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WelcomeThe Alberta Chapter of Carl Orff Canada is based in Edmonton. We serve music teachers from all over central and northern Alberta. Our goal is to provide high quality music education opportunities for teachers and students interested in the philosophies of Orff Schulwerk.
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Since the beginning of time, children have not liked to study. They would much rather play, and if you have their interests at heart, you will let them learn while they play; they will find that what they have mastered is child's play.
- Carl Orff
Current Workshop Registration Links
2026-2027 Workshop Subscription For Members Only
Attend our Fall, Winter, and Children's Day workshops this year. For members only.
FREE EVENT - Taste of Orff: Wildflowers
You belong among the wildflowers...you belong somewhere you feel free
~ Tom Petty
In this 1-hour Taste of Orff session, come prepared to sing, play, move, create, and improvise, drawing on Carl Orff's metaphor of the wild flower. This idea emerges from the unique seeds of inspiration in each of our classes and grows into something inspired and created by our students. Connecting Orff's idea with Tom Petty's Wildflowers, which centres grace and letting go of burdens, we hope that this session will encourage and uplift you to continue to sow the seeds of inspiration in each of your classes throughout the year.
This FREE after-school session is geared towards new music teachers and teachers in the first few years of their career.
"I am, You are, We are – Musicians!" with Maree Hennessy (Oct 3, 2026)
Collaboration with the Alberta Kodaly Association
“I am, You are, We are – Musicians! Musicianship That Connects: Cognition, Community and Context”
Maree Hennessy has worked across Early Childhood, Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, and community settings in music education and teacher training. She is recognised for her expertise in building teacher capacity and fostering excellence in teaching and learning.
Maree lectures in Kodály Certificate Programs in Australia and abroad. She recently served as Director of the Kodály Center at Holy Names University, where she strengthened community partnerships, mentored emerging leaders, and oversaw the Master of Music and Graduate Summer Certificate programs grounded in the Kodály philosophy.
Maree has contributed to curriculum development as Senior Project Writer for Education Queensland’s Curriculum to Classroom initiative, and as editor and key writer for Kodály Queensland’s Middle Years Music Education resource.
In 2026, Maree is supporting the Music Every Day P-3 and Classroom Music programs at Brisbane Boys' College, and is serving on the Pedagogical Framework committee at BBC. She has contributed as consultant to the current South Australian Music Education Strategy, and is currently supporting teacher groups in Australia, Malaysia, South Africa and Canada, as lecturer and consultant.
Land Acknowledgement
The Alberta Orff Chapter is based in amiskwaciy-wâskahikanand invites members across treaties 6, 7, 8 to learn, create, play and perform on the traditional gathering places of the Nêhiýaw, Dene, Dunne-za, Dene Tha’, Nakota Sioux, Siksikaitsitapi, the Métis homeland, and Inuit.
As an act of reconciliation, the chapter is committed to learning from knowledge keepers, elders and artists from these Indigenous communities. We invite these important community members to share their culture, language, teachings, music and dance with our community. With these teachings, our members are encouraged to help grow a generation of students who are committed to reconciliation through the arts.
As an act of reconciliation, the chapter is committed to learning from knowledge keepers, elders and artists from these Indigenous communities. We invite these important community members to share their culture, language, teachings, music and dance with our community. With these teachings, our members are encouraged to help grow a generation of students who are committed to reconciliation through the arts.
Statement of diversity
The Alberta Orff Chapter is committed to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion to help build a well-rounded and inclusive music education experience in our communities. We strive to create learning experiences among music educators that value and honour diverse perspectives while building relationships. By inviting diverse clinicians and musicians to share their expertise, we inspire to enrich the educational landscape and learn to apply this to the Orff Schulwerk philosophy.
Visit our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion page to learn more about our chapter's contributions.
Visit our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion page to learn more about our chapter's contributions.