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***Please note: ALL workshops are held at
Joseph Estabrook Elementary School in Lexington, MA Please click on the link above for directions. We're excited to announce our third workshop of the 2023-2024 Season! 
Date: December 2, 2023 - 9:00 am to 1:30 pm Clinicians: Cathy Meyer, Pam Yanco, and Karen Medley Workshop: Healing, Wellbeing, Playing, and Joy! 
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Registration for the upcoming 2023-2024 Season is officially open!
Please scroll down for our President and Vice President's message or click here to register! If the weather is bad, click the button below to see if the workshop has been cancelled before you leave home!
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Letter From the NE/AOSA President:
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Dear NE/AOSA members and friends,
Welcome to the 2023-2024 workshop season for the New England Chapter of the American Orff Schulwerk Association! We are a professional community of creative music and movement teachers excited by lifelong learning and opportunities for collaboration with other teachers and students. On behalf of NE/AOSA, welcome! We are hoping to continue growing our chapter this year and we need your help in reaching out to colleagues and friends and inviting them to join us for an exciting year of professional growth opportunities! School is out for the summer and I hope this past year was full of “aha” moments for you and for your students - moments that inspired you and brought forward new questions and ideas for next year! Whether you are enjoying a relaxing summer of gardening at home, or traveling or taking classes to enrich your teaching skill, I hope this message finds you experiencing rejuvenating and reflective experiences with families and loved ones. As you begin to process last year and look forward to next year, NE/AOSA is here to help! This past year we invited members and friends of our chapter to reach out and let us know what YOU would find helpful to enrich your teaching and we listened. This year’s workshops reflect the interests and challenges our members identified and we are so excited to present our workshop series to you.
We welcome music/movement teachers, classroom teachers, early childhood teachers, church musicians, college students, administrators, professors, retired teachers and all who have an interest in fostering creative music-making and movement. We welcome YOU!!!
2023 – 2024 Workshop Clinicians
Children’s music from Brazil, strategies for classroom management, peer sharing, early childhood music, international children’s games and chants, drumming – we are so pleased to offer workshops that reflect your priorities and interests! Please click on the links to learn more about these stellar presenters!
Graduate Credit
NE/AOSA is very proud to be able to offer one or two credit options for graduate credit as part of our workshop series! Please click on the Graduate Credit link to learn more about this new benefit for our Workshop Series attendees! This benefit has been a long time and a lot of work in coming and I would like to thank NE/AOSA member, Gina Depaoli for organizing this for us!
Registration
Pre-registration is officially open for our 2023 – 2024 Workshop Season!!!
We are excited to announce that we now give a refund off of the NE/AOSA Season Package to all those who are also members of our parent organization, AOSA (proof of membership required). AOSA has an expansive collection of online resources and member benefits – please check them out at aosa.org. The member side of the website contains valuable digital resources, videos, online classes, mentorship programs, and so much more. To become an AOSA member and to learn more about the benefits of membership, please follow this link within our new registration process.
We are also delighted to announce that you can choose to donate your $10 refund for being an AOSA member to our chapter’s Scholarship Fund. The Chapter awards a small number of scholarships to qualifying members for levels training and conferences each year. To learn more about scholarships please follow this link (NE/AOSA Scholarships).
All of the above registration details are available on our website
http://www.neaosa.org/join-neaosa.html
Why Become a Member of the NE/AOSA Family?
NE/AOSA Board News
It truly takes a village to make good things happen and we have extraordinary leaders who have stepped forward to help our chapter grow. NE/AOSA would not be able to function without these dedicated volunteers whose behind-the-scenes work facilitates the smooth running of our chapter. We are first and foremost so indebted to Eithne Stover who has led our chapter with such grace and mindful leadership these last two years. Her gentle and quiet support paired with her passionate, capable leadership have helped our chapter to bloom into an inclusive, warm, welcoming community as we have worked together to begin the process of examining our teaching practice in a post-Covid world. Eithne remains on the NE/AOSA Board this year as Vice President. Please thank her when you see her this Fall!
I also want to thank Jesse Francese, Dave Ruggiero, and Eithne for their extraordinary expertise and long hours of volunteer work this summer updating and redesigning our Workshop Series registration process. You might be surprised at how many extraordinary humans help us to bring you world class professional development in NE/AOSA! Here are some of them:
It takes many skills and areas of expertise to grow a chapter! It feels so gratifying to give of oneself to a worthy cause - please consider how you can contribute to NE/AOSA! And, finally, thank YOU for becoming a part of our NE/AOSA family! Thank you for your interest in world class opportunities in creative music and movement experiences that will improve your teaching!
