About Prairie Winds Orff
The Prairie Winds Orff Chapter was founded in 1979 by Sister Millicent Hinds, Sister Jeanette Hinds, and Teri Fay. We are dedicated Orff Schulwerk teachers in North Dakota. Our goal is to explore ways to create, sing, move, and play our way into the hearts of children through the use of Orff Schulwerk!
Amy Fenton
September 25, 2021
2021 - 2022
Fall Workshop - Amy Fenton
September 25, 2021 - 9 am - 4 pm
Murphy Elementary, 611 North 31st Street
Bismarck, ND
Recorder Play, Every Day!
Creative Ways to Incorporate Recorder in the Orff Schulwerk Classroom
Participants will experience playful skill building lessons for recorder utilizing games, stories, improvisation and composition.
Please bring a soprano recorder. If you have an alto or a tenor, bring those along, too.
Amy Fenton is a music and movement teacher for children in grades 1-5 in Haslett, Michigan. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance (with a minor in Flute) and post-baccalaureate certification in Music Education from The University of Arizona. She also holds Master of Education degree in Educational Leadership from Grand Valley State University. Amy was named the 2019 Michigan Music Educator of the Year and 2019 Michigan Youth Arts Educator of the Year. She has presented sessions at AOSA Professional Development Conferences and workshops at the local, state and national levels. Amy has taught recorder pedagogy for AOSA Teacher Education courses in Texas, Michigan and Connecticut. She has served as President of the Mid-Michigan Chapter, as well as Regional Representative and Treasurer on the AOSA National Board of Trustees.
Future Dates
November 3-6, 2021 AOSA National Orff Professional Development Conference, Charleston, SC
November 20, 2021 (9 am - noon) - Chapter Share - Bismarck, ND
January 8, 2022 (9 am - 4 pm) - Workshop presented by Dr. Kateri Miller - Minot, ND
Making the Volumes Accessible
Kateri (Kate) Miller, Ph.D., is assistant professor of music education at Minot State University in North Dakota. She has over 20 years of experience teaching children and adults and is certified in Orff-Schulwerk, Kodály, and has training in Dalcroze Eurhythmics. She is past president of the Orff chapter in Las Vegas and is currently serving as a trustee on the national board of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association. She has presented original material at KMEA, NDMEA, Orff Chapters, and the National Orff Conference and has presented the GAMEPLAN curriculum in various school districts throughout the United States. In addition, she has presented research at NAfME, Mid-South Music Education Research Symposium, Mountain Lake Colloquium, and OAKE. Currently, Dr. Miller teaches music education majors both elementary and secondary choral methods as well as non-music education majors at Minot State University. In addition, she also conducts the Western Plains Junior Choir and Music Makers, an elementary Orff instrumental group.
February 26, 2022 (9 am - 4 pm) - Marvelous Music Camp - Bismarck, ND
April 23, 2022 (9 am - noon) - Chapter Share - Bismarck, ND
2021 - 2022
Fall Workshop - Amy Fenton
September 25, 2021 - 9 am - 4 pm
Murphy Elementary, 611 North 31st Street
Bismarck, ND
Recorder Play, Every Day!
Creative Ways to Incorporate Recorder in the Orff Schulwerk Classroom
Participants will experience playful skill building lessons for recorder utilizing games, stories, improvisation and composition.
Please bring a soprano recorder. If you have an alto or a tenor, bring those along, too.
Amy Fenton is a music and movement teacher for children in grades 1-5 in Haslett, Michigan. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance (with a minor in Flute) and post-baccalaureate certification in Music Education from The University of Arizona. She also holds Master of Education degree in Educational Leadership from Grand Valley State University. Amy was named the 2019 Michigan Music Educator of the Year and 2019 Michigan Youth Arts Educator of the Year. She has presented sessions at AOSA Professional Development Conferences and workshops at the local, state and national levels. Amy has taught recorder pedagogy for AOSA Teacher Education courses in Texas, Michigan and Connecticut. She has served as President of the Mid-Michigan Chapter, as well as Regional Representative and Treasurer on the AOSA National Board of Trustees.
Future Dates
November 3-6, 2021 AOSA National Orff Professional Development Conference, Charleston, SC
November 20, 2021 (9 am - noon) - Chapter Share - Bismarck, ND
January 8, 2022 (9 am - 4 pm) - Workshop presented by Dr. Kateri Miller - Minot, ND
Making the Volumes Accessible
Kateri (Kate) Miller, Ph.D., is assistant professor of music education at Minot State University in North Dakota. She has over 20 years of experience teaching children and adults and is certified in Orff-Schulwerk, Kodály, and has training in Dalcroze Eurhythmics. She is past president of the Orff chapter in Las Vegas and is currently serving as a trustee on the national board of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association. She has presented original material at KMEA, NDMEA, Orff Chapters, and the National Orff Conference and has presented the GAMEPLAN curriculum in various school districts throughout the United States. In addition, she has presented research at NAfME, Mid-South Music Education Research Symposium, Mountain Lake Colloquium, and OAKE. Currently, Dr. Miller teaches music education majors both elementary and secondary choral methods as well as non-music education majors at Minot State University. In addition, she also conducts the Western Plains Junior Choir and Music Makers, an elementary Orff instrumental group.
February 26, 2022 (9 am - 4 pm) - Marvelous Music Camp - Bismarck, ND
April 23, 2022 (9 am - noon) - Chapter Share - Bismarck, ND
Chapter News!
Congratulations to PWO Member, Angie Dasovick on receiving our chapter's scholarship to attend Level II.
Congratulations to PWO Member Lacey Roberts on receiving the Shields-Gillespie Fund Scholarship for Level II.
Congratulations to PWO Member Caitlin Nicks on receiving Gunild Keetman Assistance Scholarship for Level II.
Prairie Winds Orff is proud to be recognized, for the first time in 2017, as a "Chapter of Distinction," the highest level of chapter recognition from the American Orff-Schulwerk Association.
Prairie Winds Orff is proud to be recognized, for the second time, in 2018, as a "Chapter of Distinction," the highest level of chapter recognition from the American Orff-Schulwerk Association.
Prairie Winds Orff is proud to be recognized, for the third time, in 2019, as a "Chapter of Distinction," the highest level of chapter recognition from the American Orff-Schulwerk Association.
