Annunciation Day School, a parochial preschool through 8th grade school associated with the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation is seeking a part-time music teacher. Music Education certification is preferred, but not required. Ideal candidates will have experience teaching children of all ages, be capable of directing holiday and spring performances , and most importantly be able to demonstrate a love for working with children. If interested, please send a letter of interest and resume to Janet Brown, Head of School via email at: jbrown@adsatlanta.org.

Part time job: Director of Children’s Choirs St. James United Methodist Church, 4400 Peachtree-Dunwoody Rd, Atlanta 30342.
Begins August 1st. Orff instruments and choir chimes are available to be part of the choir program. For information email employment@stjamesatlanta.org

Scholarship opportunities are available for summer Orff levels at Appalachian State – Level III meeting July 1-12 and Level I meeting July 22 – August 1, 2019. The deadline to apply for partial scholarships to assist with the expense of attending is May 6, 2019. Application forms and more information is available via this website: https://conferences-camps.appstate.edu/adult-programs/orff-schulwerk-teacher-education-courses

Our Atlanta Area Orff Chapter is turning 40 this year! Come celebrate with us as former chapter presidents and other chapter members share some of their favorite activities and ideas on Saturday, April 13, 2019 from 9am-1pm.

All attendees will receive a free Past Presidents’ Lesson Booklet and we are serving cake to celebrate!

Chapter members can bring a friend for free 🙂

Come join us on Saturday, March 2nd as we welcome Julie Scott to Atlanta! She will be presenting “Beautiful Singing in the Orff Schulwerk Classroom” at Chattahoochee ES from 9am-1pm. See you there (and remember that grant applications are due 3/2/19)!

Come join us on Saturday, February 2nd from 9am-1pm at Chattahoochee ES for “Playing with a Purpose” with Tiffany English. Come learn kid-tested strategies and lessons that will make your classroom a playful, organized, safe learning environment. See you Saturday!

The Atlanta Area Orff Chapter is excited to announce that we will award: five grants for Professional Development in the amount of $300 and three grants for classroom instruments in the amount of $750.

All entrants must be members of both the Atlanta Area Orff Chapter and National AOSA for a minimum of 1 year prior to the date of the application.

See Grants page for more information.

Come join us on Saturday, October 27, 2018 from 9am-1pm at Chattahoochee ES for “Jump, Jive, and Jazz (K-8)” with Brent Holl. We’ll start this session with some play party games and discover how these activities lead straight to Jazz. An original blues song is next and we’ll learn an arrangement that can be played on the Orff instruments. A great finish will be a big band arrangement for Orff instruments. Warning! Dancing and happiness may ensue!! Focus: Orff process; improvisation; orchestration; speech and movement. See you there!

Please join us at our next workshop on Saturday, September 8th, 2018 from 9am-1pm at Chattahoochee ES. BethAnn Hepburn will be presenting “Playful Process.“ Re-discover your elemental spirit through multiple creative inspiration points! Speak, Sing, Move, and Play your way through lessons inspired from many creative springboards! We will explore a day of lessons with clear music concepts at their core, that spring from many inspiration points. Come join the fun!