Discovering Orff

"Discovering Orff: A Curriculum for Music Teachers" by Jane Frazee presents a curriculum for teaching that utilizes the Orff-Schulwerk approach. This book describes the basic ideas of Orff-Schulwerk for the classroom in the United States. It states concretely how its media, pedagogy and theory must be interwoven in order to give whole classes and individual children musical competence.

This book is a must for teachers who want detailed, practical assistance in how and why to use Orff techniques and materials in the classroom. Major emphasis is on sequence. Chapters are included that provide a detailed curriculum for grades 1 to 5 by listing goals for each grade and the steps to accomplish them.