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Children's Day at the Winspear

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Cirque de Orff with Sue Harvie
with special guest Heather Nail

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When: Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Where: ​Francis Winspear Centre, Edmonton


8:45 am - 9:15 am Registration 
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9:15 am - 9:30 am Welcome, Announcements, Warmup
​9:30 am - 10:45 am Group A: Sue, Group B: Winspear Team
10:45 am - 11:00 am Break
​11:00 am - 12:15 pm Group B: Sue, Group A: Winspear Team 
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch (Provided for teachers)
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Group A & B work with Sue
2:00 pm - 2:15 pm Sharing (parents invited)
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm Closing, Children goodbye
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm Break
2:45 pm - 3:30 pm Q&A with Sue
Teacher Registration WITHOUT Children Registrants
Teacher Registration WITH Children Registrants

Getting To The Winspear

Downtown construction may affect your travel to the Winspear. Please review the following document with information to help you plan your trip:
Winspear: Getting Here

Workshop Description

Participants will observe Sue Harvie as she teaches circus themed Orff activities to two alternating groups of children. It will culminate at the end of the day with a sharing session where the children perform a short piece based on Sue's theme: Cirque de Orff. The Winspear team will also have a short program ready for the alternate group when they are not working directly with Sue.

Presenter Biography - Sue Harvie

Sue Harvie is a K through 6 Music Specialist and Learning Leader for the Calgary Board of Education (CBE). She has completed her levels and post levels training in Orff-Schulwerk and holds her Master in Education (Elementary Music) from the University of Alberta. Sue has presented workshops across Canada and the U.S and teaches Level I at the University of Alberta. Her performing groups have performed for 5 Canadian National Orff Conferences, the Edmonton and Calgary Orchestras, and the annual ‘Orff the Wall’ production at Jack Singer Music Hall in Calgary. In 2014, Fun with Composers published, Sue’s F-U-N ‘n Games Galore, which will soon be followed by F-U-N ‘n Games S’More!

Presenter Biography - Heather Nail

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Heather Nail has been an Orff Music Specialist for the Calgary Board of Education for 19 years. She holds Orff level three certification, and has completed her Master of Education degree, specializing in Elementary Music. Heather teaches the choral component of the Calgary Orff Chapter summer levels course, and in 2010 she was a semi-finalist in the Alberta Excellence in Teaching awards. She presents regularly at music conferences in Alberta, and in her spare time, Heather conducts the Westside Junior Children’s Choir and is the mother of two busy, musical daughters.
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Inquiries can be sent to the President of the Alberta Chapter of Carl Orff Canada via email at president@albertaorff.ca

Photo Credit

Header photos courtesy of: 
Jan Studios.  
www.janstudios.com

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Alberta Orff, a chapter of Carl Orff Canada, supports quality music education by providing professional development opportunities, resources, and a community for music teachers in central and northern Alberta.