Orff-Keetman Summer Course

Every summer the Music Education division hosts multiple programs for professionals, students, and community members to grow and improve their skills.

The Orff-Keetman approach, or Orff Schulwerk, is “Music for Children”, a way to teach and learn music using poems, rhymes, games, songs, and dances as basic materials. This approach was created by composers Carl Orff and Gunild Keetman in Europe. The emphasis is on students as improvisers and performers. This year marks 40 years of Orff-Keetman training at the University of Kentucky! If taken for credits, Orff-Keetman training be used to count toward a Graduate Certificate in Orff Schulwerk and a MM degree concentrating in Orff Schulwerk.