And with that our 2023-2024 season is officially open!
We think it’s the best value for quality professional development around as well as a wonderful way to connect with and learn from fellow music educators while growing your professional community! Please consider forwarding this to a friend or colleague who may be interested in joining our community of music educators. Growing our chapter benefits all of us and helps us to continue bringing excellent clinicians to our area.
With all best wishes for a rejuvenating summer and an exciting school year,
Gratefully,
Karen Medley
President, NE/AOSA
Welcome to the 2023-2024 workshop season for the New England Chapter of the American Orff Schulwerk Association! We are a professional community of creative music and movement teachers excited by lifelong learning and opportunities for collaboration with other teachers and students. On behalf of NE/AOSA, welcome! We are hoping to continue growing our chapter this year and we need your help in reaching out to colleagues and friends and inviting them to join us for an exciting year of professional growth opportunities! School is out for the summer and I hope this past year was full of “aha” moments for you and for your students - moments that inspired you and brought forward new questions and ideas for next year! Whether you are enjoying a relaxing summer of gardening at home, or traveling or taking classes to enrich your teaching skill, I hope this message finds you experiencing rejuvenating and reflective experiences with families and loved ones. As you begin to process last year and look forward to next year, NE/AOSA is here to help! This past year we invited members and friends of our chapter to reach out and let us know what YOU would find helpful to enrich your teaching and we listened. This year’s workshops reflect the interests and challenges our members identified and we are so excited to present our workshop series to you.
We welcome music/movement teachers, classroom teachers, early childhood teachers, church musicians, college students, administrators, professors, retired teachers and all who have an interest in fostering creative music-making and movement. We welcome YOU!!!
2023 – 2024 Workshop Clinicians
Children’s music from Brazil, strategies for classroom management, peer sharing, early childhood music, international children’s games and chants, drumming – we are so pleased to offer workshops that reflect your priorities and interests! Please click on the links to learn more about these stellar presenters!
- Juliana Cantarelli Vita September 9, 2023 9 AM – 1:30 PM
- Matthew Stensrud October 14, 2023 9 AM – 1:30 PM
- Chapter Sharing December 2, 2023 9 AM – 1:30 PM
- Soili Perkiö (Virtual) February 3, 2024 10 AM – 12:30 PM (Virtual)
- Virtual Chapter Follow-up February 7, 2024 7 PM – 8:30 PM
- Sofía López Ibor March 9, 2024 9 AM – 1:30 PM
- James Allen April 27, 2024 9 AM – 1:30 PM
Graduate Credit
NE/AOSA is very proud to be able to offer one or two credit options for graduate credit as part of our workshop series! Please click on the Graduate Credit link to learn more about this new benefit for our Workshop Series attendees! This benefit has been a long time and a lot of work in coming and I would like to thank NE/AOSA member, Gina Depaoli for organizing this for us!
Registration
Pre-registration is officially open for our 2023 – 2024 Workshop Season!!!
- As non-profit organizations, NE/AOSA and our parent organization, AOSA have pivoted to continue to provide high quality professional development for our members while remaining mindful of costs to our membership. This year sees a minimal increase in fees as we work with our parent organization, AOSA to support you in your work as music and movement educators.
- The pre-registration period runs from July 1st through September 1st, 2023. The cost of a Season Package during this period is $90 for AOSA members ($120 for non-AOSA members) + $5 PayPal processing fee, which gives you a $10 savings. Please note that the fee for retirees is $40 ($70 for non-AOSA members) + $5 PayPal processing fee whilst full-time students with a valid ID and (free) AOSA membership are free.
- After Sept. 1st the cost of a Season Package will be $100 for AOSA members ($130 for non-AOSA members) + $5 PayPal processing fee.
- To streamline the registration process, we strongly encourage our members to utilize the online registration and payment option. However, should the PayPal payment pose any difficulty for you, you still have the option to pay by check.
- If you have any questions or concerns, please email the President of the NE/AOSA Board, Karen Medley at kmedleyneaosa@gmail.com.
We are excited to announce that we now give a refund off of the NE/AOSA Season Package to all those who are also members of our parent organization, AOSA (proof of membership required). AOSA has an expansive collection of online resources and member benefits – please check them out at aosa.org. The member side of the website contains valuable digital resources, videos, online classes, mentorship programs, and so much more. To become an AOSA member and to learn more about the benefits of membership, please follow this link within our new registration process.
We are also delighted to announce that you can choose to donate your $10 refund for being an AOSA member to our chapter’s Scholarship Fund. The Chapter awards a small number of scholarships to qualifying members for levels training and conferences each year. To learn more about scholarships please follow this link (NE/AOSA Scholarships).
