Music classes for children in Vancouver and Burnaby, BC

Music helps in increased social interaction, mood elevation, memory, dexterity, emotional intimacy, verbal fluency and improved self-image for seniors.

Students of the Orff Approach sing, play instruments, and dance alone as well as in groups. They combine singing, percussive instruments like shakers, chimes, rattles, woodblocks and spoons and movement, to create their own music. Participants realize the joys of group co-ordination and cohesion.

 Orff Schulwerk music

The music generated in the Orff Approach is largely improvisational and uses original tonal constructions that build a sense of confidence and interest in the process of creative thinking. Songs are usually short, contain ostinatos, are within singing range, can be manipulated to be played in a round or ABA form. Orff considered the percussive rhythm as a natural basic form of human expression. This makes for very simple and beautiful musical forms.

 Benefits of music for seniors

•          Memory recall
•          Positive changes in mood and emotional states
•          Awareness of self and environment
•          Anxiety and stress reduction
•          Students with a hearing impairment can use the Orff Approach by feeling the vibrations.   
  
•      Music tasks have been used to help people with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.