Autumn Orff Adventure: Songs, Shadows, and Scarecrows

WEBINAR RECORDING

Proceeds benefit The American Center for Elemental Music and Movement

Get ready to crunch some leaves, chase some geese, and make some music! In this playful, hands-on webinar, Drue Bullington, Paige Seaton, and Lisa Sempsey will guide you through a joyful autumn adventure packed with Orff Schulwerk-inspired songs, games, and movement. You’ll collect creative ideas that bring the sights and sounds of fall right into your classroom—whether you’re working with general music students, neurodivergent learners, or center-based classrooms. Along the way, you’ll explore simple, adaptable strategies that invite every student to play, sing, move, and create.

Highlights:

Discover songs, games, and movement activities that bring autumn to life.
Play with leaves, parachutes, and scarves to explore pitch, rhythm, and form.
Try easy adaptations that help neurodivergent and center-based students shine.
Use echoing, improvisation, and elemental forms to spark student creativity.
Bring body percussion, Orff instruments, and playful props into your lessons.
Walk away with ready-to-use, flexible activities for a variety of grade levels and abilities.

After registering, you will be able to access the webinar recording and downloadable materials from your online library.

Upon completion, you may request a certificate of completion for 1.5 hours of professional development by emailing our team at [email protected]

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Drue Bullington teaches elemental music and movement at Brownstown Elementary School in Lancaster, PA. He teaches in several Orff Schulwerk levels certification courses around the U.S. and offers numerous workshops yearly in the Orff Approach. Drue serves as President of the American Center for Elemental Music and Movement.

Paige Seaton is a seasoned music educator with twenty-one years of experience in the Great Valley School District. She currently serves as the Elementary General Music teacher at Charlestown and Kathryn D. Markley Elementary Schools, where she teaches General Music (K-4) and AS/MDS Adapted Music. Previously, Paige taught elementary choir, elementary instrumental music, middle school general music, instrumental music and served as the Choral Director at Great Valley Middle School.

Lisa Sempsey holds a Bachelor of Science in Music Education and a Master’s of Education in Leadership for Teaching and Learning, as well as completed Kodály and Orff-Schulwerk levels and one level of World Music Drumming. She is a clinician and workshop presenter who has experience teaching K-6th grade general music, children’s choirs, elementary and middle school strings, ukulele clubs, barred percussion ensembles, and as an Art & Music curriculum coordinator. She has a passion for sharing how to design student-centered curricula specific to individual/school/system needs. Currently, Lisa teaches K-6th grade general music, chorus, and strings at Farmdale Elementary School and is the K-12 Music Department Coordinator in Hempfield School District. She is also an adjunct undergraduate and graduate music education professor at Elizabethtown College.