How fun is this?

It's 2008! I am going to embark on a musical and educational journey! I am applying to the Orff Institut in beautiful Salzburg, Austria for a special one year course in music and Orff pedagogy. It's something that I've always wanted to do.... well, maybe not always, but for at least the last 15 years. I've decided it's time. In this blog I hope to document the process (!).

I'm hoping to do some serious composition and writing while engaged in my studies. I have to book ideas. One is called "Everyone Knows This One!" and it will be comprised of 10 or 12 different folk songs from all over the world. The commonality is that in each home country "Everyone knows this one!" I already have several arrangements ready to go. Some have been kid tested and piloted at workshops; others still need a test run, and I'm sure there are others out there I haven't heard yet. The other book idea is "Intermediate Elemental." It will be a book of original pieces for intermediate level students in elemental style.

I'm also hoping to get to the Orff Zentrum in Munich to do a comparative analysis of all the international editions of Music for Children.

Of course, since I'll be in Salzburg, I want to take the "Sound of Music" tour. The film was made in Austria and Julie Andrews is one of my favs!!