BASIC TEXTS
TEXTS ON THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ORFF-SCHULWERK
BASIC TEXTS
TEXTS ON THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ORFF-SCHULWERK
BASIC TEXTS
TEXTS ON THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ORFF-SCHULWERK
INTERNATIONAL ORFF-SCHULWERK FORUM SALZBURG
IOSFS CONVENTIONS
IOSFS CONVENTIONS, held every summer, bring the international Orff-Schulwerk community together for four days of keynote speakers, presentations, interactive Come Together sessions, and discussion groups. Since 2020, the Convention has been held online. Previously, the Convention was held at the Orff Institute in Salzburg.
UPCOMING CONVENTION
PAST CONVENTIONS
Monday, 18 - Thursday, 21 July 2022
CELEBRATING NATURE
IN TEACHING AND LEARNING
WITH ORFF-SCHULWERK
The artistic and educational potential of our natural and human-made environments
PLAY AND PLANNING IN
ORFF-SCHULWERK
Ways of developing creative learning processes
ABOUT OUR CONVENTIONS
International Conventions
Since 2011, the annual general meetings of the IOSFS have been developed into an international conference for delegates of the Orff-Schulwerk networks. Since 2012 each conference has had a special topic:
2012 Orff-Schulwerk between the Poles of Pragmatic Music and Dance Education and the Developing of the Whole Personality
2013 Orff-Schulwerk in Schools
2014 The Training of Orff Schulwerk Teachers. International Convergence and/or Divergence?
2015 Interculturality in Elemental Music and Dance Education
2016 Effective Forms of Evaluation and Assessment in Elemental Music and Dance Education
2017 Encounters between Orff-Schulwerk and Modern Arts
2018 Orff-Schulwerk and Special Populations in Educational and Social Contexts
2019 Formats and Contexts of Orff-Schulwerk Education from Workshops to Courses to Higher Education
2020 Legacy and Vision
2021 Play and Planning in Orff-Schulwerk: Ways of developing creative learning processes
2022 Celebrating Nature in Teaching and Learning with Orff-Schulwerk: The artistic and educational potential of our natural and human-made environments
International Orff-Schulwerk Symposia
Every five years the IOSFS has organized an international symposium in cooperation with the Orff Institute, except in 2000.
1975 Orff-Schulwerk Today
1980 Proven Traditions and New Areas
1985 Orff-Schulwerk in the World of Tomorrow
1990 A Continuing Heritage
1995 The Inherent -The Foreign - In Common. Music and Dance Education as a Contribution to Intercultural Pedagogy
2000 Four Symposia:
-
50 Years ‘Music for Children’, Traunwalchen, Germany
-
Expression in Music and Dance Education, Orivesi, Finland
-
The Role of Orff-Schulwerk in Integrated and Community Education and Therapy, Munich, Germany
-
Orff-Schulwerk in Life-long Learning, Rochester, USA
2006 In Dialogue. Elemental Music and Dance Education in Interdisciplinary Contexts
2011 50 Years Orff Institute
2016 Changes. Elemental Music and Dance Education in the Changing World of Media