Orff Teaching Resources

Tamara O'Brien and Dr. Mark Carthew bring Orff-based teaching units to life with activities that lead to joyful performance.

5 easy Orff-based units for middle primary by Tamara O'Brien and Dr. Mark Carthew.

A World of Rhythms for Drums, Pitched Percussion and More  arr. by Mark Burrows

Percussion Ensembles for Elementary and Middle School by Paul Corbiere

Linda Forrest. Improve posture, technique, and style in a few minutes a day.

Songs & Orff Activities for the Music Classroom by Mark Burrows.

A Jazz Collection for the Orff Classroom Grades 4-8 by Patrick Ware

Improvisation Starters for Music Classes K-5 by Patrick Ware

A Toolbox Full of Found Sounds by Cathy Blair

Cathy Blair books set includes: Pots and Pans and Spoons, Oh my!, Nuts & Bolts & Monkey Wrenches, and Stomp, Boom, Blast.

Complete set of MUSIC FOR CHILDREN: American Edition, Revised.

 Best of the Best Creative Extensions by David Asplund.

Pop Arrangements & Teaching Strategies for Orff Instruments by Mari Schay.

by Doug Edwards

By Donna Dirksing, includes 13 songs with orffestrations and teaching suggestions.

by Donna Dirksing, includes a collection of modal folk song arrangements.

Discovering Jazz using Orff and Classroom Instruments by Donna Dirksing and Cathy Blair. 

by Brian Hiller & Don Dupont. 15 lessons using the Orff process for elementary.

 by Brian Hiller & Don Dupont.  Uses the Orff process.