Christoph Maubach - Australia's ambassador for Carl Orff and his Music and Movement Education

Christoph Maubach from Cologne came to Australia in 1979/80 and quickly established himself as the principal ambassador for the Music and Movement Education of German composer Carl Orff. Maubach taught countless students at the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne and later in New Zealand.

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The "Orff Schulwerk" combines music, movement, drama and speech into lessons that appeal to the child's world of play, namely hearing, seeing and feeling.

The concept was born in Munich, Germany in the 1920s and 30s, and quickly spread around the world. Its creators were Carl Orff ("Carmina Burana") and Gunild Keetman.

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Christoph Maubach (pictured) lectured at ACU for 30 years before moving to Waikato University in Hamilton, New Zealand. He now lives on a sustainable farm in the country's far North region.

We met up with the retired music teacher and academic who was in Melbourne in late October this year, to prepare for an event commemorating the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht.