The Orff Institute, located in Austria, is a branch of the Mozarteum (Salzburg's music conservatory) and is the international center for Carl Orff's work. Key School's relationship with the Institute dates back to 1970, when Brigitte Warner—a protégé of Carl Orff—brought Orff Schulwerk to Key School. Now recognized as having the most comprehensive Orff program in the country, if not the world, Key School has maintained ties to the Institute.
At the invitation of the International School of Beijing, Lower and Pre-School Orff Schulwerk coordinator Jacque Schrader spent a week this fall teaching in China.
Read MoreCoordinator of Lower School Orff Schulwerk Jacque Schrader returned recently from teaching a three-day class in Taipei, Taiwan.
Read MoreIt was seeing Key's recently produced Orff Schulwerk video that inspired Coloman Kallos to travel from Salzburg, Austria, to The Key School campus this past fall.
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Reaching international status, Orff Schulwerk teacher Jacque Schrader returned this summer from a full semester of study at the prestigious Orff Institute in
In July, Fine and Performing Arts Department Head Rick Layton spent two weeks teaching in Austria at the Orff Institute.
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