Graduate Certificate in Music Education in Orff Schulwerk

The Music Education Professional Certificate Program offers 12-credit graduate certificates that provide high-level professional development for practicing music educators. With this flexible program it is possible to complete stand-alone certificates or to “stack” two professional certificates with our 15-credit Music Education graduate core to complete a Master of Music with concentration in Music Education. Orff Schulwerk: a certificate program for practicing music educators offered in conjunction with the Northern New Jersey Orff Schulwerk Association. This certificate consists of 3 Orff Schulwerk certification courses offered over successive summers plus three 1-credit workshops throughout the school year. It can also be stacked with other courses to complete a Master of Music.

An undergraduate degree in music or permission of the music department. For the Jazz Pedagogy certificate, submission of a video-recorded placement audition for the applied lesson component.  For the Orff Schulwerk Certificate, concurrent summer enrollment in the Orff Schulwerk Levels courses via the Northern New Jersey Orff Schulwerk Association Official transcripts from all previously enrolled universities (a minimum US grade point average of 3.0 is required)Certificate students who wish to enroll in the Master of Music program may fulfill additional application and audition requirements, which include the following: Two letters of recommendation, and Audition demonstrating pedagogical or conducting skill (video-recorded) or performance skill (live or recorded audition).