The Jazz Course – Doug Goodkin (USA)

Now in its 35th year, this ground-breaking course will include current breakthroughs in social justice education alongside the tried-and-true material and processes for making jazz accessible to children of all ages through an Orff-Schulwerk approach. The course includes:

• Games and roots music that give children the foundation for jazz style.
• Speech, movement and body percussion activities.
• Beginning jazz for Orff ensemble playable by elementary school children.
• Select blues, jazz standards, jazz compositions, ragtime and Latin jazz arranged for upper elementary and middle school students.
• Essential jazz theory and improvisation.
• Beginning jazz history with a social justice perspective.

Fees Include:

• 35 hours of active, embodied learning
• ANCOS approved course
• Comprehensive course notes
• Professional Development Certificate
• Morning tea and lunch every day