Level 2 Course
Level 2 Course
Monday 7 July – Friday 11 July 2025
The Orff Schulwerk Courses are designed to immerse participants in the Orff approach to teaching music. Devised by Carl Orff, this approach seeks to develop the inherently musical qualities in all people through an active and creative learning process.
Level 2 includes studies in Movement and Dance, Orchestration, Technique and Improvisation, Recorder, Vocal, Pedagogy and History of Orff Schulwerk.
Accreditation certificate is attained through successfully completing all assessment tasks during the course and attending the required 37 contact hours. A participation certificate will be given if these requirements are not met.
Requirements
Level 1 must be completed to participate in Level 2
-Treble recorder (Level 2)
-Lead pencil and eraser
Fees include:
-37 hours of high quality training
-Comprehensive course notes
-Professional Development Certificate
Course Presenters
Susan Marshall is the Classroom Music Teacher at Unley Primary School (SA). She teaches students from Foundation to Year 7. Susan has been involved with Orff Schulwerk since 2002 and has completed the 4 Australian Orff Schulwerk Levels Courses. Susan is a regular presenter at Orff Schulwerk Conferences in South Australia. Since 2017 Susan has been involved in the National Music Teacher Mentoring Program. Susan enjoys playing her violin in an orchestra and learning the art of Taiko drumming.
Joanna Patrick is the Junior School Music Teacher at Tyndale Christian School (SA) where she has been teaching for the past 17 years. She has composed and musically directed many school productions and directs a thriving choral program. Joanna has completed many courses including the Level 1-4 Orff Schulwerk National Accreditation Courses, the Kodaly SA Stage 1-2 Courses, Orff Schulwerk Dance and Movement in Education Course and the Orff Schulwerk Neuropedagogy and Music Course.
Joanna has been an active member of the Orff Schulwerk Association of South Australia since 2006, presenting regularly at state conferences and nationally. She is a qualified Orff Schulwerk Levels 1-2 Course Presenter and was privileged to attend the International Symposium and Summer Course at the Orff Institute in Salzburg in 2011.
Joanna writes and presents regularly for Musica Viva in Schools. In her spare time Joanna enjoys musical theatre, performing and musically directing for several amateur theatre companies in Adelaide. Joanna is a passionate and creative music educator who enjoys sharing ideas to inspire excellence in music for all.
Kirrabelle Lovell is a Primary School Music teacher at Highbury Primary School (SA) where she teaches students from Foundation to Year 7, conducts two concert bands, two choirs and recorder ensemble. She is a local presenter and committee member of the Orff Schulwerk Association of South Australia and is the Levels Course Coordinator for South Australia.
She has presented professional development sessions for Musica Viva in Schools and has taught a weekly musicianship class for the Young Adelaide Voices first concert choir and assisted on their European tour in 2016.
She has completed a variety of professional development in Orff Schulwerk in Australia including the 4 national level courses. In 2011 she attended the International Symposium and International Summer Course at the Orff Institute in Salzburg, Austria. In 2018-2019 she completed the ‘Advanced Studies in Music and Dance Education: Special Course’ at the Orff Institute.