ABOUT OUR CONVENTIONS

International Conventions

Since 2011, the annual general meetings of the IOSFS have been developed into an international conference for delegates of the Orff-Schulwerk networks. Since 2012 each conference has had a special topic:

2012   Orff-Schulwerk between the Poles of Pragmatic Music and Dance Education and the Developing of the Whole Personality

2013   Orff-Schulwerk in Schools

2014   The Training of Orff Schulwerk Teachers.  International Convergence and/or Divergence?

2015   Interculturality in Elemental Music and Dance Education

2016   Effective Forms of Evaluation and Assessment in Elemental Music and Dance Education

2017   Encounters between Orff-Schulwerk and Modern Arts

2018   Orff-Schulwerk and Special Populations in Educational and Social Contexts

2019   Formats and Contexts of Orff-Schulwerk Education from Workshops to Courses to Higher Education

2020   Legacy and Vision

2021   Play and Planning in Orff-Schulwerk: Ways of developing creative learning processes

2022   Celebrating Nature in Teaching and Learning with Orff-Schulwerk: The artistic and educational potential of our natural and human-made environments

2023   Diverse Voices: Addressing and Exploring Diversity and Inclusion in Orff Schulwerk​

2024   Embodiment through Engaging the Senses

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International Orff-Schulwerk Symposia

Every five years the IOSFS has organized an international symposium in cooperation with the Orff Institute, except in 2000.

1975   Orff-Schulwerk Today

1980   Proven Traditions and New Areas

1985   Orff-Schulwerk in the World of Tomorrow

1990   A Continuing Heritage

1995   The Inherent -The Foreign - In Common. Music and Dance Education as a Contribution to Intercultural Pedagogy

2000   Four Symposia:

•  50 Years ‘Music for Children’, Traunwalchen, Germany

•  Expression in Music and Dance Education, Orivesi, Finland          

•   The Role of Orff-Schulwerk in Integrated and Community Education and Therapy, Munich, Germany

•   Orff-Schulwerk in Life-long Learning, Rochester, USA

2006   In Dialogue. Elemental Music and Dance Education in Interdisciplinary Contexts

2011   50 Years Orff Institute

2016   Changes.  Elemental Music and Dance Education in the Changing World of Media

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