Dalcroze education is a playful, experiential approach to teaching and learning music. Through movement, ear-training, and improvisation, students of any age can unlock the music within their body.
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Surprising Discoveries about Children and Race
By Melissa Tucker | April 2, 2024
As a music educator, you know how important it is to engage children in music at an early age. Babies, toddlers, and preschoolers all respond with glee to inviting rhythms, melodies, and harmonies. They bounce, tap, sing, and swing their way into absorbing the language of music. A young child’s ...
Read More → Nine Things to Do in Oberlin (When You’re Not at the 2024 DSA National Conference)
By Dalcroze USA | March 18, 2024
In just a few short months, we'll be welcoming the Dalcroze community to Oberlin, OH for the 2024 DSA National Conference. On June 6–8, you'll have the choice of over 35 interactive sessions on Dalcroze eurhythmics, solfège, improvisation, and more. But what is there to do outside these sessions, workshops, ...
Read More → Association, Dissociation, Automatism, and Quick Reaction
By Mary Dobrea-Grindahl | March 15, 2024
“Clap the beat.” “When I say change, change between your hands and feet.” It’s not often that we encounter a eurhythmics lesson without hearing one of these quintessential phrases. They are an integral part of a eurhythmics class and an indicator that students are experiencing one of several frequently used ...
Read More → DSA Member Spotlight: Mira Larson
By Katie Couch | March 5, 2024
Mira Larson is a Salt Lake City-based Dalcrozian and cellist and Dalcrozian. She is currently finishing up her license level studies through the Dalcroze School of Music and Movement. Mira currently teaches in Salt Lake City at the Gifted Music School, La Maison des Enfants, and her own Rythmique Music ...
Read More → Is the Baby Improvising?
By Anne Farber | February 20, 2024
Is the baby improvising when it’s crying? Cynthia Lilley says this is a koan (a question for meditation). Might be, but I want to consider it as a real question—that is, an invitation to an answer. Certainly the baby is vocalizing, and certainly the product is unscripted and urgent. But ...
Read More → Aural Reactions #1
By Katie Couch | February 13, 2024
The 21st century Dalcroze teacher often uses current technology in the classroom to connect with students in a contemporary manner. Such technology includes the use of recordings. While the use of recorded music versus improvised music can be a topic of hot debate, it is no secret that recorded music ...
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