Susie Davies-Splitter is a music and movement educator, Orff practitioner, jazz musician, composer and president of the Victorian Orff Schulwerk Association (VOSA) in Australia. From 2000 - 2002, Susie was the Director of Music and the Performing Arts at The King David School in Melbourne, overseeing the performing arts curriculum from 18 months to 18 years. Since 1997, Susie has been on the teaching team for Orff level courses for VOSA and the Australian Catholic University Grad Cert and Grad. Dip Courses in Orff Schulwerk. In 2004, Susie trained the Bachelor of Education primary students in music at Melbourne University .
Phil Splitter is an award winning composer, scriptwriter, performer and entertainer. According to his business card Phil holds a ‘Bachelor of Hearts with a Degree of Humour'. He has been composing and performing since an early age, playing guitar and percussion, as well as singing in many bands. Phil is also an accomplished motivational speaker and humourist, script and songwriter as well as a dynamic and high calibre MC.
Susie and Phil have presented and conducted professional development workshops for teachers throughout Australia, New Zealand, Europe, USA, Malaysia, Singapore and the renowned Orff Institute in Salzburg, Austria. They also regularly present shows, family music workshops, artist in schools programs, professional development for teachers, performances and their popular “Musikeynote” presentations at conferences. Together Susie and Phil have received numerous awards for their song writing and developed many CDs, music books, musicals and choral materials. Susie and Phil's vision is to spread the word to as many children and adults around the world that singing, moving, dancing, playing and creating music is good for the heart, for the soul, the body and the mind and that everyone can enjoy music! Themes & Variations is pleased to be their North American publisher. Shake it Up! and Jazz it Up! were published in 2005.
Razzamajazz , Ndiani Na, Jellybean Blues, Sing and Scat , Scoo Be Doo Song, Sing to the Heavens Above, Jazzy Jive, Jam Like That, Living with the Rhythm, and Swingin Bones.
Shake It, Aussie Rock, Action Leader, Get You Moving, Yesh Li Yadayim, The Jumping Dance, Fruity Samba , Jiggles, Fuzzy the Clown, Luna Lagoon, The Rhythm and the Beat, Jump Bump.
This fall we have three new collections of Susie & Phil material:
More great dances and movement songs by Australians, Susie&Phil, for K-5. They’ll also be singing, playing instruments, creating sound effects and improvising in a variety of styles. Includes perf/acc CD.
Songs and dances include Welcome to Music (a great opening action song for your music classes), Let There Be Music (a canon that is sung and danced in unison or in two parts), Moving Down the Street (a fun and easy movement song to explore fast, medium and slow), Partner Dance (a cute song to sing and dance with a partner), Rockin’ Rhythm(improvise on instruments or body percussion), Lo Yisa Goy (a beautiful dance sung in Hebrew and English. Add scarves or ribbons to the dance for a really beautiful effect. An Orff arrangement of the song is included. (Don’t walk in front of me, I may not follow....), Copycat (create movement and play a simple Orff arrangement), Move It! (create movement or improvise on instruments), Marmalade and Vegemite (a game song that your students will love while they sing about Australian breakfast foods), Funkey Monkey Story and Song (Orchestrate and dramatize the story using sound effects on unpitched instruments. Then dance the conga line to the Funkey Monkey song!), and Ocean Song (a beautiful song, dance and instrumental piece).
Coming Soon! (Sept. 2007)
More great jazz and blues songs and dances
A choral collection (reproducible) with 8 original works for young choirs.
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