The Detroit Orff Schulwerk Association is a professional organization for music educators that promotes the teachings of Carl Orff and Gunild Keetman. DOSA is a local chapter of the American Orff Schulwerk Association that was founded in 1969. In our 50 years of service, Detroit Orff has provided a professional learning community for music educators to collaborate, network, sing, dance, and play. DOSA offers five workshops every school year, bringing in some of the best clinicians in the country.
Upcoming Workshops:
April 25, 2026: Melissa Flores
Our Classrooms Are Poppin’: Musical Connections with a Pop Tune Twist
Incorporating pop music into elementary music classrooms can be a valuable tool for fostering musical literacy, cultural awareness, creativity, and joy among students. Let’s dive into an electrifying exploration where we’ll discover ways to seamlessly integrate the pop music your students love with essential musical concepts. We’ll also explore how to enhance learning both with and without materials, as well as creating dynamic performances that engage students and audiences alike. You’ll leave with practical lessons and activities tailored for K-6th grade, empowering students to see themselves reflected in the music they learn and perform.
Hosted in collaboration with Michigan Kodaly.
Our Classrooms Are Poppin’: Musical Connections with a Pop Tune Twist
Incorporating pop music into elementary music classrooms can be a valuable tool for fostering musical literacy, cultural awareness, creativity, and joy among students. Let’s dive into an electrifying exploration where we’ll discover ways to seamlessly integrate the pop music your students love with essential musical concepts. We’ll also explore how to enhance learning both with and without materials, as well as creating dynamic performances that engage students and audiences alike. You’ll leave with practical lessons and activities tailored for K-6th grade, empowering students to see themselves reflected in the music they learn and perform.
Hosted in collaboration with Michigan Kodaly.
March 7, 2026: Meg Tietz CANCELLED Rescheduled to Fall of 2026
Planning Programs with PurposeThe performances that are put on by a music teacher during the school year are one of our major ways to communicate to our parents, teaching colleagues, and administrators what is happening within our classroom on a daily basis. Additionally, with limited time in our schedules to make these programs a reality, it is essential that material is carefully chosen to support our curriculum instead of detracting from it.
This workshop will focus on different ways one might construct a program to fit within various constraints while still giving opportunity for student ownership, creativity, and joyful artistry and without sacrificing valuable teaching time.
Planning Programs with PurposeThe performances that are put on by a music teacher during the school year are one of our major ways to communicate to our parents, teaching colleagues, and administrators what is happening within our classroom on a daily basis. Additionally, with limited time in our schedules to make these programs a reality, it is essential that material is carefully chosen to support our curriculum instead of detracting from it.
This workshop will focus on different ways one might construct a program to fit within various constraints while still giving opportunity for student ownership, creativity, and joyful artistry and without sacrificing valuable teaching time.
2025-2026 Workshop Series
Save $20-35 per workshop by purchasing the series when compared to single workshop rates. Purchasing the full workshop series allows us to continue to plan great programming each year. Please consider supporting our local chapter and purchasing the series this year!
Save $20-35 per workshop by purchasing the series when compared to single workshop rates. Purchasing the full workshop series allows us to continue to plan great programming each year. Please consider supporting our local chapter and purchasing the series this year!
Our Most Recent Workshop:
February 7, 2026: DOSA Chapter Share
Drumming Up the Fun
Chapter members will share all the wonderful things they are doing with drums in their classrooms.
Drumming Up the Fun
Chapter members will share all the wonderful things they are doing with drums in their classrooms.