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Exploring musical concepts from a physical perspective creates dynamic learning experiences for students of all ages and levels. Musicians and educators of all backgrounds will leave with new ways of thinking about musical meaning, including many ideas on how they might consider applying purposeful movement to their own teaching or practice. Come prepared to move and experience the physical side of music learning!
We’ll divide the day into 3 main sections:
1. Eurhythmics: using the body as the instrument, we will move elements of rhythm, meter, form, and phrasing to deepen our musical understanding.
2. Solfège: using embodied techniques, we will discover ways to connect the eyes, ears, and voice together.
3. Pedagogy: we’ll observe some video excerpts of Dalcroze in Action with students of varied age groups. Then we’ll find ways to create our own Dalcroze-inspired activities and games to impart musical gesture in our own studios and classrooms.
Dr. Jeremy Dittus, Diplôme Supérieur, enjoys a career as a pianist, theorist, and Dalcrozian. He has performed and/or presented Dalcroze masterclasses throughout the United States, Europe, and Southeast Asia. He directs the Dalcroze School of Music & Movement (Dallas, TX) chairs the Dalcroze Musicianship program at the Suzuki Music Institute of Dallas, and oversees the Dalcroze program at the National Children’s Chorus. He teaches on the faculty at Hope College in Holland, Michigan and serves on le Collège de l’Institut Jaques-Dalcroze.
The Dalcroze School of Music & Movement (founded in 2010) offers courses for youth ages 4-18, adult enrichment, full-time study toward the Dalcroze Professional Certificate, Dalcroze License, and post-License study. Publications include several journal and book articles, seven volumes of teacher-training textbooks, Embodying Music Volumes I- IV and Moving Sound Volumes I-III, along with ten volumes of DSR youth curriculum: Eurhythmics I and II, Rhythmic-Solfège I-V, and Advanced Dalcroze I-III.