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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
Teaching Towards Belonging - David Dockan (January 23, 2027)
Music class can be the place where a student feels a deep sense of connection in school. In this workshop, we’ll explore how teachers can become hosts for that belonging using the Orff Schulwerk approach: culturally responsive teaching, democratic classroom practices, and popular music pedagogies. Working through the Orff Schulwerk approach, you'll leave with practical strategies for building a music room where every student feels seen, heard, and know that they matter.
SHARING DAY: A Whale of a Time - Sue Harvie & Heather Nail (April 24, 2027)
Join master educators Sue Harvie and Heather Nail as they share their pedagogical expertise teaching young music educators song and dance. Witness the process of first meeting a new group of children, through the journey of teaching music and movement, an awe inspiring process in which the children learn new repertoire, culminating in a sharing session that will leave teachers and audience members inspired. Students will have the expertise of building connection through music and movement. Educators and families are invited to watch the choral Orff process and witness the power of community music making and the power of arts education at its finest.
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.