Congratulations to MOC's Jewel Casselman from Lakewood School in Winnipeg, MB as the winner of the prestigious 2023 MusiCounts Teacher of the Year Award, presented by CST Foundation.
Jewel is the first elementary music teacher to ever be awarded the MusiCounts Teacher of the Year! We are so proud of you Jewel!
2024-2025 Season
Important Dates
MOC/WSO Workshop "Spirit Horse" - late-September 2024
Orffantastique, featuring Chantal Dubois - Friday, October 4 2024
Fall Fiesta - October 2024
Winter Workshop - March 2025
Children's Day - April 2025
Stay 'n Play - May 2025
Play! - June 5 2025 (tentative)
“How can we engage with diverse populations, repertoire, and identities while upholding integrity and achieving equity”
- Dr. Karen Howard
What does Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion look like in an elementary music classroom?
You are invited to dig deeper in conversation with colleagues guided by Dr. Karen Howard’s book, Realizing Diversity: An Equity Framework for Music Education.
This series is free for MOC/COC members, although all members must purchase their own book. Participants are welcome to join in person or virtually. Register here.
Our 2025-2026 season will be the 50th season of the Manitoba Orff Chapter!
To celebrate, MOC is holding a song contest. The winner will receive free admission to all MOC workshops (must have a valid COC membership).
The contest opens in September 2024 and closes in March 2025.
See attached poster for more information.
"It's Time" to let you know about our new publication available through the COC Conference 'Constellation' registration.
24 activities to inspire you and your creative students.
You won't want to miss this new resource!
For more information visit:
or contact Charlotte Myers
This COC campaign aims to put a spotlight on music education in your community.
The purpose for this campaign is to:
L’intention de cette campagne de COC est de faire la lumière sur l’éducation musicale dans votre communauté.
Son but est de:
The application period is now closed. Please contact
Amanda Ciavarelli at aciavarelli@pembinatrails.ca for more information or with questions. We look forward to accepting applications again during the 2024/2025 school year.
Intersections 2022 Cross Canada Virtual Orff Ensemble "Kahkiyaw Oskâyak"
Manitoba Orff Chapter Virtual Student Orff Ensemble
We acknowledge that we are in Treaty 1 territory and that the land on which we gather is the traditional territory of Anishinaabe, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples, and the homeland of the Métis Nation. We respect the Treaties that were made on these territories, acknowledge the harms and mistakes of the past, and dedicate ourselves to moving forward in partnership with Indigenous communities in the spirit of reconciliation and collaboration.
Nous tenons à reconnaître que nous sommes sur le territoire du Traité No. 1 et que les terres sur lesquelles nous nous rassemblons sont le territoire traditionnel des peuples Anishinaabe, Cris, Oji-Cri, Dakota et Dene, ainsi que la patrie de la Nation métisse. Nous respectons les traités qui ont été conclus sur ces territoires, nous reconnaissons les torts et les erreurs du passé et nous nous engageons à avancer en partenariat avec les communautés autochtones dans un esprit de réconciliation et de collaboration.
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