All of the above registration details are available on our website
http://www.neaosa.org/join-neaosa.html
Why Become a Member of the NE/AOSA Family?
- Your registration fee helps us to bring high quality professional development for music and movement educators throughout New England
- Your registration fee helps us to provide scholarships for our members to deepen their understanding of Orff Schulwerk by attending the National AOSA conference in November or take Levels classes in the summer
- Networking opportunities, fostering friendships and creating connections with other New England educators
- Opportunities to earn Graduate Credit or PDPs
- Opportunities to make music, create, improvise, collaborate and move with amazing fellow educators in an inclusive, supportive community
- Notices of job vacancies
- Advocacy opportunities
NE/AOSA Board News
It truly takes a village to make good things happen and we have extraordinary leaders who have stepped forward to help our chapter grow. NE/AOSA would not be able to function without these dedicated volunteers whose behind-the-scenes work facilitates the smooth running of our chapter. We are first and foremost so indebted to Eithne Stover who has led our chapter with such grace and mindful leadership these last two years. Her gentle and quiet support paired with her passionate, capable leadership have helped our chapter to bloom into an inclusive, warm, welcoming community as we have worked together to begin the process of examining our teaching practice in a post-Covid world. Eithne remains on the NE/AOSA Board this year as Vice President. Please thank her when you see her this Fall!
I also want to thank Jesse Francese, Dave Ruggiero, and Eithne for their extraordinary expertise and long hours of volunteer work this summer updating and redesigning our Workshop Series registration process. You might be surprised at how many extraordinary humans help us to bring you world class professional development in NE/AOSA! Here are some of them:
- Frank Casados (Equipment)
- Sarah Casados (Social Media Coordinator)
- Gina Depaoli (Professional Development Manager)
- Jesse Francese (Webmaster)
- Karen Graves (Registrar)
- Barbara Kallas (Secretary)
- John Kinney (Hospitality and Ukulele Jam Sessions!)
- Dave Ruggiero (Treasurer)
- Rongbing Shen (Historian)
- Eithne Stover (Vice-President)
- Pam Yanco (Hospitality)
- Members-at-Large: Linda Krov, Julie Law-Linck, Gerard Stokes, Scott Tarantino
- AOSA Region V Representative: Karen Prouty
It takes many skills and areas of expertise to grow a chapter! It feels so gratifying to give of oneself to a worthy cause - please consider how you can contribute to NE/AOSA! And, finally, thank YOU for becoming a part of our NE/AOSA family! Thank you for your interest in world class opportunities in creative music and movement experiences that will improve your teaching!
And with that our 2023-2024 season is officially open!
We think it’s the best value for quality professional development around as well as a wonderful way to connect with and learn from fellow music educators while growing your professional community! Please consider forwarding this to a friend or colleague who may be interested in joining our community of music educators. Growing our chapter benefits all of us and helps us to continue bringing excellent clinicians to our area.
With all best wishes for a rejuvenating summer and an exciting school year,
Gratefully,
Karen Medley
President, NE/AOSA
Registration for the 2023-2024 Season Is Officially Open!
The New England Chapter of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association (NE/AOSA) offers professional development workshops for music teachers, classroom teachers, administrators, students, and non-students awaiting employment. A Season Package allows an individual attend six workshops. We also offer options to attend one workshop at a time.
Please note that if you are interested in becoming a NE/AOSA member you must also be a current member of our parent organization, the American Orff-Schulwerk Association (AOSA). Membership in AOSA gives members web access to the AOSA Resource library of lessons, videos, articles, and more as well as professional development, access to grants and scholarships, networking opportunities, and professional publications.
For a list of NE/AOSA's registration options and information on AOSA, click Join NE/AOSA using the button below or on the menu above.
Please note that if you are interested in becoming a NE/AOSA member you must also be a current member of our parent organization, the American Orff-Schulwerk Association (AOSA). Membership in AOSA gives members web access to the AOSA Resource library of lessons, videos, articles, and more as well as professional development, access to grants and scholarships, networking opportunities, and professional publications.
For a list of NE/AOSA's registration options and information on AOSA, click Join NE/AOSA using the button below or on the menu above.
The American Orff-Schulwerk association strongly encourages members to be positive and discreet when discussing our organization, specific courses and/or teachers, and the Orff movement. The very nature of the Orff Schulwerk philosophy embodies a broad spectrum of expressions exploring different paths to arrive at artistic and educational goals. Members are encouraged to recognize and remain open to varied approaches and to celebrate both our differences and our similarities.