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:
August 16, 2025: BethAnn Hepburn
Seasons of Creativity
Jump into the new school year with ideas for lessons that theme throughout the school year. We will explore autumn, winter, spring, and summer through movement, singing, and playing. Each season will have a creative focus for improvisation and composition that you can take back to your classroom.
We will also explore how the students grow throughout the seasons and lessons can evolve over time as we begin to plan for the school year ahead. What seeds are planted in the fall that bloom in the spring? Ideas for how to plan will be shared and ways to organize the flow of your school year will be shared.
Seasons of Creativity
Jump into the new school year with ideas for lessons that theme throughout the school year. We will explore autumn, winter, spring, and summer through movement, singing, and playing. Each season will have a creative focus for improvisation and composition that you can take back to your classroom.
We will also explore how the students grow throughout the seasons and lessons can evolve over time as we begin to plan for the school year ahead. What seeds are planted in the fall that bloom in the spring? Ideas for how to plan will be shared and ways to organize the flow of your school year will be shared.
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:
April 26, 2025: Laura Bercaw Petersen
Visual Arts as Inspiration
Using rich visuals as inspiration, workshop participants will sing, say, dance, and play their way through the morning. Stunning works of art will help spawn ideas for movement, improvisation, speech and song. Come find new ideas to re-energize your music classroom while making important co-curricular connections!
Visual Arts as Inspiration
Using rich visuals as inspiration, workshop participants will sing, say, dance, and play their way through the morning. Stunning works of art will help spawn ideas for movement, improvisation, speech and song. Come find new ideas to re-energize your music classroom while making important co-curricular connections!