Carl Orff

“Tell me, I forget, show me, I remember, involve me, I understand.”

“Rhythmic training must be the first step in a musical education.”

“Experience first, then intellectualize.”

“Elemental music is never music alone but forms a unity with movement, dance and speech. It is music that one makes oneself, in which one takes part not as a listener but as a participant.”

“Music begins in the body.”

“Since the beginning of time, children have not liked to study. They would much rather play, and if you have their interests at heart, you will let them learn while they play.”

“The voice is the most natural of all instruments.”

“Improvisation is not a matter of talent. It is a matter of practice.”