording from Teaching with Orff.
  • March 12, 2022 at the New Mexico Chapter of AOSA, presenting "Elemental Musical Adventures: Composing and Creating with Students" Click here for notes
  • February 22, 2022 at the free "Celebrate the Number 2!" workshop.
  • February 5, 2022 at the Heart of America Orff Chapter, presenting "Elemental Musical Adventures." Link to slides
  • January 11, 2022 & January 25, 2022 at the Tidewater Orff Chapter of AOSA, presenting "Elemental Musical Adventures." Link to slides
  • January 15, 2022 at the American River Orff Chapter of AOSA, presenting "Elemental Musical Adventures." Link to slides
  • October 9, 2021 at St. Thomas University to present for the Minnesota Orff Chapter, presenting "Elemental Musical Adventures" Here is a link to my slides.
  • August 13, 2021 at the Central California Orff Chapter, presenting "Elemental Musical Adventures." Here is a link to my slides.
  • ​June 6, 2021 at the International Sunday Sharing USA workshop: "The End is Just a Beginning!" Here is a link to my slides.
  • ​May 15, 2021 at the Baltimore Orff Chapter Share. 
  • April 22, 2021 at the NAFME Eastern Division Virtual Conference, presenting "Digital Resources for Elemental Music Making." Here are my slides! 
  • April 18, 2021 at "The Golden Seed" Book Launch Party and Workshop. Watch the workshop and get the free resources here!
  • March 29, 2021 at Otterbein University in Westerville, OH, presenting "Cross Curricular Integration."
  • ​March 27, 2021 at the Virginia Highlands Orff Chapter, presenting: "Nurturing the Unexpected" Here are my slides!
  • March 23, 2021 with Manju Durairaj for Teaching With Orff:  "Applying Playful Process with Seesaw: APPs for Elemental Music Making" 
  • Monday nights in February and March as a panelist for the AOSA Professional Learning Network. Here are my slides!
  • March 16, 2021 at the Arkansas Orff Chapter: "Playing with Music." Here's a link to my slides!
  • ​​​​​​March 5-7, 2021 at the MMEA Annual In-service Conference. Here are my slides!
  • ​​February 4-6, 2021 at the Ohio Music Education Association's Virtual Professional Development Conference; presenting "Cross-Curricular Integration" & "Using Literature to Develop Musicianship"​
  • ​January 30, 2021 at the Utah Chapter of the American Orff Schulwerk Association, presenting "Nurturing the Unexpected."
  • November 14, 2020 at the AOSA Virtual Symposium, presenting "Steps to (Virtually) Prep the Recorder"
  • October 2 & 3, 2020 (virtually) at the Idaho Orff Chapter in Boise, Idaho, presenting "Around the School in 80 Beats."​
  • September 26, 2020 (virtually) at the Green Country Oklahoma Orff Chapter, presenting "Nurturing the Unexpected"
  • September 12-13, 2020 (virtually) at the OMEA Virtual State Music Conference, presenting two sessions on creating interactive Google Slide presentations:  "Building Virtual Music Classrooms for Active Music Making" & Interactive music with "Google Slides for the Elementary Music Classroom"
  • September 19, 2020 (virtually) at the Greater Cincinnati Chapter of AOSA, presenting "Nurturing the Unexpected"
  • May 9 & 16, 2020,  with Drue Bullington, Ardith Collins, Michelle Przybylowski with a two-part workshop titled "You Are Enough."
  • May 9 & 16, 2020,  with Drue Bullington, Ardith Collins, Michelle Przybylowski with a two-part workshop titled "You Are Enough."
  • April 18, 2020 at the Baltimore Orff Workshop titled "Teaching to the Void."
  • February 29, 2020 at the Central Florida Orff Chapter of the American Orff Schulwerk Association. Click here for link to the slides & notes.
  • February 1, 2020 at the Peabody Saturday Series, presenting "Orff without Instruments" with Warkenda Williams Casey. Click here for slides & notes.
  • ​December 7, 2019 at the New England American Orff Schulwerk Association, presenting "Around the World in 80 Beats" Click here for slides.
  • November 20-22 at the ACEMM Booth at the AOSA National Conference. CLick here for the movement card form!
  • October 14, 2019 at the PMEA District 7 Professional Development Day, presenting with Lisa Sempsey. Link to Centers slides. Link to Recorder slides.
  • September 14, 2019 at the Greater Cleveland Orff Chapter. Click here for slides
  • April 6, 2019 at the 2019 NAFME All-Eastern Conference, presenting "Egg Cartons & Scrambled Eggs: Exploring 6/8 in the Elementary Classroom" with Becky Burdett Link to Slides
  • March 30, 2019 at Marywood University for the PMEA District 9 Professional Development Day; link to Notes
  • March 23, 2019 at the Twin Tiers Orff Schulwerk Association, presenting "Around the World in 80 Beats" Link to Slides
  • ​February 17, 2019 at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, calling a family folk dance event​​
  • 9, 2019 at the Greater Baltimore Area Orff Schulwerk Association workshop "Let's All Dance:  Planning a Family Folk Dance Night" Link to Notes
  • ​February 2, 2019 at the Maryland Music Education Association conference in Baltimore, Maryland, presenting two sessions:  "The Wolf is On His Way" and "Around the World in 80 Beats" Link to Around the World Notes.  Link to Wolf Notes.
  • January 19, 2019 at the Philadelphia Orff Schulwerk Workshop, presenting "Star Light, Star Bright" as part of the Tossi Aaron memorial workshop.​​
  • November 8, 2018 at the AOSA National Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio presenting "One Piece:  a Song to Spiral Through Your Curriculum."  Click here for links to her slides!
  • October 19, 2018 at the Maryland Music Education Association Fall Conference, presenting "Egg Cartons & Scrambled Eggs: Exploring 6/8 in the Elementary Classroom" with Becky Burdett
  • October 13, 2018 at the Northern New Jersey Area Orff Schulwerk Association, presenting "Around the World in 80 Beats."  Click here for a copy of her slides!
  • October 8, 2018 at the PMEA District 7 Professional Development Day, presenting two different sessions:  "Steps to Prep the Recorder" and "Dancing Through Your Curriculum."  Click here for notes!
  • September 8, 2018 at the Greater Baltimore Area Orff Schulwerk Association workshop "From Storybook to Stage."