Music Program
Music at Community Montessori is influenced by the Orff-Schulwerk process. The "Orff" model blends so well with the Montessori philosophy since it encourages a hands-on approach to creativity. It also emphasizes the experience of the music first, before it is defined on a conscious level. Schulwerk means schooling in music through activity and creativity. Orff is the last name of a composer, Carl Orff, who together with Gunild Keetman, created the material and ideas to use as models for teachers all over the world. The "volumes", as they are referred to by music teachers, are now translated into 18 languages. Presently, there are over 10,000 teachers in the United States who use the Orff process as the vehicle to bring music to children.
Students are constantly active using poems, rhymes, games, songs and dances as their mode of expression. All these elements may be accompanied by drums, and various other non-melodic percussion and/or the "instrumentarium" of melodic percussion: xylophones, metallophones and glockenspiels.
Eleanor Farjeon, the music teacher at Community Montessori is certified in three levels of Orff-Schulwerk in addition to having Creative Dance, African Drumming, Kodaly training and Bachelors & Masters degrees in Music Education.
For current schedule, please visit our Music page.
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